So, did anyone figure out which ep it is where Tom tells his Spike Lee story?

[orangewhip]

Searching the forum for "spike lee" doesn't help.

[DanFromBrooklyn]

Just bumping this. C'mon, surely someone knows the episode!

[scratchbomb]

a quick scan of Omar's recaps turns up nothing. anybody? I'd love to hunt this one down.

[Chris L]

In the meantime, there's no shortage of stories of Spike being a jerk to other people.

[Trembling Eagle]

the one were the bodyguard tells him to "sit down whitey" and it turns out it was the dog named whitey
and there is huge gift basket in room after because it cracked the other guy up so much?

[Pat K]

the one were the bodyguard tells him to "sit down whitey" and it turns out it was the dog named whitey
and there is huge gift basket in room after because it cracked the other guy up so much?

LOLing... so hard.... oh man.  Great one, TE.

[scratchbomb]

the one were the bodyguard tells him to "sit down whitey" and it turns out it was the dog named whitey
and there is huge gift basket in room after because it cracked the other guy up so much?

wait, I thought that was the David Brenner/Bruce Boxleitner/Leroy Niemann story

[Senator Gothman (D-OR)]

Wasn't that on the OLD old Bob Newhart show?  Not the one with Larry and Darryl and Darryl, the one with Major Healey.

[Trembling Eagle]

the one were the bodyguard tells him to "sit down whitey" and it turns out it was the dog named whitey
and there is huge gift basket in room after because it cracked the other guy up so much?

LOLing... so hard.... oh man.  Great one, TE.

no, no Tom really did a version of that story
can't remember who the celebrity was.

[Steve of Bloomington]

He got along great with Whitey Herzog, or so the story goes.

[PatrickChew]

the one were the bodyguard tells him to "sit down whitey" and it turns out it was the dog named whitey
and there is huge gift basket in room after because it cracked the other guy up so much?

LOLing... so hard.... oh man.  Great one, TE.

no, no Tom really did a version of that story
can't remember who the celebrity was.

Tom got his story wrong. The celebrity was Eddie Murphy, the dog was named Lady and Tom was a woman. Then he wrote it up for the Bob Newhart Show.
http://www.snopes.com/racial/mistaken/hitfloor.asp

[Pidgeon]

The only thing keeping Spike Lee from my hate pit is Bamboozled.

That was an alright flick.

[orangewhip]

Asshole or not, some of Spike Lee's movies are great.  Bamboozled is the only one you like?  Do the Right Thing is one of my favorite movies ever.

[Pidgeon]

I've tried watching some of his other movies, but as a white guy, it's really just too alienating. Shallow? Maybe, but I can live with that.

[orangewhip]

Do The Right Thing kind of leaves all the opinions as to who is right and wrong up to the viewer.  Sal and his sons aren't necessarily meant to be seen as bad guys.  The movie is about racial tension coming to a boil on a hot hot summer day.  Mookie is hardly an ideal protagonist and I don't think he was meant to be seen as a hero.  Some theorize that Mookie throwing the garbage can through the window directed the angry crowd's violence toward the building rather than Sal himself.  I don't think Lee intended the film to be as "black & white" (no pun intended) as a lot of people think it is.  The contrasting MLK/Malcolm X quotes at the end are pretty good evidence of this.  But that's just my opinion.