Loved Ricky, though I thought the God/atheist bit should have come earlier. (Truth be told, it's a line that should have been used at the Oscars or the Tonys, when every second winner thanks the almighty. I've quoted Durang on this before: "God is silent on the Holocaust, but he involves himself in The Tony Awards?!?! It doesn't seem very likely!!")

The Hefner line was an all-timer.

Jeremy: I thought Downey was just playing along with his talk of mean-spiritedness and that's why he felt he could go on to the later bit.

Whatever they say outwardly, I'm sure the GG people are loving the whole thing. People are still talking about the show, and probably will be for a few more days.

Gervais was hysterical on The Daily Show a few weeks back, talking about Stephen Hawking's voice-box. Talk about nothing being sacred.

I forgot about Downey's somewhat graceless reaction to being reminded of his stays in rehabs. Grow up, Robert.

Downey is a wonderful actor but not one I have any interest in meeting ever since his stint as SNL's guest host, where he dissed the idea of rehab and played his "celebrity druggie" persona to the hilt and without much humor.

My bronchial pneumonia seems to have been conquered but the blockage in my ear persists regardless of my efforts to flush it out. I am going to a doctor this afternoon to have it taken care of.

Gary.......this reminds me of a time I went to New Orleans. flew home with a cold and when my ear didn't clear up.......I read my medical book about how lancing the eardrum would fix it. Scared me. When I went to the doctor he said stop reading that medical book. Your ear will be fine in a week. And the next time you fly with a cold use a nasal spray.

Hope you didn't get lanced.