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Jim Short

Van Damned

About Me

jimshort.com
jokeslinger.com
Read my live Blog from Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

My Interests

jokes. coffee. Shepherd's Pie. History. Travelogues. Theme Time Radio Hour. carrot juice. Dali. Tales of Keith Richards. swearing. ginger beer. Hibbing, Mn. coconut cream pie. Match Game. Corn flakes. New York City. smoking monkeys. fresh fruit. space mountain. key lime pie. alliteration. Hair extensions. Magritte. easy recipes. The Edgewater Inn, Seattle, Wa. Tintin. Karl Pilkington. Tea.

I'd like to meet:

I have no one to meet....and the ancient empty street's too dead for dreaming

Music:

Bob Dylan; The Clash; Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros; Sex Pistols; Billy Bragg; The Who; Rolling Stones; The Beatles; Johnny Cash; Mozz, Mozzer, The Mozzfather; Elvis Costello; Lucinda Williams; The Smiths; Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins; PiL; Tom Jones; Wilco; Blur; Donovan; Finn Brothers; The Libertines; Peter Townshend; Yeah Yeah Yeahs; Crowded House; Bowie; Kinks; Pixies; Trojan Reggae Collections; The Association; Elvis; Sir Michael Phillip Jagger

Movies:

This is Spinal Tap; Citizen Kane; Lawrence of Arabia; The Ghost and Mr. Chicken; Reluctant Astronaut

Television:

Monty Python's Flying Circus; Fawlty Towers; The Office (original); Extras; Curb Your Enthusiasm; Little Britain; Da Ali G Show; The Sopranos; The Royle Family (BBC); Bargain Hunt; McLaughlin Group; I'm Alan Partridge; Saxondale; Dealing with Dickinson; Sanford and Son; The Price is Right; The Daily Show; The Colbert Report; anything with Michael Palin knockin' about the globe; Ken Burns' anything.

Books:

The World According to Karl Pilkington. Happyslapped by a jellyfish. Manhunt (it's the search for Lincoln's killers, not a "manhunt" like you're thinking, you dirty devil); The Razor's Edge; The Citadel; Tintin; I also like The Count of Monte Cristo, have you read it? The unabridged version? It's rather long. A cracking read nonetheless. A.J. Cronin. Twain. Got a couple of bios on Peter Cook to get to.

Heroes:

Rumpole; Inspector Morse; Miss Marple; David Brent; Don Knotts; David Dickinson; Tommy Saxondale, Daltrey

My Blog

The Punchline in San Francisco July 1, 2, 3, 5

I'm headlining at the Punchline in San Francisco July 1, 2, 3, and 5. No shows on the 4th.Because you are all so darn special I've arranged a deal on the tickets. Mention jimshort.com and receive 2 ...
Posted by Jim Short on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:55:00 PST

LIVE BLOG--INDIANA JONES--OPENING NIGHT

  Friends, for those of you who missed it, here's the transcript of my Live Blog from the first showing of Indiana Jones and The Kindgom of the Crystal Skull. Enjoy. 22 May 2008:  Welcome t...
Posted by Jim Short on Tue, 27 May 2008 10:21:00 PST

Stones movie

Someone died in the last major Stones documentary.  Can't imagine how many will get whacked in one made by Scorsese. It should have been called 'Exile on Mean Streets'.
Posted by Jim Short on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:12:00 PST