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As co-pilot in the Apache, Harry was in charge of the weapons systems in the two-man cockpit, firing Hellfire air-to-surface missiles, rockets and a 30-millimetre gun. "It's a joy for me because I'm one of those people who loves playing PlayStation and Xbox, so with my thumbs I like to think I'm probably quite useful," he said.
"It's a joy for me because I'm one of those people who loves playing PlayStation and Xbox, so with my thumbs I like to think I'm probably quite useful," he said.
What a d*ck.
If the Pats players were as feisty as their wives they might have won something recently;) Parent
I could channeled my inner Greggggg and said the preening, self-promoting glory boy felon.
One of the DB's for the Pats lives here and there was an armed invasion of his house while he was playing. Talk about injury to insult. Parent
When I was tending bar for a living at a popular local watering hole, I regularly observed a lot of people who placed bets on games. and quite honestly, they were fairly easy to identify, if only because we had a popular Chinatown bookie who'd regularly make the rounds to downtown establishments like ours. Those who wagered the heaviest tended to be everybody's pal if they won, but could be insufferably obnoxious if they lost. Parent
Scott & staff refused to answer questions about the missing dog and the appearance of a new one, Tallee. After some hounding Scott said the dog "barked a lot and frightened mansion staffers, including photographer Eric Tournay. He said the dog never bit anyone."
Scott spokeswoman Melissa Sellers said, "Scott was out of town and did not recall the incident when he talked to reporters."
Photographer Eric Tournay has since denied being frightened by Reagan, noting that he has owned several pit bulls.
Now Scott is saying "Reagan scared the living daylights out of everyone." and that he bit a staffer, but it didn't require medical care.
I get it, you adopt a dog, it's not working out and you can't keep it. But the dog was plastered all over before the election and then basically disappeared for a year after. The answers don't jive, at first he didn't bite anyone, then he did ? How does he not know, and why did they stone wall reports for several days.
Why do politicians go out of their way to make themselves look suspicious. I really hope they can track down Reagan, who is supposedly know as Pluto and residing on a horse farm.
I also noticed that Scott returned the dog on his private jet. Rick Scott owns his own jet, I guess that is a much better alternative to strapping him to the luggage rack.
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This is worse than Seamus....
Scott is done, done, done. Parent
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My favorite--Bobby and Freckles asleep on campaign plane.
You can tell the content of someone's character by how they are with their dog. Parent
TALLAHASSEE -- Reagan, the now famous dog that once belonged to Gov. Rick Scott, was banished from the Governor's Mansion after biting an employee who moved his water bowl. "The governor and first lady love dogs and they had to make a hard decision when it was clear that Reagan was very anxious around lots of different people,'' Scott spokeswoman Melissa Sellers said. The dog bite occurred while the governor was in Orlando on Jan 7, 2011, just three days after Scott took office, according to an incident report released by Scott's office late last week. Mansion grounds employee Jennifer Kinsey was arranging flowers in the mansion when Reagan bit her on the right hand, according to an incident report made by her supervisor for the Department of Management Services. The report noted that the injury was not serious and required no medical treatment. [...] After the bite report, Sellers said Scott flew Reagan back to Naples on his private jet and returned the dog to All Pets Grooming and Boarding, a Collier County groomer. Owner Kelly Normand has refused to comment. Last week WTSP-Channel 10 said she told them that Reagan's name has now been changed to Pluto and he lives on a horse ranch in Collier County, but no one at the grooming business would confirm the report. [...] The Scotts have since adopted Tallee, a calmer, gentler 7-year-old yellow Lab. [...] A Times story about the dog sparked an outcry from animal lovers, who were critical of Scott for promoting the adoption during the campaign and getting rid of Reagan as soon as he was elected
"The governor and first lady love dogs and they had to make a hard decision when it was clear that Reagan was very anxious around lots of different people,'' Scott spokeswoman Melissa Sellers said.
The dog bite occurred while the governor was in Orlando on Jan 7, 2011, just three days after Scott took office, according to an incident report released by Scott's office late last week. Mansion grounds employee Jennifer Kinsey was arranging flowers in the mansion when Reagan bit her on the right hand, according to an incident report made by her supervisor for the Department of Management Services. The report noted that the injury was not serious and required no medical treatment.
