Joel Stein

Dog Poo On Air Force One|More Mulling Over Gourmet|Classical And Spanish Radio Stations Get Ready To Swap|Time's Joel Stein Writes A Memoir - Posted October 8, 2009
Watch CBS News Videos Online FishbowlDC: How to tell if your assignment editor hates you: he asked you to fact check a story about the first dog pooping on Air Force One. Forbes New York Times Magazine columnist and food52 founder Amanda Hesser questions Gourmet's relevancy. Daily News: Tonight, classical music radio station WQXR... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List 03.13.09 - Posted March 13, 2009
Good Morning FishbowlDC! Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. Its day 53 covering the Obama administration and week six for us. It's also Friday the 13th-... [FishBowlDC]

Gays Listen to Joel Stein - Posted December 10, 2008
Today is Call in Gay Day. It was an idea floated by our example for what's rarely funny, LAT columnist Joel Stein. Yes, in his column he suggested that those that disagree with Prop. 8 should not go to work or bars for one day: That's why I'm declaring Dec. 5... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted October 24, 2008
Crossing The Dateline: In this Charles Piller report about how, as governor, Sarah Palin gave more than 100 jobs to friends, donors and relatives without any regard to qualifications, Piller starts off with this dateline: "Reporting from Anchorage." Is that a new LAT style? We kinda like it, but in this... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds -- Election Edition - Posted October 10, 2008
Rock the No-Vote: Joel Stein suggests people should stay home and not vote. FBLA suggests Joel Stein should stay home and not write. Fish In A Barrel: Patt Morrison points out that John McCain and his surrogates have no idea what they're talking about. It's funny stuff -- until you realize that... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted September 26, 2008
Keys to the Magic Kingdom: Dawn C. Chmielewski showcases the internships you wish you had in a story today. But our favorite part of this piece, just might be the headline. It looks like something out of the Hogwarts Daily Herald: 'Sorcerers' apprentices concoct new adventures.' Katie and Sarah: James Rainey points... [FishBowlLA]

Time.com Relaunches: Podcasts, Archives, Video, Oh My - Posted September 15, 2008
Frequent visitors to Time.com may already have noticed that the page looks a bit different this morning. That's because the magazine has officially relaunched their website today. FBNY stopped by the Time offices last week to get a quick preview of the site — did you know that Time's... [FishBowlNY]

BREAKING: FBLA Finds Something Good In A Joel Stein Column! - Posted September 12, 2008
Finally! Something worth reading in a Joel Stein column -- of course, that something is a link to somebody else's work, but still, it's a start!... [FishBowlLA]

Notes From the Showroom Floor - Posted July 27, 2008
We were wandering through the showroom floor at Comic Con 2008 and had some sightings. We believe we saw what we think was Fred Savage. And we also think we saw about 20 guys that really looked like Fred Savage. We also spotted Joel Stein wading through the crowd. Then we... [FishBowlLA]

John Brady and FBLA Are in Total Agreeance - Posted July 8, 2008
John Brady has a piece in Folio about Time magazine and Joel Stein. Brady writes: Does anyone here remember that wonderful year 1996, when Time magazine did a redesign that caused a reader revolt? Well, I remember it well. One element in the failed repositioning of the newsweekly was a recent... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted June 6, 2008
Hello Imma. Hello Abba: Joel Stein wants us to believe that the Jews who run Hollywood all got their gigs by going to the same Jewish summer camp together -- and he offers as proof a long list of names of people you've never heard of. If Us Weekly Ran The Show:... [FishBowlLA]

George Clooney--Salad Spritzer. Watermelon Freak, Pepper Grinder - Posted April 7, 2008
Ian Parker succeedes where Joel Stein failed. In the New Yorker's 10 page celebrity profile, we learn that George Clooney sprays his salad with Balsamic Breeze: a wonderfully balanced blend of bold balsamic vinegar and extra virgin olive oil-all in an innovative spray bottle. Plus, there's just 1 calorie per spray! And... [FishBowlLA]

