Plan Nine From The 50th Ward

One of my favorite drinking games involves Avy Meyers, clown prince of local public access (amateur) television political shows. He plays talk show host from his dining room, in his musty house in West Ridge (a.k.a. West Rogers Park). He wears a yarmulke. This is crucial to the drinking game, mind you. I have nothing against yarmulkes or Jews, so calm down already. My father's family was entirely Jewish and I am proud of the heritage. I've worn a yarmulke at funerals and weddings out of respect, but since I am religiously Jewish myself I don't usually wear one. My point is simply this: Meyers is chronically distracted by his shifting yarmulke, frequently flinging his limp-wristed hand up to stop it from falling off his head. The drink game is simple enough: Every time Avy Meyers catches or adjusts his unpinned yarmulke you down a shot of whatever is at hand. If you follow the politics of Chicago's 50th Ward, you'll get the graphic at left. If you don't live there, or if you don't follow the politics there, please excuse this post - unless you're interested in how Chicago's Vice Mayor uses a local fool named Avy Meyers as a propaganda mouthpiece. Click images to enlarge The parody graphic, left, is based on the 2007 50th Ward Run-Off Election show. Stone was in a tight race with Naisy Dolar. Meyers did a special live show just to help his buddy Berny get re-elected (and he was so excited to be live!) on CAN TV, a public cable access station in Chicago. The show is produced by S I Hersh Productions and posts to YouTube under "sonnyhtv." You could spend a month laughing your way through the cliche-bad episodes archived there. There is also a poorly designed web site for their North Town News Magazine. Meyers describes himself as an "objective journalist." In fact, he is not objective, and the show began with a voice over from a show staffer saying "Good luck Bernie!" So much for the objectivity. It's all downhill from there as it turns into a shameless lovefest for Alderman Stone. Meyers dedicated a huge portion of the show figuratively felating Stone in a shameful display of unobjective suckup behavior. It was his usual performance as regards Berny Stone, and is one of the reasons that respected sources such as the Chicago Reader has called Meyers a "racist. [and] pimp for corrupt Machine politicians." This is television that is so bad that it's accidentally good, in the same way that one of the worst movies ever, Plan Nine From Outer Space, is so entertaining. If you find disasters fascinating, you'll be mesmerized by any of Meyers's shows. One of the worst/best is the self-indulgent episode, "Marty Levinson, The Ultimate Barber." It defies description. You just have to see it. (If Avy Meyers is hoping for a break a la the goof in Wayne's World, he needs a reality check. It ain't gonna happen.) What will Avy do after Berny Stone, in his 80's, is no longer alderman of the 50th? Will Avy ever vacuum the gold shag carpeting in his dining room/video studio again after Berny walks on it for the last time? (Has Avy ever vacuumed that carpet?) Why does that carpet smell of mildew? We hope Avy continues after Berny Stone, uhm, leaves office. Which he will, of course, everybody does eventually. Perhaps Avy Meyers will find new love with one of his other objects of fascination, such as Joe Moore, Todd Stroger or Larry Suffredin. RELATED: avy meyers in Chicago IL : outside.in How to Wear a Yarmulke - eHow WikiAnswers - How does the yarmulke stay on the head

Obama's Broken Promise

When are people going to wake up and realize that Barack Obama is just another tool of Mayor Daley's Chicago Machine? "Change?" About the only change Obama has brought us is his rapid-fire change of position on important issues. This story, however, is about the party hack Barack Obama, $100,000 of taxpayer money he grabbed, and the shattered promise he made to the folks in Englewood. From the Sun-Times today: As a state senator, Barack Obama gave $100,000 in state money to a campaign volunteer who failed to deliver on a plan to create a botanic garden in one of Chicago's most blighted neighborhoods. Obama -- who was running for Congress when he announced the project in 2000 -- said the green space in Englewood would build ''a sense of neighborhood pride." Instead, what was supposed to be a six-block stretch of trees and paths is now a field of unfulfilled dreams, strewn with weeds, garbage and broken pavement. FULL STORY...

Avy Meyers Foie Gras Cartoon

What does Avy Meyers, the biggest suckup to the Democrat Machine in all of Cook County, have to say about Joe Moore's foie gras meltdown?

Meyers has one of the most annoying, amateurish interview shows in history. It's a never ending parade of party hacks, and he tapes them in his musty home in Rogers Park.

Hell if I know, but we can imagine.

Click cartoon to enlarge it.

Wow, What A Concept

been there (Mo Cahill) has left a new comment on your post "Dud: World Music Festival": it was moved because gale park is a huge construction project, aka, not safe. "the powers that be" made a decision based on reality. wow, what a concept. Posted by been there to The Bench Sun Sep 16, 07:42:00 PM 2007 Mo, Mo, Mo. Had you read the post carefully you would have seen this simple paragraph:

"The powers that be denied the event permission to be held at Touhy Park. It is said that the event will be back at Gale Park next year."

I did not say that it was supposed to have been at Gale this year, as you apparently - and incorrectly - assumed. Reading something carefully before you comment on it. Wow, what a concept.

Blagojevich Getting it Done!

Comrade David Fagus, would you like to amend this ridiculous posting?

Perhaps you would like to revise this one?

Have you read this: State lawmakers meet without governor?

Or this: Special session will cost plenty?