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After the bite report, Sellers said Scott flew Reagan back to Naples on his private jet and returned the dog to All Pets Grooming and Boarding, a Collier County groomer. Owner Kelly Normand has refused to comment. Last week WTSP-Channel 10 said she told them that Reagan's name has now been changed to Pluto and he lives on a horse ranch in Collier County, but no one at the grooming business would confirm the report.
The Scotts have since adopted Tallee, a calmer, gentler 7-year-old yellow Lab.
A Times story about the dog sparked an outcry from animal lovers, who were critical of Scott for promoting the adoption during the campaign and getting rid of Reagan as soon as he was elected
We have a rescue dog that was found as a puppy under a freeway overpass in a box with her mother and dead siblings. This little critter was barely alive when she was rescued and was listless. The vet was concerned she would not bounce back.
She sleeps on my feet now and races everywhere.
Look at how Bobby was with Freckles.....Tells you about him.
Rick Scott just showed the world he has no soul. Parent
There are few problems with Governors story though. The most significant being that as far as I know all rescues are testing for that aggression before any animal is even considered a rescue replacement. And dog either has it or doesn't, they don't have good days or bad days, they are always food aggressive.
Secondly, Labs are notoriously good natured. They have not been bred for aggression, they have been bred to assist master in hunting and release the "food" for the day at masters feet. They have been bred to be very submissive to humans as well as other dogs so that dogs can hunt together and not challenge each other and fight.. Not all Labs fit this category though, there are always a few that don't fit perfectly.
But I'm supposed to believe that a rescue allowed a food aggressive dog to be adopted by such a public figure? I ain't buying it.
I'm betting the dog was very energetic and hyper like some Labs are, he needed a job....he needed to go hunting or go for a run. A bored Lab will try to bark his tail off and he will act pretty crazy sometimes jumping on people trying to get them to play with him..
Want to know what happened to the dog? Walk into any Vets office and tell them that this dog is food aggressive and poof, no more questions and no more dog. Parent
if a dog is food aggressive/protective the resultant bite would absolutely need medical attention.
So many definitive posts on this subject from people who have nothing more than their own wild a$$ guesses.
fwiw, Scott and one of his cabinet members have been finding rescued dogs homes with other members of his cabinet. They've been bringing rescue dogs to his cabinet meetings and I think I read they've brought 5 dogs so far and all 5 have been adopted.
I know, I know, this is also baaaaaddddd. Parent
I submit that your own wild a$$ guesses and assumptions are clearly in evidence in this comment.
As for your claim that Scott has been finding homes for rescued dogs: why, then, so cagey about the fate of one particular dog? Why the changing stories? My BS alarm is still ringing.
In any case, show me where such an effort has been made. My google search shows nothing of the kind.
So -- for cripes sake -- show your work. Validate your claim or stop making it.
Actually, your "baaaaaddddd" bull$hit had that sentence originally reading "Validate your claim or STFU" but then I remembered that you're often deliberately obtuse and provocative and I should just consider the source. Moreover, I don't really believe in STFU. So I changed the sentence. Parent
No ridiculous comments and wild a$$ guesses required...unless you have an agenda you wish to promote.
Here: Almost 800,000 bites per year -- one out of every 6 -- are serious enough to require medical attention. (Weiss HB, Friedman D, Coben JH. Incidence of dog bite injuries treated in emergency departments. JAMA 1998;279:51-53.)
And here: Bondi, Scott want you to adopt shelter dog Molly Parent
Don't feel bad. Cos I'm sure if he knew about your coat he would attach to your coattails as well.
And apparently the answer is "no". You've never seen a dog with food aggression since all you've got are generic stats. From a personal injury lawyer's website. uh-huh.
Go ahead. Post another know-nothing BS diatribe and continue promoting whatever BS agenda it is you're trying to promote. Your wilda$$ non-sequitur comments aren't going to take up any more of my time.
When you return to sanity we'll probably talk again. Parent
Attorney General Pam Bondi and Gov. Rick Scott want you to adopt a black and white pit mix named Molly. Molly is a resident of the Tallahassee animal shelter, Bondi's pet project. During every Cabinet meeting, she asks the shelter to bring a dog as a way to encourage adoption. She's 4-0 so far. Funny timing for the governor? A bit.
