The Awl http://www.theawl.com/ Be Less Stupid Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:35:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 Spy: A Handy Guide http://www.theawl.com/2010/03/spy-a-handy-guide http://www.theawl.com/2010/03/spy-a-handy-guide#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:35:26 +0000 Alex Balk http://www.theawl.com/2010/03/spy-a-handy-guide "Spy" made several hilarious guest appearances on "The Love Boat"Kurt Andersen has put up a cover gallery of all the issues of Spy with which he was associated. This will be of particular interest to those of us who are old enough to remember Spy but also old enough that we don't really remember anything these days. If you are too young to know what Spy was, sit back and let me teach you some history.

Spy was a humorous publication that actually played music videos instead of relying on tawdry reality TV crap for attention. It came in three formats: 45, 8-track, and cassingle. It starred Erik Estrada and David Soul, and its final episode was the most watched television program in America until this year's Super Bowl. Spy's famous catch phrase was "Where's the beef?" and it could often be found at Studio 54 partying with Andy Warhol and Bianca Jagger. Spy committed suicide on April 5, 1994, although there have long been some unsavory rumors blaming its wife for its passing. After several years in purgatory Spy resurrected itself in a flash of light and fire as The Waverly Inn. Now you know.

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]]> "Spy" made several hilarious guest appearances on "The Love Boat"Kurt Andersen has put up a cover gallery of all the issues of Spy with which he was associated. This will be of particular interest to those of us who are old enough to remember Spy but also old enough that we don't really remember anything these days. If you are too young to know what Spy was, sit back and let me teach you some history.

Spy was a humorous publication that actually played music videos instead of relying on tawdry reality TV crap for attention. It came in three formats: 45, 8-track, and cassingle. It starred Erik Estrada and David Soul, and its final episode was the most watched television program in America until this year's Super Bowl. Spy's famous catch phrase was "Where's the beef?" and it could often be found at Studio 54 partying with Andy Warhol and Bianca Jagger. Spy committed suicide on April 5, 1994, although there have long been some unsavory rumors blaming its wife for its passing. After several years in purgatory Spy resurrected itself in a flash of light and fire as The Waverly Inn. Now you know.

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]]> http://www.theawl.com/2010/03/spy-a-handy-guide/feed 52 Things Are About To Get A Lot Gayer/Uglier http://www.theawl.com/2009/06/things-are-about-to-get-a-lot-gayer http://www.theawl.com/2009/06/things-are-about-to-get-a-lot-gayer#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:40:16 +0000 Choire Sicha http://www.theawl.com/2009/06/things-are-about-to-get-a-lot-gayer GAYEST FLAG EVER????Kurt Andersen's Studio 360 program, which is on the radio, has apparently challenged gays to remake their stupid gay flag (the rainbow flag is credited to Gilbert Baker, who is a very nice man). It's not going very well however!

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]]> GAYEST FLAG EVER????Kurt Andersen's Studio 360 program, which is on the radio, has apparently challenged gays to remake their stupid gay flag (the rainbow flag is credited to Gilbert Baker, who is a very nice man). It's not going very well however!

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]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/06/things-are-about-to-get-a-lot-gayer/feed 6 Kurt Andersen At Work! http://www.theawl.com/2009/04/kurt-andersen-at-work http://www.theawl.com/2009/04/kurt-andersen-at-work#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:02:00 +0000 Choire Sicha http://www.theawl.com/2009/04/kurt-andersen-at-work EXAMINE!!Novelist-radio host-columnist-Random House-scout Kurt Andersen in action in Los Angeles, "providing context" to the young.

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]]> EXAMINE!!Novelist-radio host-columnist-Random House-scout Kurt Andersen in action in Los Angeles, "providing context" to the young.

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