What Happens When the Girl Is Neither Lovely Nor Better
Ms. Barbara Streisand recently came to Hill-Billy's rescue:
Indeed, there seems to be no difference between Hill-Billy and the other dirty, old, men, you mention:...
Hair, Nip, Rump and Kanye
The best four moments of the 57th Grammy Awards were shockingly not related to music but to the people who brought us atonal tonalities, aka amusical crap:
4....
Hill, Would Your Face on the $20 Bill Suffice?
Marquel, TPVs NYTimes Hey Lady Section correspondent was hailing a cab when he saw the driver's gender and unperturbed walked in and said, "To...
The Reprieve
You flew
in my room
I'd left
the door
cracked against
the autumn air
A wren you were
no bigger
than a latchkey
Lucky for you
it was only me
in residence
The cat was
gone
just dreaming
perhaps
of...
Live from ThePotholeView: According to Us, Gore Vidal Is Still Having Fun
When you have Gore Vidal's irreverent wit and cosmopolitan nature, you cannot stop having fun. At random, I picked this quote to announce his...
Madonna Does Florence
Amazing Madonna kept a very busy schedule in Florence. She performed in the evening, then spent the night with her 24-year-old French boyfriend Brahim...
Fantastic Mr. Trump Finds Dory
As thousands gathered outside the White House to demand Trump rescind the order banning citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the US for...
Sneaking into Paradise with John Malkovich
“Michael Sturminger, give me your opera, theater, musicals,” I would have easily said plagiarizing Emma Lazarus at the end of The Giacomo Variations, ...
What Would Lee Strasberg Say?
Marquel, TPVs NYTimes Method Section correspondent, was doing his daily pushups when he read Inmate Improv. Can a prison theater workshop prepare men for a life...
Art, Gadget or Adget?
Gadgets! Who doesn’t like gadgets? TPV adores them. TPV is a gadget. We are making the world smaller and more familiar to our readers....
Bestiaire. Is It Us or Is It Denis Côté?
Denis Côté is worried about his new film. He’s afraid that people think it is anti-zoo. Before the movie began, Côté, in his unnatural...
The Songs the Obamas and the Bidens Were Told to Listen to this Christmas
Dear TPV Readers, here is vetted music you can listen to, also:
The Obamas and the Bidens just shared their holiday playlists:
Just in time for...
Letter to Cartoonophobes:
It is with deep interest that I read how some people of Allah enlist themselves to kill cartoonists. And I wonder: why?
Why do people...
