It takes talent to step on your own dick without getting out of the car.
Herself is a huge fan of the original "Arthur" flick, the one starring Dudley Moore and Liza Minnelli.
Me, I can take it or leave it, but I must admit that the thing is chock-full of quotable quotes. Pretty much any line delivered by Sir John Gielgud is a keeper.
But you have to know your audience when you cite a 41-year-old flick about a wealthy rumpot, horndog, and all-round dilettante — as Tony "The Blevinator" Blevins learned when he riffed on an Arthurism for a TikTok creator.
TikToker Daniel Mac spotted Blevins — Apple's hard-charging vice president for procurement — in a high-zoot Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren at a California car show, and asked Blevins what he did for a living.
And like Arthur, Blevins was off to the races, quipping:
"I have rich cars, play golf and fondle big-breasted women, but I take weekends and major holidays off."
Oof. What Arthur said was:
"I race cars, play tennis, and fondle women, But! I have weekends off, and I am my own boss."
Frankly, it wasn't that funny in 1981. And The Bloviator's updated take on it really fell flat at Apple, which showed Blevins the door. And not to his McLaren, either. Turns out he was not his own boss.
A tip of the hat to MacRumors, which is where I first saw the story.
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