TMZ: Taking The Handicapped To Task … HILARIOUSLY!
Hey, you know what’s really funny? Making fun of handicapped people! Hey look, it’s Cousin Geri from “Facts Of Life” … `MEMBA HER? Get it, `MEMBA??? You know, because some handicappers sometimes have difficulty pronouncing words with complete clarity? Man oh man, now that’s some TRULY hilarious headline writing prowess! So hilarious, in fact, that it makes “Headless Body In Topless Bar” look like “Dewey Defeats Truman”! But wait, there’s more!
Are you the kind of person who’s curious what handicapped people look like when they are in their 50s? OF COURSE YOU ARE! Don’t feel guilty to be curious, most of ‘em don’t make it to the ripe ole age of 51, do they? Come on, you know it’s true, THAT’S WHY WE’RE ALL LAUGHING ABOUT IT! But do you think we’re gonna show you the goods on the homepage? Hell to the Naw, we’re gonna make you click to see how cruel fate truly can be (and also serve up some extra page views in the process)! TMZ! ALL THE WAY! WE RULE! MUST CREDIT TMZ!
Ok, enough’s enough. End Scene.
When your Uncle Grambo first saw this post go up at 10am this morning, I thought (and hoped) that Harvey or someone at TMZ HQ would come to their senses and do the right thing and pull the post (or, at the very least, change the headline). So I took a screenshot of it, just for posterity’s sake. So, imagine my surprise when I pulled up TMZ at 7pm this and realized it was NOT ONLY still up, but they changed the timestamp from 10:00am to 2:15pm to ENSURE THAT IT REMAINED ON THE HOMEPAGE!!! Gotta get those page views, people! Now it’s not like I’m anything even remotely approaching a Goody Two Shoes or a crusader for the rights of the disabled myself, but come on, this is a MAJOR MEDIA COMPANY making fun of handicapped people. How can this fly? How come Gawker or the HuffPo or Drudge or SOMEBODY hasn’t put them on blast for this offensive and revolting post yet? Truly astounding on every conceivable level.
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1. Mike wrote on October 16th, 2007 at 8:05 pm
Grambo:
Geri isn’t mentally retarded, she has cerebral palsy. And anyone who didn’t smile a little when Doc Cochran made Jewel leg braces so she could dance at the Gem Saloon sucks cock by choice.
TMZ remains exceptionally horrible, though.
2. Uncle Grambo wrote on October 16th, 2007 at 8:18 pm
My bad, I couldn’t bring myself to actually read their post. Thanks for clarifying, changed all of the “retarded” references to “handicapped.”
As for the Deadwood reference, well, that one went right over my head. Don’t fret, though, I’m sure it’ll give JP McKrengels a hardy har har moment.
3. moe berg wrote on October 17th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
as much as it kills me to say this…
in their defense, tmz, for whatever reason, chooses to use the word ‘memba’ on all their ‘click through to see what this person looks like now’ posts. they used it in updates on jonathan lipniki, salt ‘n’ pepa, and susan powter before they trotted out geri jewell.
(and don’t look too deeply into my TWI IP address…i have absolutely nothing to do with them.)
4. spencer wrote on October 17th, 2007 at 2:43 pm
99% of that site is uninteresting, unreadable, obnoxious trailer trash. i link to the other 1%.
5. Uncle Grambo wrote on October 17th, 2007 at 6:07 pm
Moe, as much as it pains me to say this, your research pans out. Still, TMZ = worst!