FOREWORD BY STAN LERNER: Downtownster does not celebrate its first birthday until February, but I still feel compelled to post the TEN BEST downtownster blogs of 2009. And while I think all of our blogs have been great, these are the ones that readers read the most and gave us the highest level of props [...]
Author Archives: Meaghan LiBrizzi
BETTY BOOZE
June 8, 2009 – 8:31 am
REALITY BITES! SPIDEY… When I was approached for the interview I was caught between the need to verbally and alcoholically humiliate them, and the overwhelming sense that even “I” was too good for them. I knew I would need to get Heidi alone, so I could get her drunk and find out what she really [...]
The Adventures of Betty Booze VOL 5 Diva
May 10, 2009 – 1:39 pm
Foreword by Stan Lerner: And yes, Betty like her older brother Downtown Oliver Brown just makes stuff up — so get over it! “It only takes me one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can’t remember if it’s the thirteenth or fourteenth.” -George Burns BORDELLO – “a building where prostitutes are available”… [...]
“ABCENTS” The Adventures of Betty Booze VOL.4
May 4, 2009 – 9:52 am
Standing in line for the quarter machine at the lavanderia (that’s a Laundromat, for those of you who don’t live in Los Angeles) I thought for a split second, “am I really doing this?” and before I could ponder anymore, it was my turn. I started injecting bills into the machine, and it sh*t quarters [...]
BETTY BOOZE 3
April 28, 2009 – 4:25 pm
Welcome back, Question: What’s better than wearing a skirt? Why in his right mind, he would ever say yes, is beyond me… but I wasn’t about to question it. His ASSistant emailed me the address, and then after a nanny emergency, I was emailed another. I was supposed to meet him that night on the [...]
Betty Booze–The Note
April 19, 2009 – 8:38 am
“I always keep a bottle handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy.” W.C. Fields Cheers. So I called Gunner the other night to ask him if he’d allow me to interview him. His answer was yes, to which my response was “ it can’t be no, can it Gunn?” … [...]
Betty Booze
April 12, 2009 – 12:28 pm
Foreword by Stan Lerner: so people have asked for the female counterpart of Downtown Oliver Brown—HERE IT IS! Adventures of Betty Booze… “A LITTLE BAD TASTE IS LIKE A NICE DASH OF PAPRIKA.” – Dorothy Parker Look at the word ASSISTANT. What do you see? Since you’re the listener in this interaction I’ll tell you [...]
