Watchdog Dreams
One of the best things about Twitter is the ability to follow your
favorite media personalities and to find out what they’re like when the
cameras stop rolling. This can also be one of the more disturbing
things about Twitter.
Take for example this Monday evening’s post by Mike Matthews, WREG’s
“watchdog,” who apparently has been having unpleasant dreams about
Memphis’ former mayor.
“I need help,” the Watchdog wrote. “I have nightmares that Willie
Herenton is my proctologist.” In a subsequent tweet, he added, “I’m on
the examination table when I hear Doctor Herenton snapping on a rubber
glove and saying, ‘Dog, bend over.’ I scream ‘No, NOT THE FINGER!'”
Matthews, who spends most of his time on Twitter making fun of his
weight, hair, and love life, was probably kidding. He still should have
saved the line for #tmithurs (Too Much Information Thursday).
Et Tu, NOLA?
It’s pretty bad when residents of New Orleans look down their noses
at you. In an article for The Times-Picayune, columnist Jarvis
DeBerry makes fun of Memphis’ mayoral election, saying, “No matter what
happens in New Orleans, let’s agree that we will not see a debate
between an alien in a ratty blond wig and an opponent who has
historically solved problems by wrapping his fist with a chain pulled
from his tights. … We have a reputation for absurdity, but it’s hard
to imagine us descending to Memphis’ level.” Ouch.
Memphis Metro
When the cast of Memphis, the Broadway-bound musical, visited
the Orpheum earlier this year, Memphis Convention and Visitors Bureau
honcho Kevin Kane noted that the city would never be able to afford
such a great branding campaign in New York. He must be thrilled that
The Mythical Memphis Coy: Or Just Another Metrosexual?, a play
about an international supermodel with narcissistic personality
disorder, opens in Dallas this week.
