April 18, 2002

4:00 PM

ESPN's Bill Simmons spent $9.95 on Shaquille O'Neal's Celebrity Birthday Roast pay-per-view so you won't have to.
posted by BarneyFifesBullet (3 comments total)

You know that show could have been helped by Iron Mike Tyson's biting humor. And I understand that OJ Simpson is willing to take a stab at standup.
posted by MAYORBOB at 6:30 PM on April 18, 2002

It's official. Let there be no doubt. I should have just taken $10, set it on fire and smoked the ashes.

Can you smoke ashes? I mean, I know you can smoke a Twix, but cash-es?

He is a little harsh on Shaqspeare too. They call him the Big Aristotle because he's so verbally gifted, or rather he calls himself that.
posted by euphorb at 7:08 PM on April 18, 2002

consume, consume. we take ashes for fire.
posted by ssdecontrol at 8:08 PM on April 18, 2002