Comments on: Marty Cortland Unceremoniously Booted From Back Page of D Mag

By: Steven R

Steven R — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 15:49:11 +0000

I will miss Marty. When I read Marty’s reaction to his wife’s 5 figure Birkin bag – “I’ve learned to breezily compliment her on her new purchase—and think of which client’s file I could bill. It’s a living.” – I knew I was going to love that column.

The folks who didn’t like Marty are probably the same folks who didn’t get a kick out of Ken Lay’s Poor Pitiful Me routine. Now there’s a guy who just cracked me up.

By: SLR

SLR — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:34:14 +0000

Jim: I think they’re coming out with a “Marty Cortland For Dummies” book. (They’re doing the same for the Colbert Report.) So, hey, there’s hope for you.

By: umm yeah

umm yeah — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:24:20 +0000

@Jim…but i guess u like front burner enuff to read and even comment so that is good

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:36:30 +0000

It was a ridiculously stupid column that says everything about the ridiculously low quality of your magazine. I mean, what kind of magazine puts a fake column on its back page that nobody gets except the editor? Playing jokes on your readers. What a waste of space. Then again, everything in your magazine is pretty much a waste of space.

By: Dubious Brother

Dubious Brother — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:16:36 +0000

Sorry, looking past just the last month.
HP or PH, I must have remembered wrong.
I don’t really picture the missus heading to the suburbs or Oak Cliff to shop K-Mart when Target is so close.
Speaking of very Catholic carnage, you may want to pass this video off to Wick before the election:

http://www.catholicvote.com/

By: Marty Cortland

Marty Cortland — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:39:40 +0000

Hedge nothing. All of the nine defined hedging strategies (including, unbelievably, dedicated shorts) lost money last month, so the markets have been very catholic in their carnage; secondly, it’s Highland Park, not Preston Hollow (sheesh!); and lastly, it’s K-Mart, not Target (shout-out to Eddie Lampert).

By: Dubious Brother

Dubious Brother — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:56:07 +0000

If the hedge funds had lived up to their names and actually hedged against the precipitous drop in the markets maybe Marty would still be writing about Preston Hollow excesses – instead his wife may be donning sunglasses and a hat and shopping for the kids at Target.

By: amanda

amanda — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:46:41 +0000

Daniel, to the untrained eye, or from up here, you might seem…bitter, petty, jealous.
Did ya run out of viagra or something?

Thanks for that peek behind the curtain…

By: umm yeah

umm yeah — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:54:28 +0000

maybe it wasnt a great column…but it was the first thing i read in a new D mag…a lot of it is pretty funny just cuz its so true. good bye marty

By: Puddin'Tane

Puddin'Tane — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:03:48 +0000

The Real Other Marty Cortland: you cannot be the Real Other Marty Cortland because the Other Marty Cortland is the only Fake Cortland.

Btw, the Fake Cortland only reposes and never squats.