Molly is a resident of the Tallahassee animal shelter, Bondi's pet project. During every Cabinet meeting, she asks the shelter to bring a dog as a way to encourage adoption.
She's 4-0 so far.
Funny timing for the governor? A bit.
after the bite report, Sellers said, Scott flew Reagan back to Naples on his private jet and returned the dog to All Pets Grooming and Boarding, a Collier County groomer. Owner Kelly Normand has refused to comment. Last week WTSP-Ch. 10 said she told the station that Reagan's name has been changed to Pluto and he lives on a horse ranch in Collier County, but no one at the grooming business would confirm the report.
Give em a call and tell us what you find out! Parent
Yes, Reagan was returned to the folks at All Pets Grooming in Naples, which was where the Scott's daughter first found the now-former first pet. "Sometimes dogs don't fit right. I mean, they did try," said All Pets' owner Kelly Norman. Norman thinks the Scotts did the right thing. They even hired a professional trainer, she says, but it just didn't work out. Reagan, who's gone back to his original name of Pluto, was quickly re-adopted, she says, and is again living a dog's life on a horse ranch.
"Sometimes dogs don't fit right. I mean, they did try," said All Pets' owner Kelly Norman.
Norman thinks the Scotts did the right thing. They even hired a professional trainer, she says, but it just didn't work out.
Reagan, who's gone back to his original name of Pluto, was quickly re-adopted, she says, and is again living a dog's life on a horse ranch.
Also, Labs, with their sweet nature are fairly "easy" to place, so I can see him being quickly re-adopted. So okay there, too.
But with all the attention focused on this dog, I am still left wondering why it is so hard to get a picture of him, or word from his new owners. Parent
Adopting a dog and then throwing it in as a campaign prop is pretty d@mn unfair to the dog to start with. You need to spend time with the dog and get to know it (also let it settle into it's new family) before tossing it out there like that. Parent
The dog went to the big farm in the sky....Maybe he can commisserate with Seamus...
That's the reason for the evasiveness and contradictions.... Parent
People tend to forget dogs are dogs . . . Parent
Ugly story all around. Parent
Has anybody found Reagan though? And where did Scott adopt Reagan from? If it was an established rescue it is really hard for me to believe that Reagan was not assessed for all forms of aggression and food aggression is NO ADOPT.
If you want to get rid of a dog quickly and easily though, tell a vet he bit someone who was moving his dish. Parent
So, the question remains - should they have waited to see if the dog bit someone else? Parent
Which was the point, not that what he did was bad, but why can't a GD politician answer truthfully and not look like they are covering something up 24/7 ?
'Did the dog bite someone' is about the easiest question a pol can get, and Scott managed to get it wrong, and I refuse to believe he forgot his dog bit a staffer since that is the reason he says they got rid of it.
If a dog isn't a good fit, your not going to keep it, or you shouldn't, especially if it's nervous/anxious around strangers and you have many strangers coming and going. And sj, these are damaged animals and it's not really fair to anyone or the animal to keep in in an environment that is not stressing out for the sake of keeping it.
But why hide it and duck questions ? Parent
these are damaged animals . . .
Some animals in rescues and shelters could be classified as "damaged", but certainly not all. Many do suffer from a lack of proper training/socialization, but that also doesn't mean they are "damaged". They do generally have a hurdle of fitting into/getting used to a new lifestyle though. That's why it's best to sign up for a training class when you adopt a new dog. Good opportunity to build a good relationship and help with the adjustment. Parent
No bad dogs, just bad owners... Parent
Every dog I have owned came from a shelter, so spare me the lecture about how to take care of a dog, it's condescending gibberish. I get the dog I think no one else will take, the real ugly or troubled dog because I love animals. These aren't petsmart bonding class type dogs, they are damaged. Not homeless, not neglected, not puppy mill squalor, real damaged dogs for the most part.
I am I bit insulted that you think all dogs fit your model, or that facing their fears is some kind of great way top treat an animal who's history you don't know and who is showing sign of anxiousness and fear. It's a good way to get bitten or have a dog turn on someone. No animal should be in an environment they are uncomfortable with, and suggesting you have the magic beans is non-sense.
