Belated birthday advertisements for myself
February 3, 2008 – 5:11 am
Many a raconteur besides myself can claim January 31st as a birthday, and I definitely have some pretty good company, including Norman Mailer, Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols and Carol Channing.
In 2005 I wrote a column on Mailer which received a few wonderful hate letters from folks who just didn’t get the humor. If I had it over again, I could have written it much, much better, but hey, the spirit was definitely there.
My obituary of Mailer just last year was also quite a hoot. There really is something to this birthday concept. I don’t condone everything he did in life, but you’ll just have to read it. The quote from Gore Vidal at the end frighteningly sounds like he’s describing yours truly. Ugh.
January 31st also happens to be National Gorilla Suit Day, which was started by Mad Magazine’s Don Martin decades ago.
May both Mailer and Martin rest in peace. Their memories will always be with me.
–Gary
3 Responses to “Belated birthday advertisements for myself”
You forgot Justin Timberlake. Also January 31st! Shame on you.
By January 31er on Feb 5, 2008
And Suzanne Pleshette. Remember that scene in The Birds when her face was ripped up, and it got cut from all the TV versions?
By Sue on Feb 6, 2008
Thanks all. The list of people born on January 31st is endless. I would have also included George Thorogood, claiming that I’m “Bad to the Bone,” but that would have been a little too much….
–Gary
By gsingh on Feb 6, 2008