Category Archives: Asides

Jimmy Fallon On BP CEO Tony Hayward

In a new inter­view, BP’s CEO Tony Hay­ward said the Gulf oil spill is ‘rel­a­tively tiny’ com­pared to the ‘very big ocean.’ That’s like telling some­one who’s just been shot not to worry about the bul­let, because they’re really, really fat.” — Jimmy Fal­lon on BP CEO Tony Hayward

Jimmy Kimmel On Viagra For Women

The FDA may be on the verge of approv­ing Via­gra for women. They say the chem­i­cals in it may reduce the inci­dence of fake headaches before bed.” — Jimmy Kim­mel on Via­gra for women

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal On The BP Oil Spill

BP is the respon­si­ble party, but we need the fed­eral gov­ern­ment to make sure that they are held account­able and that they are indeed respon­si­ble.” — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jin­dal on the BP Oil Spill

Jay Leno On The Vatican And Sexual Abuse

The Vat­i­can is updat­ing its pol­icy on sex­ual abuse. They are now against it.” — Jay Leno on the Vat­i­can and sex­ual abuse

Jerry Crasnick On Minnesota Twins’ Starting Pitcher Kevin Slowey

He’s so pre­cise with his reper­toire, pitch­ing coach Rick Ander­son occa­sion­ally has to remind him to throw a ball above the let­ters just to give hit­ters a dif­fer­ent look. Think Mets pitch­ing coach Dan Warthen ever does that with Oliver Perez?” — Jerry Cras­nick on Min­nesota Twins’ start­ing pitcher Kevin Slowey

David Letterman On The BP Oil Spill

The bad news is that there’s going to be a huge envi­ron­men­tal dis­as­ter from the oil leak in the gulf. The good news is, they think the oil spill will be diluted by the melt ice caps.” — David Let­ter­man on the BP oil spill

David Letterman On Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull Volcano

The name of the vol­cano in Ice­land is Eyjaf­jal­la­jokull. It’s the scari­est thing out of Ice­land since Bjork in that swan out­fit.” — David Let­ter­man on Iceland’s Eyjaf­jal­la­jokull volcano