I am no fan of Scott, but insistingly that your method is all they need to keep a shelter dog in the Governors Mansion is foolish beyond belief. The fact that you seem to not get this, but feel the need to lecture me about out, really ticks me off. It's this kind of buffoonery that has people getting dogs because of how they look and not matching their environment to the dogs wants/needs. And they can't figure out why it's just not working.
I can't even believe I someone ended up defending the worse governor in the nation, sans Brewer. My problem was with the secrecy, not removing a dog that didn't fit their environment as I mentioned. Parent
BTW, I would never recommend a Petsmart "bonding" class. . . . Parent
BUT, if you want a dog bouncing around the Gov's mansion, you need to do extra due diligence when selecting the dog, and then do some basic training. IMO :) Adopting a prop isn't really a good idea . . . Parent
They will lie if you asked them if the sky is blue on a sunny day. Parent
And sj, these are damaged animals and it's not really fair to anyone or the animal to keep in in an environment that is not stressing out for the sake of keeping it.
"Bad" dogs are usually the result of bad owners....
I'm glad you found the right dog for you. We have adopted two rescue dogs as well and they have been fantastic. Parent
He didn't care two figs for the dog....It was just a prop that became inconvenient.
And dogs that are "trouble" get euthanized a lot.
Show me the dog.....Where is he? Show me the photo. No photo, I assume Scott had the dog euthanized Parent
Biden's irrepressible desire to run up and greet the parade watchers....just like a Golden Retriever. Parent
Thank you for caring about dogs. To h*#! with Florida's excuse-ridden governor. nyshooter said it well: If Reagan was his companion animal, the governor would & should have taken steps--like training and evaluation--to help. He is full of it.
Thanks again. And, love to my bestest Valery. Parent
I know you have many happy, funny memories of your dear friend, and as the days pass, they will once again give you more comfort than sadness.
Hugs. Parent
It is one of the unfair things in life that our dogs aren't with us for very long.
Rainbow Bridge.... Parent
Peace to you. Parent
And, thank all of you. I have to believe Valery soars with the angels...while I am still earthbound. Parent
And bless Reagan the dog if he is the means by which we get rid of Scott in FL. Lots of dog lovers here. Parent
My heart weeps with yours. Hopefully, Valery has met The Dot and they re having a bit of a good time up there.
Just remember, she'll always be in your heart. Parent
Or what may be just as bad, Scott does not know what happened to his dog and is scrambling to find out..... Parent
Or, made to investigate where Seamus ended up.
Or, made to pick up litter on the highways under the supervision of Michael Vick.
Or, to take an ethics class from Bernie Madoff (circling back to his fraudster ways.) Heh, if you are mean to your dog, not surprising you would rip off Medicare.
But, if you have a moment, do take a look at the photos of Bobby and Freckles. They tell you a lot...and tell you more about Bobby perhaps better than a lot of other things. Parent
And I don't know if she was bitten, but there was an official incident report from the mansion records of the biting released last week. I guess they could have also made that up, but this is such a non-story, I don't know why they would. Parent
TALLAHASSEE -- Reagan, the now famous dog that once belonged to Gov. Rick Scott, was banished from the Governor's Mansion after biting an employee who moved his water bowl. "The governor and first lady love dogs, and they had to make a hard decision when it was clear that Reagan was very anxious around lots of different people,'' Scott spokeswoman Melissa Sellers said. The dog bite occurred while the governor was in Orlando on Jan. 7, 2011, just three days after Scott took office, according to an incident report released by Scott's office late last week. Mansion grounds employee Jennifer Kinsey was arranging flowers in the mansion when Reagan bit her on the right hand, according to the incident report made by her supervisor for the Department of Management Services. The report noted that the injury was not serious and required no medical treatment.
"The governor and first lady love dogs, and they had to make a hard decision when it was clear that Reagan was very anxious around lots of different people,'' Scott spokeswoman Melissa Sellers said.
The dog bite occurred while the governor was in Orlando on Jan. 7, 2011, just three days after Scott took office, according to an incident report released by Scott's office late last week. Mansion grounds employee Jennifer Kinsey was arranging flowers in the mansion when Reagan bit her on the right hand, according to the incident report made by her supervisor for the Department of Management Services. The report noted that the injury was not serious and required no medical treatment.
