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Heeb Issue #14Urban Kvetch
Mr. Met
Mets fans aren’t some sushi-rolling, lemonade-sipping pansy-asses. The blue in the team logo is a reflection of the hue around our collars. We may have some sentimentality for team mascot Mr.
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Mets fans aren’t some sushi-rolling, lemonade-sipping pansy-asses. The blue in the team logo is a reflection of the hue around our collars. We may have some sentimentality for team mascot Mr.
In the Beginning
Jewdar
Fall Of Hope
We are rapidly approaching that special time of redemption and renewal—we speak, of course, of the new fall television season. Once again, the network execs have somehow forgotten to
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We are rapidly approaching that special time of redemption and renewal—we speak, of course, of the new fall television season. Once again, the network execs have somehow forgotten to
Honorary Heeb
Ask A Black Man
Richard Pryor didn’t come up with all of those wildly provocative punch lines by himself. A large amount of his scathing onstage material and Grammy-winning LPs are credited to The Richard Pryor Show
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In the Beginning
King Of The Hill
For a hard-working actor, writer and producer, Jonah Hill sure has a lot of opinions on video games. He can explain why Super Mario Bros.’ Luigi was gay (“Overalls are a pretty strong statement that
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Features
A Cut Above
At your typical bris, the guest of honor arrives on a white pillow. He’s not exactly in fighting condition: 8 days old, spreadeagled, diaperless, still adjusting to non-liquid environments.
He cries
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He cries
Features
Joan of Snark
My favorite Joan Rivers joke concerns her daughter. Melissa calls her mother for advice. Playboy has offered her $500,000 to pose nude from the waist up, and she is unsure whether she should accept the
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Storytelling
My Stalker
My name is Mike Albo and I’m a D-level celebrity. Well, I’m actually more like a Dminus-level celebrity. A-level celebrities, you know who they are: Madonna, Jessica Alba, George Clooney. B-levels
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Photo Feature
The Heeb Hundred
They’re young, smart and innovative… oh yeah, they also happen to be Jewish. No, we’re not talking about the staff of Heeb Magazine; we’re talking about the second installment of the Heeb
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Chosen
The Gospel According to A.J.
The market for gimmick books—shtick lit, as it were—has enjoyed a surprising shelf life. There are authors who pledge not to spend money for a year, those who promise to say yes to everything and,
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Chosen/Music
The Ballad Of Marissa Nadler
Marissa Nadler’s music seems to exist in a world of its own. Most songs consist of little more than a carefully finger-picked acoustic guitar and a wispy, disembodied voice that recalls Hope
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Chosen
Taking It To The Streets
“They just aren’t pretty,” my grandmother declared after walking in and quickly out of Zoe Strauss’ solo exhibition at Silverstein Photography this past summer. I was startled. I had spent the
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Chosen
God Save The Queen
For a gay, bald, chubby Jew, Matt Lucas is pretty comfortable in his own skin. Then again, the actor/comedian is perhaps better known for the multitude of other skins he inhabits in his BBC hit show
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Chosen
Army@Love
The revolution’s gonna be graphic-novelized. In his Vertigo/DC monthly comic book, Army@Love, comiconoclast Rick Veitch drops subversive sci-fi-satire bombs. A collection of the first six issues,
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Everyone’s A Critic
Good Chemistry
Remembered for her zany hats and pubescent troubles on the sitcom Blossom, Mayim Bialik could have easily entered pop culture’s stable of desperate reality TV stars. But save an appearance on Curb
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Horascopes
Aries (March 21-April 19) A mutable eclipse on September 11th makes you receptive to healing techniques. Schedule your facial at Bliss Spa pronto. Gentlemen: The hairy ones amongst you (you know who you
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