• 12 Jun 2009 at 11:13 AM

Larry Summers Awake And Totally Yuking It Up

By Bess Levin

Opening bit at the Council on Foreign Relations. “It’s not so long ago that I was introduced by a guy who said, ‘Larry, do you know what it takes to succeed as an economist?’ I said, ‘No,’ and waited. He said, ‘An economist is somebody who’s pretty good with figures but doesn’t quite have the personality to be an accountant.’ It was in Moscow and no one got the joke.” Hi-yoooo. So self-deprecation is apparently going to be the name of today’s game? If so, get psyched for the narc cracks.

Comments (12)

  1. 1
    Posted by guest | June 12, 2009 at 11:25 AM

    ten bucks says he falls asleep during the speech.

  2. 2
    Posted by merkin capital partners | June 12, 2009 at 11:28 AM

    George: I know a million theater jokes. ‘What’s the deal with those guys down in the pit?’
    Jerry: They’re musicians. That’s not a joke.

  3. 3
    Posted by guest | June 12, 2009 at 11:30 AM

    Don’t know ’bout him but I’ll asleep soon if this fucker doesn’t shu;adljkgafds; bao;fkn.bvn lfmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

  4. 4
    Posted by merkin capital partners | June 12, 2009 at 11:32 AM

    George: Why didn’t you ask me? I know a million theater jokes. ‘What’s the deal with those guys down in the pit?’
    Jerry: They’re musicians. That’s not a joke

  5. 5
    Posted by merkin capital partners | June 12, 2009 at 11:33 AM

    damn it, i resign today.

  6. 6
    Posted by guest | June 12, 2009 at 11:36 AM

    [watching Larry Summers on CNBC - and recalling Archie Bunkers Russian Roulette gag everytime Edith felt she had to explain herself]

  7. 7
    Posted by guest | June 12, 2009 at 11:43 AM

    Larry Summers on tv = Ratings bonanza!

  8. 8
    Posted by guest | June 12, 2009 at 11:46 AM

    OMFG he’s bad…but better than Geithner.

  9. 9
    Posted by guest | June 12, 2009 at 1:56 PM

    They used to call Larry the white Richard Pryor at D.E. Shaw.

  10. 10
    Posted by guest | June 12, 2009 at 2:24 PM

    bess, you are the man.

  11. 11
    Posted by guest | June 12, 2009 at 3:35 PM

    I know a million Russian theater jokes.
    “Hey! Are you all asleep or is that mist coming down from the ceiling?”

  12. 12
    Posted by guest | June 12, 2009 at 4:41 PM

    Why disparage a decent, funny and well-meaning human being like Richard Pryor?

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