I don't know about you, but I'm fairly good at multi-tasking and those are two things I can't do at the same time. Unless I moved the water bowl with my foot. Which would have kept the hands out of range.
The story smells a lot like rotten fish. Parent
I can't see anything nefarious here, but apparently some people want this to be the scandal of the year. Parent
I'm kind of surprised. You don't usually try to make excuses for the accused. Parent
Who cares? The dog didn't seriously hurt anyone, and they decided it wasn't a good fit and gave it back.
So.What? Parent
I'm commenting repeatedly because to me the human's behavior post real-or-imagined bite is setting off my BS alert. And I don't like the suspicion I have that the dog was euthanized because Scott was too lazy to actually work with his campaign prop. Parent
And I won't even talk about the sweet nature that seems to be a genetic trait in Labs. Parent
I have to wonder if the woman wasn't doing something unintentionally that made the dog on edge before she moved the water dish (and perhaps the food bowl was next to it?). If she was carrying large buckets of flowers etc. that the dog wasn't used to. Also, if the dog had too much freedom (who was supervising the dog?) to make his own decisions . . . It's sometimes more than just one thing if the dog is stressed. Parent
She's not one for sitting on laps and really doesn't care much to be picked up, but in the evening, she does like to snuggle up right next to us if we're sitting on the couch watching television. If one of us is working in our home office, she'll keep us company in there.
She's also a true creature of the night and only races around once it's dark, and I'll sometimes hear her playing with her toys. Once she's done with all that in the early morning hours, she'll come quietly into the bedroom and sleep at the foot of our bed. She's also our four-legged alarm clock, and will see that we're up by 6:30 a.m. so we can feed her.
I had dogs when I was growing up, but you really have to spend a lot of time with a dog in order to properly condition him or her socially to your respective home environment, and they usually require much more attention than I could possibly offer them. Cats are generally more mellow and often content to simply hang out with you, and are thus pretty low maintenance in that regard. Parent
If you are a pol, you should at least get the dog owner part down. Good grief, if you are going to be a first-class crook, you should know better. Nixon with all his faults had Checkers. Parent
Who can forget this fine moment from the DEA head. Parent
What an absurd and wholly corrupt nation. But we have neat trinkets, so it's a wash I guess. Sigh. Parent
Our # 1 killer may be stress...and what herbal remedy eases stress? The defense rests your honor;) Parent
Next question sir. Parent
Love can take you to the highest high too, but often comes with a side effect of stress at some point, which brings us back to reefer as a viable treatment for love's side effects;) Parent
I was just messing with you above because you were in court room mode with the defense rests line. But I would add that weed can add as much stress as it takes away, and if you end up in the back of a cop car, probably considerably more. Something I am sure you stress out about every time you reload.
Then what, Zanax to remove the stress of getting busted with weed that was suppose to relive the stress of a woman ? See it is a gateway drug... Parent
And yes, women are a gateway drug, no two ways about it;) Parent
According to Draper, the guest list that night (which was just over 15 people in total) included Republican Reps. Eric Cantor (Va.), Kevin McCarthy (Calif.), Paul Ryan (Wis.), Pete Sessions (Texas), Jeb Hensarling (Texas), Pete Hoekstra (Mich.) and Dan Lungren (Calif.), along with Republican Sens. Jim DeMint (S.C.), Jon Kyl (Ariz.), Tom Coburn (Okla.), John Ensign (Nev.) and Bob Corker (Tenn.). The non-lawmakers present included Newt Gingrich, several years removed from his presidential campaign, and Frank Luntz, the long-time Republican wordsmith. Notably absent were Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) -- who, Draper writes, had an acrimonious relationship with Luntz. For several hours in the Caucus Room (a high-end D.C. establishment), the book says they plotted out ways to not just win back political power, but to also put the brakes on Obama's legislative platform. "If you act like you're the minority, you're going to stay in the minority," Draper quotes McCarthy as saying. "We've gotta challenge them on every single bill and challenge them on every single campaign."
For several hours in the Caucus Room (a high-end D.C. establishment), the book says they plotted out ways to not just win back political power, but to also put the brakes on Obama's legislative platform.
"If you act like you're the minority, you're going to stay in the minority," Draper quotes McCarthy as saying. "We've gotta challenge them on every single bill and challenge them on every single campaign."
