Withering Glance: Putdowns for the ages
RN: How well would you score on a Famous Zingers pop quiz?
CP: Try me.
RN: Who took one look at William Hurt and observed, "You're not too smart, are you? I like that in a man"?
CP: What about this one, so cutting, so monosyllabic? "You were hot when? "
RN: "She runs the gamut of emotions, from A to B."
CP: "She is a peacock in everything but beauty."
RN: "There's a name for you ladies, but it isn't used in high society, outside of a kennel."
CP: "She might have meant something once, but I don't know many people my age who care."
RN: "In time you'll drop dead, and I'll come to your funeral in a red dress."
CP: "You are like the smell of drains / in a restaurant where pâté maison /is a slab of cold meatloaf / damp and woolly. / You lack charm."
Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez, and Randy Jackson(l.-r.), judges for the 10th season of American Idol, are seen in Los Angeles, September 22, 2010. (Newscom) The ouster of NPR chief Vivian Schiller will probably not quiet conservative outrage unleashed
