[AGL] Mollie Ivins bit on Jim Lehrer's News Hour last night

[Fontaine Maverick]

I missed it but Kathy reminded me that one can view it on the 'puter - it's 
great. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/remember/jan-june07/ivins_02-01.html

I think Molly laid the Texas accent on a little thicker back in those days, 
at least for bits like this.

We're putting on our finery and setting out for the service in a little 
while.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gerry" <mesmo at gilanet.com>
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Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 6:11 PM
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> Do you remember the debates she had with Stanley Crouch on 60 minutes? 

> Much

> wit in the mix. I thought they were great, if a bit over the head of the

> common folk. She told me she got to know Stanley and liked him, but we 

> both

> agreed that he was a racist. (My opinion formed from his writing on jazz 

> in

> the village voice and elsewhere).

> G

>

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: "Michael Eisenstadt" <mike.eisenstadt at gmail.com>

> To: <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>

> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 10:59 AM

> Subject: [AGL] Mollie Ivins bit on Jim Lehrer's News Hour last night

>

>

>> Jim Lehrer replayed a bit Mollie did on the News Hour,

>> from 20 years ago. subject: Texas fine art (pronounced ort).

>> Mollie showed the viewer various Texas pieces of ort,

>> sculptures of a peanut, a jackalope, Poppy Eye (spinach

>> growning capital of the world), and various bugs including

>> our own favorite Terminex revolving roach on Lamar &

>> ?th (R.I.P.), the revolving fiberglass longhorn in front of

>> the steak restaurant on Congress & ?th (R.I.P.), and other

>> fiberglass cows situate on roofs from around the state.

>> Texas ort, indeed!

>>