1 It's FRIDEEEEEEE!!!!
2 AND...
3 Last night was Garbage Night!
4 Well, here's some breaking news from this morning's Merc, courtesy of Tony Hicks:
Mr. Burns recast?
Harry Shearer parts
from 'The Simpsons'
Harry Shearer said
he won't return to "The
Simpsons after 26 sea-
sons because of a contract
dispute with Fox.
The "Saturday Night
Live" alum is one of the
most recognizable voices
on the show, doing Ned
Flanders, Mr. Burns, Prin-
cipal Skinner, the Rev.
Lovejoy, Kent Brockman
and others.
Come on, you guys. Get
it together...for America.
Shearer, 71, apparently
made it official Wednes-
day, tweeting, "This be-
cause I wanted what we've
always had: the freedom
to do other work."
But WAIT! TMZ
reported later Thursday
that the sides were still
trying to make it work.
Executive Producer
James L. Brooks said,
"Hey, we tried. We're still
trying. Harry, no kidding,
let's talk."
CNN reported Shearer
had the same deal as the
rest of the cast and walked
away from $14 million over
the next two seasons. It
also reported Shearer's
contract gave him free-
dom to do other work, and
that Shearer's characters
won't be killed off.
According to TMZ, a
hurdle was whether Fox
could have the right to
veto other projects on
which Shearer works.
Fox recently renewed
the series for another two
seasons, re-upping the
rest of the cast through
2017.
5 There's more here than meets the eye.
6 Shearer, who was schooled by no lesser presence than the great Mel Blanc, has more talent than most entertainers walking around.
7 He was at one time a high school English and social studies teacher who left after being alienated by the Admin.
8
9 I can't imagine anyone walking away from $14 million dollars, unless he is working for a corporation that ultimately takes orders from Rupert Murdoch.
10 There's more here than meets the eye.
11
12 Moving On, Part One: In a moment of exhaustion,I finally told one of my classes that I have a Facebook. Within seconds 30 cell phones emerged before my eyes.
13 The kids hunted it down immediately and started showing me all sorts of pictures.
14 "Is this your dog?"
15
16 I posted pictures of our dog Phoebe when she passed away, but it was REALLY strange having students showing me my own pictures.
17 I have nothing to hide, but I feel like I just gave them the keys to every picture of me ever taken, or that I've ever taken.
18 I have two Facebooks, one for family and friends, and even former students and colleagues, and one mainly for former students and colleagues.
19 I keep them separate because I don't really think my former students and colleagues particularly want to see a picture of me doing a cannonball into a pool
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4 Well, here's some breaking news from this morning's Merc, courtesy of Tony Hicks:
Mr. Burns recast?
Harry Shearer parts
from 'The Simpsons'
Harry Shearer said
he won't return to "The
Simpsons after 26 sea-
sons because of a contract
dispute with Fox.
The "Saturday Night
Live" alum is one of the
most recognizable voices
on the show, doing Ned
Flanders, Mr. Burns, Prin-
cipal Skinner, the Rev.
Lovejoy, Kent Brockman
and others.
Come on, you guys. Get
it together...for America.
Shearer, 71, apparently
made it official Wednes-
day, tweeting, "This be-
cause I wanted what we've
always had: the freedom
to do other work."
But WAIT! TMZ
reported later Thursday
that the sides were still
trying to make it work.
Executive Producer
James L. Brooks said,
"Hey, we tried. We're still
trying. Harry, no kidding,
let's talk."
CNN reported Shearer
had the same deal as the
rest of the cast and walked
away from $14 million over
the next two seasons. It
also reported Shearer's
contract gave him free-
dom to do other work, and
that Shearer's characters
won't be killed off.
According to TMZ, a
hurdle was whether Fox
could have the right to
veto other projects on
which Shearer works.
Fox recently renewed
the series for another two
seasons, re-upping the
rest of the cast through
2017.
