Wednesday, February 9, 2011
The Last Supper
(This is culled from a recent discussion among some friends.)
What 12 living individuals would you invite to your Last Supper?
Here's some of the more colorful nominees, with commentary from the nominator or myself.
Adam Carolla - "One of the few original voices in entertainment."
Warren Buffett - "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he was an aww-shucks sodbuster from Omaha. Actually, he certainly has a good act going but I think he's mostly transparent."
Christopher Hitchens - "I don't think I've ever been this sad to see a stranger go. Even more than Vonnegut."
Osama Bin Laden - I think he could hold his own rhetorically, and it would be nice to hear his motivations in front of capable, politically "neutral" dissenting voices.
Francis Collins ("Christian" genetic scientist) - The dude actually holds him own in an edited debate with Bill Maher. That's saying something.
Roger Ebert - "I've been following him on twitter for a few months now and I read his blog posts from time to time. He's very opinionated and I don't always agree with him but he's a very smart and well informed dude and he knows how to write."
Stephen King - "Anyone that can write so insightfully about what makes people scared has got be good at a cocktail party. You really should check out some of his non-horror books. King was quoted as calling conservative commentator Glenn Beck "Satan's mentally challenged younger brother. How could you not want a guy like that at your table?"
Clay Shirky - "Maybe he's a prophet, maybe he's just a basement nerd with a podium. He's brilliant."
Penn Gillette - "Big Funny guy. Lots of charisma, won't dominate the conversation but will definitely bring quite a bit to it. Smart outspoken athiest like Chrissy Hitchy, but with manners. Will do magic tricks if dinner gets awkward."
Labels: Kids table: Beck, Limbaugh, O'Reilly
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