Glib & Superficial: Gratuitous Babe Post: Helen Mirren Edition

"The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing."

--Archilochus

Glenn Reynolds:
"Heh."

Barack Obama:
"Impossible to transcend."

Albert A. Gore, Jr.:
"An incontinent brute."

Rev. Jeremiah Wright:
"God damn the Gentleman Farmer."

Friends of GF's Sons:
"Is that really your dad?"

Kickball Girl:
"Keeping 'em alive until 7:45."

Hired Hand:
"I think . . . we forgot the pheasant."

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Wednesday, December 01, 2010

Gratuitous Babe Post: Helen Mirren Edition

We suppose it's not entirely gratuitous, but we strive here for honesty. Apple has paid Dame Helen $800,000 for two days of work shooting commercials for Wii Fit Plus in Australia. We have the video for you, and we choose to think that she herself provided the priceless explanation: "I find exercise is a bit like meeting an old lover; you know, you're really pleased to see him, but you get tired of him really quickly; you remember why you didn't like him in the first place."