In a tragedy closely mirroring the Battle of New Orleans, actor The Very Handsome Eddie Cibrian was injured on the set of “The Playboy Club” after the show had already been canceled. The Chicago Sun-Times explains:
Cibrian injured his right heel while running down an alley on the show’s set at Cinespace Studios, 2558 West 16th. The actor received a deep gash on his heel after it caught underneath a 200-pound steel door, the source said.
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Though the NBC show was cancelled after the third episode aired Monday night, the show’s production company had plans to continue filming in Chicago until Oct. 10 with the hopes of eventually shopping the series to another network.
For those of you not up on your American history: 1) FOR SHAME. 2) The Battle of New Orleans was the final battle of The War of 1812, and was fought entirely after the peace treaty between America and the British Empire had been signed halfway around the world. So in this analogy, as in many others, Eddie Cibrian’s foot would represent thousands of troops who died fighting a pointless battle, Amber Heard would be Dolley Madison, and the Parents Television Council would be the stuffy, uptight British Empire whose tyrannical rule we are all desperate to escape. Oh, and “The Playboy Club” would be Native Americans, because they were the only ones who really got screwed in the war. Shocker.
Class dismissed. Quiz Friday.
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I thought Cibrain was going to be Andrew Jackson in this analogy, because of his wooden acting.
Good to know they’re still teaching Johnny Horton in the public schools.
That Charisma pillow is one of the finest on the market. I’ve been waiting for it to get its due. Thanks DG.
Amber Heard would be Dolley Madison…
So Dolley Madison was a hot lesbian?
Who represents the alligator they used as a cannon?
/entire knowledge of the battle of new orleans is based on the Jimmy Horton song
I wouldn’t say it was pointless, yes the treaty was signed two weeks before the battle but they combatants in North America didn’t know it until a month or so afterwards. Plus, it help solidified Jackson’s reputation as a badass, as the Americans held off a numerically superior force and inflicted heavy casualties.
I guess that pillow would be my second choice for the category of “Things called Charisma that I would like to sleep on top of.”
I’m pretty sure Eddie Cibrian receives a deep gash on a daily basis.
We’re not “stuffy”. If we made a show about Playboy, we’d actually show some breasts. You guys are the ones who frown upon nudity on network television, we embrace it.
*Buys another ascot and walks away with pinkie in air*
We also would have accepted “What is the Battle of Palmito Ranch”.
@ Zack – Is the first Ms. Carpenter? If so, I concur.
It’s not a “scarf”, knave. It’s an “ascot”. LOL