Read the rest here. Parent
Los Angeles Times | January 22, 2013 L.A. church leaders sought to hide sex abuse cases from authorities - "Fifteen years before the clergy sex abuse scandal came to light, Archbishop Roger M. Mahony and a top advisor plotted to conceal child molestation by priests from law enforcement, including keeping them out of California to avoid prosecution, according to internal Catholic church records released Monday. The archdiocese's failure to purge pedophile clergy and reluctance to cooperate with law enforcement has previously been known. But the memos written in 1986 and 1987 by Mahony and Msgr. Thomas J. Curry, then the archdiocese's chief advisor on sex abuse cases, offer the strongest evidence yet of a concerted effort by officials in the nation's largest Catholic diocese to shield abusers from police. The newly released records, which the archdiocese fought for years to keep secret, reveal in church leaders' own words a desire to keep authorities from discovering that children were being molested."
His Excellency belongs in prison.
Surely, you do not expect that a Prince of the Church would place the welfare of children above the public image of the Church. And let's not even go into the need to preserve and protect Church assets.
Priorities, Donald, priorities. Parent
My cousin is a Jesuit priest who ministers to incarcerated youth held by the CA Dept. of Corrections (and also their families), and he's often stated his impatience and frustration with the men in the gold robes and ruby slippers. He's one of those who actually strives to walk the walk, instead of just talking the talk, and is fond of quoting the late Harvey Milk, who once said "You've got to give people hope."
Every time I see stories like this in the media, I try to instead think of my cousin and other working priests and nuns like Fr. Greg Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries (the largest anti-gang interdiction program in the country), and remember that they -- not the cardinals and bishops -- are the true heart and soul of the Roman Catholic Church.
Aloha. Parent
The largest land owner in the world who doesn't pay taxes, doesn't need any more cash even without the realization that the most upper levels not only covered up sexual brutality against kids, they almost ensured it by refusing to get rid of the felons in their ranks.
But they can't help themselves, the criminals have convinced them they god wants them to send more money and they buy it hook, line, and sinker.
After this business, I realized there is no crime too horrific or too systemic for the catholic flock to wake-up and realize what their church really represents and what they really support and it ain't got nothing to do with the G.O.D.
When you think about it, that church was literally a pedophiles wet dream. The notion that they help people is preposterous at any level, their MO is shame, and that isn't how you help human being become better. ---------------------
I checked out the Homeboy industries page, while I find the name fairly lame, it's clear they are helping kids. I just noticed Walmart gave the $75k, it on the right on the home page. Off topic, but what is up lately with Walmart, they have been making donations to everyone, big ones too. They best watch it, their imagine might change if they keep this up.
I just Googled this:
In 2011, Walmart and the Walmart Foundation gave $958.9 million in cash and in-kind contributions around the world. This includes $872.7 million in cash and in-kind gifts in the United States and $86.2 million in cash and in-kind gifts in international markets. In addition, Walmart associates volunteered more than 1 million hours that resulted in more than $13 million in grants to local nonprofits.
That's almost a billion dollars, before I don't think the Walton family gave over $100k, most of it for political non-sense. I am stunned.
Sorry Donald, I didn't mean to get off topic so far. Parent
The Roman Catholic Church as an institution is often corrupt and in my opinion has an awful lot to answer for, especially now. But the majority of the rank-and-file clergy are actually good and decent people, and my cousin's ministry is literally on the front lines on the hard streets of L.A. and in SoCal jails and prisons.
My cousin often finds himself in some pretty harsh situations and gnarly environments, ministering to people on the lowest end of our socio-economic totem pole, whom most of us would prefer to pretend don't otherwise exist. He's had to bear witness to some things that would make most people's hair stand up on end, were they to ever do the same. He deals daily with the real world as it is, and not as the bishops or even the rest of us would wish it to be.
I don't give to the Church directly, preferring instead to direct my donations and assistance to those Catholic service organizations whose members toil in the trenches and try to make life a little more bearable for those people who otherwise have little or nothing. Parent
Even on overproduced, juiced and canned shows like that Dean Martin Roast show from the 70s.
He's even funnier live, as with his appearances in recent years on Letterman, and back in the day on The Johnny Carson. Parent