Buzz Bissinger bashes ad man who printed barbs on his cards
Dan Gross' blog, PhillyGossip, covers the behavior and misbehavior of celebrities both local and Hollywood. His Dan About Town column runs Mondays through Thursdays in the Daily News.
Buzz Bissinger bashes ad man who printed barbs on his cards
Dan Gross
Ad man Elliott Curson has embraced a recent insult from writer Buzz Bissinger by printing it on his new business card. "I never liked you. You aren't any good at what you do," is what Curson says Bissinger told him after the pair exchanged unpleasantries following a recent encounter at a Center City watering hole.
Now the quote appears on the cards, along with positive remarks that Curson says he got from clients such as Sen. Arlen Specter and former first lady Nancy Reagan. We asked Bissinger if he remembered the remark. The "Prayer for the City" and "Friday Night Lights" author replied: "I think what I said was: 'I can't stand you. I never liked you from the very first time I f---ing met you. You're an arrogant little p---k and think you know everything. Plus you suck at what you do.' " Heavy.
The dispute began after Curson took issue with comments Bissinger made about car ads. "I hope his quoting me on his business card generates lots of business for him, says Bissinger, "but I kind of doubt it. It seems rather pathetic to me."
Bissinger is working with "Friday Night Lights" actor Billy Bob Thornton on an adaptation of "Three Nights in August," his book about big-league baseball. Thornton will produce, but Bissinger, an ex-Inquirer reporter who now writes columns for the paper, isn't sure whether Thornton will act in it. Curson says he will include Bissinger's updated remarks on his next batch of business cards.
Click here to read the rest of our column in Wednesday's Daily News.
Comment removed.- Comment removed.
- Comment removed.
Finally, someone at the Inky who says what he feels......— Earl J
"to WE the taxpayers"?....the first person plural pronoun is in the object of the preposition "to" and therefore should be in the objective case ("to US")....too bad this is another case of people who really don't know how to speak the english language over-crrecting themselves....This kind of thing only makes them look/sound dumber and is very annoying to I.— FasterEddie- Comment removed.
- Comment removed.
- FasterEddie is right. You wouldn't say, "He gave the book to we". Another one which rattles me is "between you and I."— catharine_christian_carpenter
- Comment removed.
- on the back of the business card he game me, Dan Gross wrote: "King-you light up my life. You are my favorite member of LaGROSSa Nostra. Ya got any Butterscotch Krimpets"? xoxo Dan KING~out— the~KING
- Comment removed.
- Comment removed.
- Comment removed.
- Comment removed.
- Who are these people? Are they really that important that we have to argue about them? Please they are tired at best. Someone bought into their hype and spent their money doing it. My mother use to say, "What you eat don't make me fat". Enjoy your meal Thora I like Tahiti Treat with my Subway meatball sub. The rest of you have a lovely evening— vrb1955