Sundown on Sunset: Local Color - Posted February 22, 2008
HBO has picked up Academy-Award nominated doc. A Taxi to the Dark Side, after Discovery chickened out. Barbara Walters will interview Ellen Page, Harrison Ford, Vanessa Williams, and Mylie Cyrus. Pick the two with shows on ABC. Who will be forgotten in the Montage of Dead Stars this year? Joel Stein invites George... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted January 4, 2008
Britney Spears, Detained For Drug-Testing: Oh dear. Well, to look at the bright side, at least the LAT didn't re-post that Britney-Madonna kiss pic. Jay Leno: Scab or Not? The WGA and The Tonight Show host are at odds over whether he's really allowed to write his own jokes ... never mind... [FishBowlLA]

LA Times Wants to Polish the Big Orange - Posted December 6, 2007
We hear that the LA Times is soliciting opinions for a year-ender on how to improve the cultural life of our city. Unfortunately, they're calling it Polishing the Big Orange The Big Orange? Or the Big O? If we wanted to live in New York, we would. Can't our local paper figure out a... [FishBowlLA]

Did Joel Stein Steal Feeble Column Idea from Semi-Obscure Blog? - Posted November 5, 2007
Did Joel Stein copy Media Bloodhound's not-all-that-brilliant idea? Stein wrote a column introducing Ann Coulter Mad Libs (thus dating himself by about 20 years) a full two weeks after the blog post heralding Ann Libs appeared. Skippy makes the case. (Memo to all concerned: Mad Libs is no longer a pop culture... [FishBowlLA]

Tina Dupuy Wins BrooWaHa Contest - Posted October 15, 2007
Stand-up comic Tina Dupuy won the BrooWaHa writing contest with a nifty essay on jury duty, Stand Up, Sit Down, Do Your Civic Duty . The notice stated that jurors should dress "business casual". But this is LA. I've always considered "business casual" to be something ironed worn with uncomfortable shoes. Maybe... [FishBowlLA]

Joel Stein Chat Miserable Failure - Posted August 7, 2007
Just when you thought that Joel Stein could not be humiliated ever again..... Mike Schneider alerts us the the chat that never was. Remember when Stein threw down the gauntlet and challenged the blogitopians to a duel? No, we don't either, but evidently there was a contest, and the LA Times misjudged... [FishBowlLA]

Joel Stein Column on Captivity In Captivity - Posted July 12, 2007
Log jam of writers at the LAT re: the Captivity party. Paul Cullum Babes, blood and B-listers at the 'Captivity' party A dominatrix at work, the Suicide Girls and more MPAA controversy as the torture flick premieres. (Comprehensive, if a little late.) Patt Morrison The scary missing-persons number game Good news for us, bad news for 'Captivity' promoters--... [FishBowlLA]

FBLA Goes to the Party: Captivity Premiere Party: Not All That Freaky - Posted July 11, 2007
After Dark's producer Courtney Solomon promised that the premiere party for his horror flick, Captivity, wouldn't be the same old blah evening of red carpet, screening, sponsored cocktail and home by 11. Biggest difference? No screening and open bar. Despite the presence of the Suicide Girls (who were certainly the... [FishBowlLA]

Joel Stein Won't Teach Blow Job Class - Posted June 18, 2007
Joel Stein has decided that teaching a class in oral sex might be a bad idea, after all. Babeland's blog blames Gawker for alerting the LA Times, which is unlikely, as who at the LAT reads that? LAObserved should get the credit or the blame. Stein had planned to do a... [FishBowlLA]

Joel Stein Teaches How To Give Head - Posted June 14, 2007
Is Joel Stein subtly signaling the LA Times that he needs a raise? Or is he just off on another of his wacky stunts? Either way, he's teaching a class in How to Give a Blow Job at Babeland. Stein is teaching the class with Kelly Arbor. Stein says: I feel it's... [FishBowlLA]

