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Psych! I Know You Used to Have a Career.
David Lee Roth: Hey, kid, you want a ticket to Van Halen?
20-something: Sure, sounds good.
David Lee Roth: Psych! Get the fuck out of here, kid.
Bouncer, to 20-something: You know that was David Lee Roth, right?
20-something, turning to David Lee Roth: Holy shit, you're the guy from the Adam Sandler song!
--Outside Scores, 60th & 1st
Overheard by: Adam Nathan
Nine Out of Ten Gay Stalkers Agree!
Female student: How do you feel about always being a supporting role and never getting to be the leading man?
Matt Dillon: [Silent.]
Male student: You're my leading man!
--School of Visual Arts
Overheard by: terd fergeson
Then Who's That Blond Guy on Queer Eye?
NYU girl #1: Guess what? I'm going to Truman Capote's house tomorrow!
NYU girl #2: Wow!
NYU girl #1: Yeah.
NYU girl #2: To meet him?
NYU girl #1: Oh, no. He's, like, totally dead.
--Jane St, near W 4th St
Of Course, If He'd Said That about Clue I'd Have to Club Him
Theater fan: What would you say about a person who saw The Rocky Horror Picture Show only once and didn't feel any need to see it again?
Tim Curry: I'd say that was a person who was in full possession of their senses.
--Actor's Fund event, 52nd & Broadway
Overheard by: Big Larry
She Bangs the Drummer Slowly
Woman: I said, 'You know -- percussion,' and she said, 'What's that? Like, horns?'
Man: Wow. And she's the assistant for Stewart Copeland?
--Elevator, Union Square
Overheard by: MissPinkKate
Batman and Robin Was the Greater Tragedy
Blonde: I think I'm going to donate money to that thing George Clooney was talking about.
Friend: What?
Blonde: Darfur.
--Pratt Institute, Brooklyn
Overheard by: betty machete
Un Film de Wednesday One-Liners
Russian guy on cell: I went to see Saw III. Best movie ever -- the girl in front of me fainted in the beginning of the movie! Five minutes into the movie she just fainted, and her boyfriend started calling for help. I called an ambulance, they took her away... That movie was awesome!
--Brooklyn-bound Q train
Overenthusiastic male student: Oh! I met Borat! He goes to NYU, right?
--Hunter College
Guy to everyone in theater: Shhh, I'm recording this!
--Movie theater, Court St, Brooklyn
Blonde: Yeah, so I watch Brokeback Mountain like it's my Bible. I hang on every word, 'cause I really want to know how gay people talk.
--Times Square
Overheard by: Stina
Guy on cell: 28 Days was just stupid. Zombies aren't like that. Dawn of the Dead is the most realistic portrayal of zombies I've ever seen!
--Grand Central
Overheard by: Philip Niosi
Chick to hipsters: I did my first autopsy to The Wizard of Oz.
--The Village, near Mulberry
Overheard by: DC Diva
But Who Cares about the Golden Globes?
Buddy #1: Did you see Forest Whitaker's speech at the Golden Globes? He won Best Actor. I'm almost positive he was on crystal meth. He was, like, stuttering and his eyes were tearing up.
Buddy #2: Maybe he was emotional 'cause he won the award.
Buddy #1: [Long, reflective pause] Yeah... Maybe that, too.
--40th & 5th
Overheard by: Wubba
No, I Mean He Stole It
Girl: Mom, I was just watching a TV show, and guess who has your car?
JAP mom: Who?
Girl: P. Diddy!
JAP mom: Ewww, gross!
--54th & 5th
Not That There's Anything Wrong With Wednesday-One-Liners
Girl: Someone just needs to push him off the gay cliff, 'cuz he's not jumpin!
--Varick &Vandam
Ghetto girl: I seen Whoopie Goldberg's daughter! She a lesbian, light-skinned, and she bad!
--9th Ave & 16th St
Overheard by: david hyman
Darrell Hammond: It's only queer if you're on the bottom.
--Fordham
Overheard by: Jess McGins
Angry man on cell: This is exactly why I don't date bisexual guys!
--3rd Ave & 9th St
Girl on cell: I still don't get why you dumped him. Just 'cause you're a lesbian and he's got that thing for unicorns doesn't mean you wouldn't have been cute together.
--2nd & A
Thug: So I was eating that bitch out, and yo, yo, she told me that she was a lez...A lesbian yo! A lesbian!
--Manhattan Ave & 103rd St
Overheard by: Carol - walking slowly so as to hear the rest
Queer: My friend Carol has been dating gay guys for years and fails to realize it until it's too late!
--Jamaica Ave and 150th St
Overheard by: Rodney-Rod
The Apron Strings were his Re-entry Vehicle
Buzz Aldrin's wife: Every woman should control 75 to 90% of her husband's life.
