Un-supersize us!
Six hundred pounds. Local ambulance company American Medical Response tells the AP that it handled 75 calls in the last six months involving patients at least that large—and a 600-pound person doesn't fit well in a regular ambulance. Thus, the need for a bigger, $250,000 supersized ride. More horrifying, the extra-wide vehicle has a winch—and is capable of loading up to 1,600 pounds.
No doubt KFC and McDonald's soon will be taxed additionally for the wide rides, right? Would you like a winch with that bag of tasty, highly processed, fried stuff?
Lines from Hitchcock's Vertigo That Could Well Be From G-Sting, Starring Erin Kenny and Michael Galardi
Gavin Elster: "She'll be talking to me about something. Suddenly the words fade into silence. A cloud comes into her eyes and they go blank.
"She's somewhere else, away from me, someone I don't know. I call her, she doesn't even hear me. Then, with a long sigh, she's back. Looks at me brightly, doesn't even know she's been away, can't tell me where or when."
Scottie: "Did he tell you exactly what to do, what to say? You were a very apt pupil too, weren't you? You were a very apt pupil!"
Scottie: "You shouldn't keep souvenirs of a killing. You shouldn't have been that sentimental."
Judy: "If I let you change me, will that do it? If I do what you tell me, will you love me?"
Scottie: "Yes. Yes."
Judy: "All right. All right then, I'll do it. I don't care anymore about me."
Debasing Quote of the Week About Las Vegas
"The only other place in town where you can see outdoors while getting fleeced is McCarran Airport, and there you're staring at all those ugly Southwest planes."
Casino Robber Heather Tallchief Stars in Thriller There Go My Royalties
"She promised to reimburse the armored car company—Loomis Armor—and its insurance carrier with any proceeds from a Hollywood movie deal based on her story."
Jerry Lewis ... Homeless?
Relax: No one has to raid the MDA piggy bank just yet.
But Las Vegas' in-house comic legend has been signed to go dramatically penniless next fall when he portrays Detective John Munch's (Richard Belzer, another comedy kingpin) homeless uncle on an episode of Law & Order: SVU, the Associated Press reported earlier this week.
The episode, simply titled "Uncle," involves detectives finding Lewis' character living on the street and arresting him as a suspect in a murder case.
As well as hosting the annual Labor Day Muscular Dystrophy Telethon, Lewis, 80, has done occasional dramatic acting, notably as the TV talk-show host stalked by Robert DeNiro and Sandra Bernhard in Martin Scorsese's 1983 film, The King of Comedy. He was also lauded for his guest-starring role on the 1987-'90 series, Wiseguy.
Belzer will lead a Friar's Club Celebrity Roast of Lewis in New York on June 9.