Being an editor and also a general assignment reporter for a newspaper can be fun. You can, on the same day, ask a question of the governor of Pennsylvania, and then go to a press screening of "Jackass, Number Two," and be legitimately on the company clock for both. That describes my day on Tuesday.
I went to a lunch, featuring Gov. Rendell as the speaker, at a local chamber of commerce. I can't share that many details before the story is published in next week's paper, but I can tell you that Rendell spoke mostly about specific policy stuff, and not very much about the upcoming election, not even mentioning the names of President Bush or his opponent, Lynn Swann. I got to ask him a question, and asked if, as a former DNC chairman, he has an opinion on the reported feud between current DNC chairman Howard Dean and DCCC chairman Rahm Emanuel. He replied that he has no idea, because he's generally out of the loop on such things.
He also took multiple questions about the Eagles.
As for "Jackass," it was more graphic and disgusting than anything previously put out by the group, with much more nudity- and bodily-fluid-based humor than on the TV show or the first movie (it's called "number two," it turns out, for a reason). But you know what? I laughed. A lot. So much that I hurt by the end. It's the second funniest movie of the year, after "Ricky Bobby," though I expect "Borat" to surpass both.
Posted by Stephen Silver at September 21, 2006 01:58 PM