--Javits Center
Wednesday One-Liners Have at Least One Marketable Skill
Pragmatist: I figure if I don't get a job in publishing, I'll become a video vixen.
--Dunkin' Donuts, Ditmars Blvd, Astoria
Overheard by: Christine
Skank: No way! I am not one of those girls. I am not a video girl...I am a dancer!
--34th & 8th
Overheard by: Skye
Ditz: Supposably [sic], she's going to be dancing in some Beyonce video. She's so stupid.
--54th St between 9th & 10th
Media scholar: Well it's different when the girl getting fucked in the video is the same age as you. I mean, that's great when you're 15.
--20th & 8th
In Fifteen Years, Nothing Else Will Be Remembered About Janet Jackson
Black chick #1: So I got my nipples pierced.
Black chick #2: No way! Let me see!
Black chick #1: Not on the train!
Black chick #2: It's not like I haven't seen them before. Remember at Rashon's party, where you pulled a Janet Jackson?
--Brooklyn bound F train
Overheard by: Scott
There Is a Well-Documented Correlation Between Mixed Breeding and Split Ends
Drunk girl #1: He has such bad hair.
Drunk girl #2: No, you know who has bad hair? Derek Jeter.
Drunk girl #1: Yeah, but he can't help it. He's half black... what? He is.
--Queens
Wednesday One-Liners Always Thought Slim Goodbody Was Hot
Woman: You better get that uvula home soon!
--Brooklyn bound F train
Overheard by: PoisonIvy
Cracked-Out queer, holding US Weekly: Mmmmmm, Ashlee lookin' good! You know why? Whole lotta crack in her belly!
--1 train
Guy: So they took out my spleen and rummaged through my internal organs...
--1 train
Overheard by: sara n.
Woman on cell: I can't believe it; your brain muscle must be telepathetic or something!
--18th & Park
Overheard by: edward
Vendor: What if they test it and find that it's from his ear?!
--Wooster & Broome
Professor: My favorite magazine is one for undertakers. It's called Caskets and Sunnyside. You can order ears. Right ears, left ears; there's a market for them.
--Fordham
Overheard by: Jess McGins
Chick on cell: Wait, your uterus is what? What? Your uterus is what?! I'm on the street. I can't hear--Oh, tilted! That's totally fucked up. I'm sorry.
--23rd & 6th
But Now That You Mention It...
Girl: I really wish we had stayed. I totally would have waited in the rain and gotten wet for Beyoncé.
Guy: I didn't know you were into chicks.
Girl: Wet from the rain, you jackass.
--Times Square
When Publicists Get Into the Catnip
Mandy Moore: So, what's the plan for the party?
Publicist: So, I was thinking, you show up at the party, right? And they check your name or whatever, and then, get this, a clown escorts you to your table.
Mandy Moore: A clown?
Publicist: I know, right?
--Elevator, The Archive Building, Greenwich & Christopher
And Take it From me, Comedy Shows Are No Fun!
Comedy show ticket hawker: Hey, come to a comedy show. It will be fun! C'mon!
Gary Gulman: Dude, I'm Gary Gulman!
--Outside IFC Center, 6th Ave
Might Be the Only Exciting Thing About Jessica
Queer #1: Whatcha reading?
Queer #2: Jessica Simpson's suing someone.
Queer #3: Let me see.
Queer #2 passes over a folder.
Queer #1: What? No pictures?
Queer #2: It's a lawsuit; there are no pictures in a lawsuit.
--Hampton Jitney
Overheard by: Todd
Witty Repartee Is One of the First Things to Go When the Brain Doesn't Get Enough Glucose
Anorexic JAP: What, you couldn't afford an entire outfit?
Obese woman in Britney Spears get-up: What, bitch, you couldn't afford an entire meal?
Anorexic JAP: [silence]
--Uptown E train
Wednesday One-Liners Still Can't Get Over Joey Picking Pacey (That Dumb Bitch)
Girl on cell: We got Chinese cable because it was cheaper than the cheap cable...Yeah, it's all in Chinese...Whatever. As long as I watch things that I've already seen, I don't need to actually know what they're saying.
--N train, Astoria
Queer, on cell: Have you seen Victoria's boyfriend lately? He looks great. She's better than Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.
--Eckerd, Astoria
Mother, to kids: Sorry we just missed the fireworks, guys. It's okay, though. I TiVoed it at home just in case.
--79th St entrance, FDR
Tourist, after eagerly struggling for camera air-time: You know what, Ma, I don't think we're gonna be able to watch this -- it only airs today.
--Taping of the Today Show, Rockefeller Center
Overheard by: Stephen and Allison
Girl: Well, today they had a woman who was born a man who married a man who was born a woman, so don't shit on Maury Povich!
