I just watched Reagan's funeral live on Cspan
posted by Lang'uid Squal'or, a student of transexual arts on June 11, 2004
and it was an awesome spectacle. Cspan broadcast uninterrupted, without voice over, until 11pm CST.
All of Holloywood's hottest stars were, paying their respects to Dutch. Of course Governor Schwartzenegger was there, with his previoulsy democrat wife Maria Shriver. But get this, so were Hollloywood greats like Scott Baio, Tom Selleck and Pat Sejack. Greats from the world of sports were there to say goodbye, including pint-sized, balding figure-skater Scott Hamilton.
But the ultimates in celebrety mourners, for me, were the legendary Wayne Newton, with his psychedlically weird black pompadour, and, best of all, fuckin Mickey Rooney was there, with his giant 90th wife, herself about 65. It looked like they had their driver walk down the honorable mourner's walk with them, i'm sure he was counting the minutes till he could hit the bars on the strip.
After the neo-celebreties, a whole parade of old coots with trophy wives, and even afew old bitties with trophy husbands, wheeled by to give the Gipper a thumbs up or a solemn salute, fully aware of the cameras broadcasting their images over international tv. hell when Nancy was grieving on the casket, her most private moment in her life being seen all over the world, the cameras were snapping so loud it sounded like a fuckin typing pool on the gravesite. this after their long-time minister spent about 10 minutes trying to insinuate himself into the Reagan Legacy on live tv, sickening.
Anyway, you know CSpan will rerun this shit a couple times, so I recommend a few margaritas before hand, or during, and sit back and watch the beautiful California sunset, as it get slowly eclipsed by the tv lights..