Earlier this afternoon we were shooting the shit with Charlie Gasparino when the topic turned to John Thain and his $35,000 commode. It’s one of Chaz’s favorites, as he broke it on CNBC just as JT was getting shown out of the Merrill Lynch building by security. Apparently J to T was none too happy with CG’s hard-hitting investigative journalism and remained bitter about the whole thing for some time. Gaspo, obviously, didn’t care as he is a journalist whose bottom line is reporting the facts, be they about fabulous interior design or testicles.
However! It turns out JT has decided to let go of his anger, coming to the conclusion that if he’s ever going to get out of the home office, he’s going to need Charlie Gasparino’s help legitimizing his comeback. As CG tells us, he received a call from Thain’s representation today passing on the message that the article Chazza penned for the Post yesterday? JT thought it was it just genius! “John loved it,” the flack told Gasparino. “He absolutely raved about it,” he said, continuing to lay it on thick. “Wow,” we told Charlie. “That’s incredible. Here’s the thing thing though. I’m sure anyone who read the piece probably thought it was the greatest story ever told. How could they not? But do you sort of get the sense JT is trying to massage your pecs, with some self-serving motive in mind?” Gaspo did indeed. As the wise one put it: “I’m thinkin’ Thain thinks I can unclog his commode if you know what I mean.”
John Thain is not alone. We are all beholden to Gazza.
I hate to admit it but I have forgotten the subject matter of that brilliant piece by Gaspo, even though it was aggregated right here. I do know that Thain is letting go a la Dick Fuld. He is getting to that place where he can go forward. Lay it on him. He’s OK with it.
Do we smell scandal here?
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aja1Cd9Xp3BQ
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@2 it’s linked in the post.
i will never cease to stop loving this jabroni.
He looks so academic there, like he should have a book out or something.
See if you can guess which is Fuld’s wife:
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0915091hotdate1.html
charlie gasparino for treasury secretary.
-cg
Seems everybody is sleeping better these days except Bob Rubin. I just want to say, Bob, it’s OK.
“I’m thinkin’ Thain thinks I can unclog his commode if you know what I mean.”
meaning he wants you to jerk him off, charlie? is that what he means?
excellent tags
@10 yes
CG & BHO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoDKQYn-ANE
God bless that man
Jabroni Pony express comin straight at ya!
he looks so regal in that pic
those tits never get old
Gaspo for Mayor of NY!
I am not gay if I wait for CG in the steam room, right?
@17 ftw!
@7 – top left with makeup and her hair done
- I’d hit it
I hope CG keeps Dealbreaker in chapstick – it’s the least the gentleman could do…
@22 you do realize every single post DB ever does about charlie makes him look like an idiot, right? “the greatest story ever told”? “you can’t buy Charlie Gasparino except in cases when you can and those specifically involve meatball subs”? is it truly that hard for you to detect such obvious sarcasm?
@22 are you one of those ppl who doesn’t get that cg gives bess quotes that make him sound like a retard, and that’s why they get posted? idiot.
Chazzy keeps asking me for Chapstick. I smell a Rat!
23 and 24
Kids, there is no such thing as bad press …
The Queen’s Bitches can provide plenty of meatball subs for CG. More than he could ever hope to eat. Granted, the meatballs are smaller than a child’s marble game, but we do have a lot.
– The Queen’s Corgies
@26 true, but there is a difference between saying that db writes about him in the “all press is good press” way and claiming anything they write is like a blow job. please compare and contrast all cg pieces on db versus, say, this bj of a profile:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/0411afae-70dc-11de-9717-00144feabdc0.html
THAT would require chapstick after writing. see the distinction before commenting again.
@7, I’ll take the one on page 5 with the glass eye
@21 – I would too. In fact I may well have done, though I don’t use CL any more…