Articles about Friends
Zac Crain Finds Second Career
A FrontBurnervian whose work responsibilities earlier today took him to MPS Studios sends along the below photo of one Zac Crain preparing to deliver what appears to be an on-camera performance. Zac? Care to explain yourself? What’s this side gig you got going?
Kunkle and Dodd: How It All Began
It’s cold and icy outside. You’re likely stuck at home. So here’s a hot and steamy story from our January 2007 issue to warm your bones (not to mention the cockles of your heart). “The Police Chief and Reporter” reminds us how Sarah Dodd and David Kunkle initially got their groove on. Enjoy.
Picking a Pretend Party Pal for Super Bowl Week
The name dropping game is revving up for Super Bowl XLV week. Among the names supposedly being part of next week’s landscape are Snoop Dogg, Holly Madison, Roger Staubach, Pamela Anderson, Troy Aikman (pictured right with Roger Staubach), Cameron Diaz, P Diddy, Hilary Swank, Gene Simmons, Demi Moore, Kid Rock, Ashton Kutcher, Shannon Tweed, Terry Bradshaw, Emeril Lagasse, Prince, Nelly, Andy Roddick, Black Eyed Peas, Miss America, Usher, etc.
Just wondering. Which celeb would be the most fun to make the area party circuit with next week?
Quick Questions For Thursday
1. Is there ever an excuse to whistle to techno music in an office setting?
2. If not, what’s a suitable punishment?
3. What’s your favorite No Doubt song? And do you want to hear it more? If so, click here.
4. Are you going to the Granada tonight?
5. Lemon, lime, orange or plain La Croix?
OK – go. And don’t disappoint me, people.
Ross Perot Gets Playful With Ebby
Ross Perot is a business man, patriot and an Horatio Alger recipient. He’s also a bit of a cut up. Last night Ross couldn’t resist having some fun with Ebby “Almost 100″ Halliday (pictured right with Ross) at Myrna and Bob Schlegels’ party for the March 9th Horatio Alger gala honoring Ebby.
After the photo was taken, Ebby, herself an Horatio Alger recipient, told Ross she’d pay him back when he turned 100.
Earlier in the evening, “Old Two Fingers” serenaded Ebby with You’ll Never Walk Alone, To Dream The Impossible Dream and Climb Every Mountain. He also tried to get Ebby to shoot some baskets in the Schlegels’ third floor basketball court. Ebby opted to just dribble the ball a bit.
Kru 82 Vodka Sponsors FrontBurner Live, Ctd.
Yeah, so, the commercial we made for Kru 82? Well, the nice folks over at Kru 82 thought it was quote-unquote “hysterical.” But, as you might imagine, our take on the product was a little, let’s say, off brand. So we decided to take it down. And the planned sequel? The one with the white track suits? Well, that looks like it won’t happen. Except in your dreams, sweet FrontBurnervians. Except in your dreams.
Seryn and Telegraph Canyon to Rock “FrontBurner Live” on January 27
Can I interest you in some live music? How about some tasty vittles? No? Your interests do not include tapping your foot nor tickling your palate? Then what do you say to some free vodka? Now I gotcha.
On January 27, we’re throwing a party at the Granada to thank you, our dear FrontBurnervians, for your thoughtful contributions and unwavering support of our online efforts. Or, you know, for your expletive-laden, hateful comments that we are forced to moderate. Whichever. In any case, FrontBurner Live will feature performances by Seryn and Telegraph Canyon. Because your ears can’t listen on an empty stomach, we’ll have food for you from several of the restaurants we named the best of 2010. Confirmed so far are: Nova, Brownstone, Urban Taco, and Meddlesome Moth. Because you’ll need something to wash it all down, Kru 82 vodka will be flowing like water — if you’re accustomed to water being about 80 proof and flowing down a chute made of ice.
Let’s see. What else do have planned to delight you? Oh, yes! A big projection screen on which you will be able to comment on a live blog of the evening and have those comments seen by all. And maybe something involving paint ball guns. Not sure about that last part. Working on it.
So how can you attend? We’re inviting a select number of commenters that we’ve come to know and love (or hate) over the years. A certain number of — ahem — prominent Dallasites will receive special invitations. (Big Bob Wilonsky, yours is in the mail!) But we’ve reserved space for others, too. So if you’re not a regular commenter or an enormous bald Jew who favors vests and motorcycle boots, just register after the jump. We’ll do a random(ish) drawing for 100 or so free tickets to the gig. Hope to see you there.