--New York Public Library
Overheard by: Actually READING at the Library
Guy: Sweet Sixteen? That show makes me understand terrorism.
--114th & Broadway
Wednesday One-Liners Are Just Big-Boned
Chick: Then he peer-pressured me into being morbidly obese!
--1 train
Girl on cell: Nothing's bigger than Oprah, not even my mother's ass!
--Ocean Pkwy and Neptune Ave, Brooklyn
Overheard by: Ilysse Weisenfeld
Dude with flyers: New York Sports Club! Only 37 dollars! Get yo' fat ass to the gym!
--Court & Joralemon, Brooklyn
Overheard by: elwood
Little boy: Mommy, I'm sick of all the fat girls in Coney Island.
--Queens Center Mall
Walking VD: It's not cheating if she's fat.
--Outside Jugo Juice, Times Square
Teen girl on cell: Ugh, great. Now she's just going to make fun of me because I'm short and fat! Oh my God!
--Q46 bus
Overheard by: Melissa
If I Were Adam Sandler I Would Have Asked Satan for My Soul Back Circa Mr. Deeds
Man: Wow, you're here already? That was quick.
Woman: Yeah, if I was Adam Sandler I would have said, "That was click!"
--West 44th St
Overheard by: Tomer Langberg
He Paid for It by Leveraging His Dignity
Limo driver: Here you go, sir.
Donald Trump: Is this the Mercrdes one I wanted?
Limo driver: No, sir, it is a Buick.
Donald Trump: Well, I'll ride in it this time, but next time it better be a Mercedes. I have class.
--Trump Building, Pine & Wall
Wednesday One-liners Are a Matter of Opinion
Ethan Hawke: Man, everybody's fat.
--Employees Only, Hudson St
Overheard by: molly
Guy on cell: But you're not fat in America!
--Ozzie's Coffee III, 5th Ave, Park Slope
Drunks Make the Best Gawker Stalkers
Drunk to the fat guy from Lost: Oh shit, nigga. I guess your ass got off the island, huh?
Old Jewish lady: I knew it!
--6 train updown
Overheard by: Zdub
Wednesday One-liners Are Upright Citizens
Suit on cell: Hey, yeah...Yeah, I just got back from 100 Centre Street. Yeah, Georgie Boy was drooling over counselor's dick...You know, Georgie Boy: Boy George...That's right, on his knees drooling over counselor's dick. Moron lives on Mulberry, right around the corner from 100 Centre Street. They found like six bags of blow, says lots of people stay there, not his, whatever. But he's shitting in his diaper...What?...Yeah, just six bags, whatever. But he's drooling over counselor's dick. I told him, "Don't worry Georgie Boy"--we only call him "Georgie Boy"--I told him, "Don't worry, you have a Jewish lawyer." Do you really want to blow me?...Huh? What?...No!
--Russian & Turkish Baths, East 10th Street
Overheard by: Trey Desolay
Just Don't Expect a Ride Home
Girl #1: No, dude, I'm telling you, all the men going to Paris right now are so gay.
Girl #2: Oh my god, that's so not true. Johnny Depp lives there. Totally not gay.
Girl #1: Yeah, I guess...
Girl #2: Trust me, you'll find someone to lose your virginity to there. I'm sure most of them are just, like, metro or bi, anyway.
--Columbia University
Overheard by: Pam Jones
We Can Only Offer Our Epathy
Man: Wait, so you're on Law & Order?
Epatha Merkerson: Mm-hmm.
Man: Wow, I don't watch the show, but my son and daughter do. What's your name? I'll have to tell them I saw you.
Epatha Merkerson: Epatha.
Man: Epala?
Epatha Merkerson: Epatha.
Man: Epasa?
Epatha Merkerson: E-path-a
Man: Ensala? Maybe I should write this down, I'm sure I'll forget. Emana, you said?
--Dentist's office, 35th & Madison
Overheard by: Mandy G
He's Unsure Whether Skeletons Count as Siblings
Guy #1: ...and then I came in and Anne was watching some gay movie with Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix--
Guy #2: Who's River Phoenix?
Guy #1: You know, Joaquin Phoenix's brother.
Guy #2: Joaquin Phoenix has a brother?
Guy #1: I guess...
--A train
Yet Again, He's No Bill Clinton
Roberto Clemente, Jr.: Well, maybe you won't say that when you have to spend 3 days straight with George W....We spent three days straight sitting down talking, just drank some beers, ate some hot dogs--
Professor guy: --smoked a joint...
Roberto Clemente, Jr.: Yeah! And he inhaled.
--Waverly Building, Waverly Place
Overheard by: Genevieve Dreizen
It Was a Meeting, Not a Holocaust
Suit #1: That was a pretty good meeting...