6 Shearer, who was schooled by no lesser presence than the great Mel Blanc, has more talent than most entertainers walking around.
7 He was at one time a high school English and social studies teacher who left after being alienated by the Admin.
8
9 I can't imagine anyone walking away from $14 million dollars, unless he is working for a corporation that ultimately takes orders from Rupert Murdoch.
10 There's more here than meets the eye.
11
12 Moving On, Part One: In a moment of exhaustion,I finally told one of my classes that I have a Facebook. Within seconds 30 cell phones emerged before my eyes.
13 The kids hunted it down immediately and started showing me all sorts of pictures.
14 "Is this your dog?"
15
16 I posted pictures of our dog Phoebe when she passed away, but it was REALLY strange having students showing me my own pictures.
17 I have nothing to hide, but I feel like I just gave them the keys to every picture of me ever taken, or that I've ever taken.
18 I have two Facebooks, one for family and friends, and even former students and colleagues, and one mainly for former students and colleagues.
19 I keep them separate because I don't really think my former students and colleagues particularly want to see a picture of me doing a cannonball into a pool
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24 Scroll slowly.
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27 Here it comes.
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29 Here it comes.
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31 Here it comes.
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34 Here comes your 19th nervous breakdown.
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36
37
38 Gotcha.
39 Ah yah.
40 It's FRIDEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
41 <Is there a back door outta here?>
42 Moving On, Part Two: I went over to the custodians area yesterday and ran into the immortal duo, Rafa and Vernon. I was all business, boys, all business. I told them I wanted to start cleaning out my room and they said I could grab a recycle cart, those ones shaped like soup tureens, and wheel it around to my room.
43 I asked if I could send some students to pick up a large ladder in order to get some of the masks off the walls.
44 As always, they were right there for me.
45 This made my day, until the ladder arrived. My class was immensely small because a lot of kids were in AP testing, so the small group knew what the ladder meant.
46 We did a Simon and Garfunkel listening and note-taking thing, so many songs played as they took down their masks.
Most kids brought the push pins by my desk, so it was a tad funereal.
47 So long, Frank Lloyd Wright,
I can't believe
your song is gone so soon.
I barely learned the tune
so soon
so soon
48 It got better. As the day progressed, more and more antique boxes began appearing all over the room. A beat up floor lamp that has already seen its days stood tall in the center of the classroom. Right behind it was the mic stand.
49 I started giving stuff to the kids, so the day became a bit different, with all sorts of things appearing. The teachers who used the room before me never cleaned their stuff, so there were old books, magazines, baskets, games, lamps, you name it.
50 I rather liked it. Some kids stayed all through lunch segueing into the next period.
51 Sixth period the storm hit, and everything switched up. There was a lesson, but it didn't have much to do with my original lesson. Life was happening everywhere, and it was wonderfully cleansing and happy in my room. The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) played, making all of us comfortable and warm
52 By the day's end I was giving away electronic stuff. I didn't even know if the stuff worked, but I don't really have a need for old cassette players and things like that. Everything must go, right?
53 Eventually the kids all said their good-byes, and went off with coffee pots, stereo equipment, Scrabble games, old literature books and all the rest.
54 When they finally left, I stood silent. It was yet another moment of great moments. I looked out the window. The rain didn't let up and wasn't going to. I looked for my umbrella. No, a kid didn't walk off with it. I lost it really early in January or February, whenever it last rained.
55 I didn't care. I became Gene Kelly. I was rollin' in the rain, took it up a ramp leading to the dumpster, and poured it in as the rain poured harder and harder.
56 Symbiosis.
57 The puter kept freezing on me this morning so I'm late for work.
58 I don't have a class for another hour and twenty, but I do need to get going.
59 Miles to go before I sleep, I swear.
60 And I'm loving it.
61 So long.
62 So long.
63 Have a GREAT weekend, and Go Warriors!
64 Peace.
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