Local Woman to Show Her “Magic Dress” on TLC’s Homemade Millionaire
It’s like this. I went to high school with a guy. He was a year ahead of me. He used to beat me up. We played basketball together, and one time I got so angry with him that I threw the ball at him during a game, while the game was in progress (resulting in a pretty spectacular turnover). Another time, at a party, he ordered his girlfriend to kiss me in front of a bunch of people just to show that he could order his girlfriend to kiss me, which was a pretty lousy thing for him to do, but his girlfriend was really hot, so it didn’t bug me that much.
Anyway. Now I pretend to be this guy’s friend because he’s a powerful lawyer, and I have a track record of periodically needing legal representation. And so he called me up and asked if I would draw attention to Jennifer Martinson, a Dallas woman to whom the fellow is related and who will appear tomorrow on a new TLC reality show called Homemade Millionaire. The idea is that entrepreneurs compete for the opportunity to have their product showcased on the Home Shopping Network. Martinson has created something call the Magic Dress, which, as I understand it, is a lot like Magic Shell — only instead of chocolate, it’s a dress. The Magic Dress can be worn in, like, 100 different ways. I guess in theory, then, you’d only need the one dress, and all the others would be obsolete.
Martinson’s episode airs tomorrow at 9 o’clock. Maybe you should watch.
(Is this post okay, Fred? Please don’t beat me up.)
Krys Boyd Totally Blues the Air of D Magazine HQ
Every so often we invite someone we’re curious about to come talk to us during the lunch hour in our capacious main conference room. Today, we played host to the lovely and talented Krys Boyd, she of KERA fame. Not long before she told us which local media person she’s not real fond of, she stipulated that everything she said had to be off the record. So I’m not going to tell you who that local media person is. But I will tell you the following: Krys told us that sometimes when she’s nervous and not on the air, when she’s trying to impress someone she thinks is cooler than she is, she’ll use salty language. Then she demonstrated how she uses this crutch, uttering a hypothetical cool-sounding sentence. WOW. You know what? That [redacted] woman can curse. So hot.
Atkins Says Mayor’s Tax Poll Is Hooey
Here’s the deal: It seems like half the city council wants to increase property taxes so they can pay for stuff. Only, Mayor Tom Leppert doesn’t. So he sent out this mailer asking people to pass this note on to their council member, only it doesn’t even have postage paid, so you know, why didn’t he just use interoffice mail?
And then he says he has all this polling that says nobody wants the council’s stupid tax anyway. Only today council member Tennell Atkins says (and I’m summarizing here, not directly quoting, because that takes too long), ”Oh, that poll was totally rigged, because it only asks people if they want their taxes increased or not and anybody with a lick of sense is gonna push no, but I pushed yes, so there.”
Atkins says a good poll would mention that you’ll have to give up swimming in pools and using the Internets for free in the library and driving on roads in your cars if you don’t want your taxes raised. In other words: No new taxes = everyone’s Amish.
I don’t want to be Amish. Hold me.
Zac Quits Smoking Day 10
As you can see from the photo below, quitting smoking is agreeing with Zac. He’s now helping little girls plant flowers. Of course, he wasn’t the only one helping out at Freedom Day. There were others from all over Dallas who helped spruce up the landscape and walls at Girls Inc., an organization which provides after-school programming for girls 6 to 18. It’s a powerful organization. It has a 100 percent high school graduation rate and an 80 percent college graduation rate. Nine percent of its members have their MBAs and three percent have their JDs. It was a pleasure meeting these girls. 
Zac Crain is at the Old Monk
And I am meeting with very important media people. I love you, FB Nation.
Zac Crain Just Went For a Run
It’s still hot outside, you guys.
(Now someone give me my $50 stipend. )
A Short Transcript of a Moment from the Rangers’ Court Proceedings
From the traitorous Evan Grant, blogging about what’s shaking at the bankruptcy auction: “3:33: Tim Cowlishaw and Daniel Kaplan report lawyers are dropping f-bombs on each other in the hallway. Now, this I’m sorry I missed.”
I made a few calls to find out what happened. Here is what I was able to gather:
CUBAN/CRANE LAWYER: Hey, guys, go friend yourself.
GREENBERG/RYAN LAYWER: Friend yourself first, friend stick.
CUBAN/CRANE LAWYER: I want you friends to go friend yourself with a gigantic friending jackhammer.
GREENBERG/RYAN LAYWER: You know what, friend-o. Give it a shot. I would pay all this friending money to see that. Seriously.
So…I guess they were having a discussion about Facebook? Seems odd timing, but I guess that’s why this is taking so long.
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