From: subq-AT-halcyon.com
Date: Wed, 06 Nov 1996 12:25:51 +0000
Subject: Re: Seinfeld / a simile


A twist(?) on Rod Smith's post:

So there's this episode of Mary Tyler Moore where Ted's trying to get a
raise
& after finagling and shenaniganizing he puts one over on Lou & gets his
contract changed to non-exclusive sos he can publish non-referential
poetry which is not cool w/ Lou & the gang because Ted's just a
brainless gimp & it hurts the image of the news to have the anchorman
selling disjunctive poetics so Lou gets
despondent because the contract can't be rescinded but then he gets mad
&
calls Ted into his office & says, you know his voice, "You're going to
stop publishing experimnetal poetry, Ted" & Ted says "Why would I do
that Lou?" & Lou says "Because
if you don't I'll punch your face out, Ted" & Ted says "I'll have you
arrested" & Lou says "It'll be too late, your face will be broken,
you're not
gonna get too many reading tour contracts with a broken face now are you
Ted?" & Ted
buckles under to force & everybody's happy, except Ted but he's so dumb
nobody cares & everybody loves it that Lou's not despondent anymore he's
back
to his brustling chubby loud loveable whiskey-drinking football-loving
ways.
Now imagine if Ted were Lou, if Ted were the boss. You know how
incredibly
fucking brainless Ted is, but let's imagine he understands & is willing
to
use force. That's the situation we're in now as Americans. A
collossal-headed Ted Baxter is constantly threatening to punch our
collective
face out leaving us unable to afford publishing our own small press
poetry.


--Tom Malone
subq-AT-halcyon.com


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