LAT in 90 - Posted March 6, 2007
Doncha wish your writer was snark like me? Paul Brownfield, of all people, takes a look at ANTM and the Pussycat Dolls. As this is the 8th season of Top Model, you'd think he'd figured out how it works. Smokin' in the boy's room. Teens who watch R-rated movies and/or have tvs in... [FishBowlLA]

Killing Time In New York - Posted March 5, 2007
If you're into this sort of thing, some fascinating meta-media notes on Joe Hagan's piece on Time magazine in this week's New York mag: Editor Richard Stengel tells Hagan he wants Time to be a bit more like the Economist. Time Inc. editor-in-chief John Huey does not: "Well, that's not the... [FishBowlNY]

FBLA 20 Questions: Joel Stein - Posted February 19, 2007
Columnist Joel Stein kindly answered our 20 questions. If you think he's really funny, be prepared for a disappointment. Anyone can have an off day or two. We'd blame ourselves except everyone else we asked has been funny. 1. What newspapers do you read? I get the LAT and NYT at my... [FishBowlLA]

FBLA 20 Questions: Joel Stein - Posted February 19, 2007
Columnist Joel Stein kindly answered our 20 questions. If you think he's really funny, be prepared for a disappointment. Anyone can have an off day or two. We'd blame ourselves except everyone else we asked has been funny. 1. What newspapers do you read? I get the LAT and NYT at my... [FishBowlLA]

Joel in Jane? Gawker - Posted February 14, 2007
Joel Stein, whom we like to think of as our own personal whipping boy, will be free-lancing for Jane, according to Gawker. (Aside to Gawker: you've got Rachel, we get Joel, so knock it off.) FBLA asked Stein about this, and he wondered why Gawker is so interested in Jane.... [FishBowlLA]

Joel in Jane? Gawker - Posted February 14, 2007
Joel Stein, whom we like to think of as our own personal whipping boy, will be free-lancing for Jane, according to Gawker. (Aside to Gawker: you've got Rachel, we get Joel, so knock it off.) FBLA asked Stein about this, and he wondered why Gawker is so interested in Jane.... [FishBowlLA]

LAT in 90 Seconds - Posted January 11, 2007
Online, No One Can Hear Your Scream: In an apparent bid to either ramp up its Web site or drive Joel Stein mad (either outcome would be much appreciated), the LAT will begin weekly, hourlong online chats. For the first one on Jan. 23, the powers that be are offering up... [FishBowlLA]

LAT in 90 Seconds - Posted January 5, 2007
News As Art: In a thoughtful piece about museums' slow acceptance of photojournalism, Christopher Reynolds highlights the Getty's exploration of "the borderlands between art and news." The story does a good job describing the consideration of Tet Offensive and the Kennedy assassination shots as museum-worthy depictions of history. But what about... [FishBowlLA]

Joel Stein Hits Zeitgeist Nerve/FBLA Wants to Knock the L Out of Joel - Posted January 3, 2007
FBLA tried not to join the Jump on Joel Stein mania, But we did have some questions, so we emailed those LA Times commenters with valid addresses, asked and got answers. It seems so simple, doesn't it? FBLA asked: Why does Stein engender such strong responses? Ryan Jay Fishman He inspires a response because... [FishBowlLA]

Joel Stein Hits Zeitgeist Nerve/FBLA Wants to Knock the L Out of Joel - Posted January 3, 2007
FBLA tried not to join the Jump on Joel Stein mania, But we did have some questions, so we emailed those LA Times commenters with valid addresses, asked and got answers. It seems so simple, doesn't it? FBLA asked: Why does Stein engender such strong responses? Ryan Jay Fishman He inspires a response because... [FishBowlLA]

Joel Stein Compares Self To Tom Hanks, Phillip Roth, Doesn't Want Readers To E-Mail Him - Posted January 2, 2007
We'll just let columnist Joel Stein — he of Time magazine, SecondLife and VH1's I Love The Whatever fame — explain himself: DON'T E-MAIL me. That address on the bottom of this column? That is the pathetic, confused death knell of the once-proud newspaper industry, and I want nothing to do with it.... [FishBowlNY]