Suit #2: Yeah, we got a lot done.
Hobo: Was Liam Neeson in it?
--51st & Madison
Overheard by: BDA
Have You Seen Mr. Star Jones?
Office girl: So if you're Bonnie, then who's your Clyde?
Boss guy: I'm so not the femme.
Office girl: Totally.
Boss guy: I need a guy a little more faggy than me but not like, say, Tom Cruisey or Richard Simmonsy.
Office girl: Wait, who's more faggy than Richard Simmons?
--Office, West 52nd Street
Overheard by: GeeGoo
It Would Finally Be Okay for Him to Suck
Amy Poehler: Yeah, I can't believe I was pretending to jerk off on a gay cruise and looking at Seth the whole time. He was really embarrassed and didn't know what to do.
--26th & 8th
Tony Blair Gets Blamed for All the Disasters
Girl: How old is that guy?
Guy: Who, Bono? 40, 45.
Girl: Oh, and where are they from, England?
--7 train
Overheard by: Jack Kennedy
That's Where the Magic Comes Out Of
Girl #1: I really hate Melissa Joan Hart.
Girl #2: How come?
Girl #1: I don't know...her lazy eye really bugs me.
--10th & Broadway
Nothing Makes Me Come Like Some Zyklon, Redux
Queer: Why do you like him? The guy behind us in the black shirt is so much hotter.
Hag: Ew...
Queer: You know I like those big, rough German types...if he put me in a camp, just imagine all the terrible things he would do to me.
Hag: ...Would you stop staring at him?
Queer: I so want him to rape me.
Hag: Get over it, he's not gay!
Queer: Whatever, if we were in prison he'd so be doing me.
--Yankee Stadium
Overheard by: Smack Jack
Guy: This is going to sound awful but Ryan Gosling was really hot in that movie where he played the Nazi with the shaved head.
Girl: Yeah, he was a hot Nazi in that movie. A hotzi, if you will.
--92nd Street Y
Overheard by: Kelly
He Who Makes Moby Look Like Schwarzenegger
Guy #1: Jesus Christ! Michael Stipe has a big fucking head.
Guy #2: I was thinking about walking up and talking to him, for the simple reason that I haven't liked him for so many years.
--The Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center
Overheard by: El Cubano
A Bug-eyed Skeleton
Girl #1: You know Nicole Richie's boyfriend?
Girl #2: DJ AM?
Girl #1: Yeah, what does he do?
--4 train
Overheard by: guy cimbalo
Gee, Where Did He Find Those Guests...
White chick #1: Whatever happened to Jerry Springer?
White chick #2: Yeah, remember when he was like, it? You'd see him everywhere.
White chick #1: Yeah, he made that movie and all.
White chick #2: I heard he's running for Mayor of Ohio.
White chick #1: Get out!
--Greenwich & North Moore
Makes for Easy Carpet/Drapes Matching
Suit: Have you ever seen Conan in HD? His face looks like a scrotum.
--Maggie's Place, E. 47th Street
Overheard by: Grimbil
He Didn't See That Jen Looks Like She Has Down's
Teen girl #1: Oh my gosh, Brad Pitt is such an idiot.
Teen girl #2: I know, he never should've left Jen.
Teen girl #1: No, I mean, can't he see that the baby is clearly not his?
--Penn Station newsstand
Cue the Least Romantic Song Ever
Thug #1: Kelly Bundy's dancing on Broadway.
Thug #2: She naked?
Thug #1: She broke both her legs. I think she in a wheelchair.
Thug #2: She naked?
Thug #1: I bet she dance good. She hot.
Thug #2: I'd break her clit if I had the chance.
--F train
Girl: If I hear another show tune out of context I think I'm going to vomit. Physically vomit. You know that feeling?
Guy: Uh, no.
--42nd between 9th & 10th
His Nuts Look Like Violet Beauregarde
Flea: I eat four boxes of blueberries a day; it makes my cock big.
--Randall's Island
Overheard by: AJIN
Can I Have Your Autograph, Wednesday One-liners?
Old Jewess: That Suzanne Somers has some nerve. She is writing another diet book. I have a friend who has read all her diet books and every year she gets fatter and fatter.
--Music Box theatre, West 45th Street
Fratboy: She was like an ugly Paris Hilton, but not rich.
--C train
Overheard by: nicolette
Guy: I'm gonna beat you like an Olsen twin.
--68th & Columbus
Overheard by: Andrew Zar
Teen boy: Yo, I heard that Tupac was named after a Jewish holiday.
--Red Hook
Guy: Yeah, you know, that's the great thing about the Kennedys: they get $1 off of every bottle of Scotch that they buy. You know, because their dad was a bootlegger and all.
--52 & Lexington