“We discovered that it was OK to have a little high-brow as long you have a lot of low-brow. That’s entertainment value. The one thing you want to avoid is the middle brow, because the whole world is frigging middle brow at the moment.” – Jon Langford
If you look closely you'll find one of these hounds is mighty familiar. That's right, Mookie is Mr. June 2008. Order yours now.Labels: greyhounds
posted by George at 1:22 PM
George markets only for the forces of good for a living. He has a paid hobby that involves eating, drinking, and writing, things he’d do for free, which is almost what he’s doing it for. In a previous life he taught mostly illiterate and generally ungrateful college students how to write. He has been a body guard for Jodie Foster, a walk-on dancer with French avant garde troupe Maguy Marin, a film programmer, a judge at an Iron Chef style competition, a political activist, a textbook author, a bassist in a band, a two-time league winning fantasy baseball manager, a union local president, a pr flack helping run a red carpet at an Angelina Jolie event, a janitor, a chauffeur to folks from TC Boyle to Andrei Codrescu, a delivery man to Plato's Retreat, a reluctant writer of a non-snarky intro for Colin Powell, a radio DJ, a corn detassler, an escort van driver, a rock journalist, a lab assistant for a company that made everything from mouthwash to super skin lubricant, and even, once, a poet. His biggest brush with fame was when Julie Christie fondled his tie, a tie George Lopez belittled to 1000 people minutes later. The best thing about him is his wife. His dogs aren't bad, either.
6 Comments:
"The cat will mew and dog will have his day."
Will he be signing them?
George, how on earth did you get your dog into doggie modeling? And is the other one jealous?
Well done, Mook. But I have to ask what Drew asked: how is Nigel dealing with this?
Trouble could be brewing.
So Mookie was working as a waitress at Schwab's, and one day this agent comes in and asks him, "Have you ever considered modeling?"
Actually, it kind of did happen like that. We were at some dog event with the boys and a photographer said she'd like to take photos of them someday and got our phone number. We met her up at Wilcox one day and she took lots of photos of both of them, together and apart. That was 2005.
Finally we got a call from her and she said Mookie made the 2008 calendar cut.
As for Nigel, of course he's jealous, but he figures he's got 4 years on Mooks so his day will come. And in the meantime he will be assuaged with plenty of Milk Bones.
James, he will give pawtographs, yes.
Congra-drool-ations, Mookie! And to think I knew ye when you were a wee pup.
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