David, I wish I could take credit for that, but someone else said it first, about Trump. The whole thing goes something like “Trump is a poor person’s idea of a rich person, a stupid person’s idea of a smart person, a business failure’s idea of a business genius, and…” I can’t remember the forth one. I’ll try to find out who said it, and report back.
David, I wish I could take credit for that, but someone else said it first, about Trump. The whole thing goes something like “Trump is a poor person’s idea of a rich person, a stupid person’s idea of a smart person, a business failure’s idea of a business genius, and…” I can’t remember the forth one. I’ll try to find out who said it, and report back.
@David--Well, I am guilty of saying that TFF is a stupid person's idea of a smart person. To quote Jamie Lee Curtis's exasperated character in "A Fish Called Wanda", addressing her brother (Kevin Klein), "Calling you stupid is an insult to stupid people!!!"
In case you're interested, and get the three MGM channels on cable, "Fish" is in heavy rotation right now if you haven't seen it in awhile. It's still funny as hell.
it's a movie I've always liked a lot and will happily watch again, although finding out that it's Bret Stephens's favorite movie was not a good moment in my life.
Thanks, TC! It's one of our favorite movies, too, but I'll have to check Netflix. We cancelled cable years ago, due to the high cost of subsidizing sports channels like ESPN that we never watch, and the complete lack of choice in their channel bundles. It is a hilarious movie!
David, I wish I could take credit for that, but someone else said it first, about Trump. The whole thing goes something like “Trump is a poor person’s idea of a rich person, a stupid person’s idea of a smart person, a business failure’s idea of a business genius, and…” I can’t remember the forth one. I’ll try to find out who said it, and report back.
David, there has apparently been quite a bit of discussion about who originated that phrase, or its first variant. Here’s an instructive and amusing article in The Atlantic on the question, from 2011: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/12/a-dumb-persons-idea-of-a-smart-person-whose-line-is-it/249932/
thank you, Elizabeth.
but did anyone actually say that TFF is ANYBODY's idea of a smart person?
if so (and it's probably so), that really IS scary.
@David--Well, I am guilty of saying that TFF is a stupid person's idea of a smart person. To quote Jamie Lee Curtis's exasperated character in "A Fish Called Wanda", addressing her brother (Kevin Klein), "Calling you stupid is an insult to stupid people!!!"
In case you're interested, and get the three MGM channels on cable, "Fish" is in heavy rotation right now if you haven't seen it in awhile. It's still funny as hell.
it's a movie I've always liked a lot and will happily watch again, although finding out that it's Bret Stephens's favorite movie was not a good moment in my life.
Thanks, TC! It's one of our favorite movies, too, but I'll have to check Netflix. We cancelled cable years ago, due to the high cost of subsidizing sports channels like ESPN that we never watch, and the complete lack of choice in their channel bundles. It is a hilarious movie!