• ikidd@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      2 months ago

      On Falwell: “If you gave his corpse an enema, you could bury him in a matchbox.”

      The single quote of Hitchens I remember best. And the gnashing of teeth by the other assholes on the show with him when he tore Falwell apart at the announcement of his death

    • niktemadur@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      2 months ago

      It’s like he was made for the cameras and microphones, they loved and flattered him, kept him compelling even at his most hungover and disgruntled.