is, in a lot of ways, the coolest dude of all time. we sure loved his last video adventure, so were incredibly excited to receive the following note from a counsellor friend of ours over the weekend.
I happen to have had the honor of meeting the mathematical hero Grigori Perelman on a recent flight from Los Angeles to Saint Petersberg. (I do not need to explain to you Dr. Perelman’s accomplishments in the realm of topology.)We exchanged few words (barf-bag, lightning) on the long journey. Dr. Perelman seemed withdrawn and preoccupied — more than even I, adistant but dedicated disciple of his self-muted genius, might have expected.
Mid-flight, however, an opportunity for an entree presented itself. Just as I became most engrossed with my fourth whiskey — and Dr. Perelman his fifth Sudoko-Origami puzzle — I spied a curious decal on the spine of a video cassette poking from the satchel Dr. Perelman clutched beneath his gnarled fists.
Thank goodness I can still recognize Cyrilic characters. The phrase on the cassette read: “Life After Poincare.”
(Haha, Mother: Dr. Ludovico’s Etonian lashings were not for naught!).
You can understand then, my friends, why I distracted Dr. Perelman with the impromptu fire (courtesy of a matchbook still in my pocket from my ill-fated evening, the night before, at the Magic Castle Pub) that I ignited in the footwell of the seat between us.
Naturally, I took advantage of the situation — amidst Perelman’s pyrophobic hysterics — to snatch the video tape and tuck it into the belly pocket of my newly acquired Wrangler coveralls.
Upon landing, and after a most spirited but diplomatic conversation with a Russian constable (”Sir, I can assure you that I am not a journalist!”), I of course proceeded posthaste to my preferred fence in Old Leningrad, who loaned me his most newly pawned video transcoders for the evening.
You can imagine my astonishment as I viddied this pictures.
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Anonymous said,
cough BORAT cough
Anonymous said,
even better than the first one. it’s really well done. is this guy a friend of yours or what?
DJ Ray Liotta said,
the counselor who found the video is a friend. we don’t know perelman. wish we did!
Anonymous said,
everyone who does a russian accent is biting borat? please.
still, not really feeling this.
gary tijuana said,
gotta get both of these up on myspace’s vid of the day (assuming the myspacers will “get it”). they’re shining diamonds of hilarious video art.
Anonymous said,
This is damn funny.
Frenchie said,
is the russell crow thing for real? al quaeda had a hit on him?