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...used to say that he was being crucified," comedian Mort Sahl recalled, "and... I'd say, ?Hey, man, but don't forget the resurrection.'" Lenny's trials spanned the last six years of his life; his resurrection took much less time. In the spring of 1967 the movie Lenny Bruce, a filmed record of a 1965 Basin Street West gig, showed those who had never seen him "live" the highs and the lows, the electricity and the longueurs, of a Bruce performance. That summer, Lenny's face was on the cover of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club...
...Caveat emptor, Michael. And, incidentally, caveat emptor, moviegoers. Turns out the gizmo Mort provides can fast-forward or rewind or freeze-frame life itself. This permits Michael to see how things will work out for him if he does not mend his workaholic ways, which is, putting it mildly, not very well. Yes, he gets his partnership in the architectural practice that is, when we meet him, stealing from him all the quality time he wants to spend with his wife - the divinely perky Kate Beckinsale - and their adorable offspring. But at what cost - he grows fat, gets divorced, suffers...
...universal remote in the Beyond section of Bed, Bath and Beyond, which is down a spooky hallway in a shadowy stock room presided over by Christopher Walken's genial, flaky Mort. Michael (Adam Sandler) hopes the device will bring a little order to his chaotic life - one clicker replacing the many that presently operate the TV, the garage door, his kids' toys...
Already this is fun. But it gets better. The story was broken by the Daily News, locked for decades in a fratricidal tabloid war with the Post. The scoop gave News owner Mort Zuckerman delicious revenge against Post owner Rupert Murdoch. The Post, which is cooperating with the FBI, has suspended Stern, meanwhile noting that he was only a part-time underling of Page Six editor Richard Johnson...
...police identity check. Though a preliminary investigation has found that they weren't being pursued, their senseless deaths were quickly blamed on the police. After two nights of violence, hundreds marched through Clichy-sous-Bois on Saturday morning, many of them wearing white t-shirts with the slogan "Mort Pour Rien"-dead for no reason...