News from The Smoking Gun

Dear Friends:


Start the week off right with a batch of hilarious letters sent by angry motorists to the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority. Hard as it may be to believe, Bay State toll takers apparently can be incredibly rude, vulgar, and threatening. Funny, we've always found toll takers to be Emily Post-like in their demeanor:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0621043toll1.html


We work, so it's hard to catch the magic of "Live with Regis and Kelly." Even so, we're happy to see that Kelly Ripa just signed a new five-year contract worth at least $27.5 million. If you're out there, Kathie Lee, take your head out of the oven and read the confidential contract documents detailing your successor's eight-figure haul. Story at:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0621041ripa1.html


Newest additions to our swelling backstage concert rider package are rapper Lil' Bow Wow and Aretha Franklin, who really loves that cash money. Details at:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/index.html


Make sure to dial up Court TV tonight at 10:30 PM (et/pt) for the first of two new half-hour Smoking Gun TV specials. Show two airs tomorrow--Tuesday, June 22--at the same time. Please don't make us beg:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/tvspecial/tvspecial.html


Regards,

Your pals at TSG

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