TheEnforcer
02-23-2005, 04:03 PM
Was reading this article about Chris Rock and his hosting the Oscars and got to this part which i thought was funny as all hell!!
http://www.laweekly.com/ink/05/14/deadline-finke.php
It’s no exaggeration to say that the stakes are huge for Rock on Sunday night. He’ll be blamed if the telecast stutters in the ratings, even though this is a star-challenged year where none of the five Best Pictures have even come close to $100 million in grosses, a sign they haven’t been seen in fly-over country. It could also damage Rock’s film career, which is on life support already. He’s bombed so consistently at the box office that, I’m told, he pulled up to a stoplight on Sunset in his Mercedes convertible one day and saw that the driver exactly parallel was trying to talk to him.
“I just rented Head of State, and I want my four bucks back,” the driver told Rock. With that, the signal turned green and the two cars inched forward to the next light.
All of a sudden, a wadded-up $5 bill came sailing through the driver’s window.
“Keep the change!” yelled Rock, all smiles as he drove off.
http://www.laweekly.com/ink/05/14/deadline-finke.php
It’s no exaggeration to say that the stakes are huge for Rock on Sunday night. He’ll be blamed if the telecast stutters in the ratings, even though this is a star-challenged year where none of the five Best Pictures have even come close to $100 million in grosses, a sign they haven’t been seen in fly-over country. It could also damage Rock’s film career, which is on life support already. He’s bombed so consistently at the box office that, I’m told, he pulled up to a stoplight on Sunset in his Mercedes convertible one day and saw that the driver exactly parallel was trying to talk to him.
“I just rented Head of State, and I want my four bucks back,” the driver told Rock. With that, the signal turned green and the two cars inched forward to the next light.
All of a sudden, a wadded-up $5 bill came sailing through the driver’s window.
“Keep the change!” yelled Rock, all smiles as he drove off.