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Dec 05 2007 12:00am EDT

Idle Chatter: Lou Dobbs, Sherri Shepherd...

-The makers of Camel cigarettes are about to get their pants sued off after allegedly violating an agreement with state attorneys general not to use cartoons in cigarette ads with an advertorial in Rolling Stone. Hey, since when is it illegal to market tobacco to Baby Boomers? [WWD]

-It was no fluke that Sherri Shepherd didn't know the Earth is spherical. She also didn't know there was civilization before the birth of Jesus. She's sort of dumb, is the point. [Huffpo]

-Lou Dobbs is getting a radio show so he can spend another three hours a day complaining about illegal immigration. [Media Mob]

-CNN's John Roberts broke his neck, but not in that horrible, paralysis-inducing way. [ETP]

-The New Yorker and Vanity Fair were both working on profiles of Gov. Eliot Spitzer -- at the same time! [NYO]

-Former Stuff and Maxim editor Jimmy Jellinek is joining Heavy.com, along with former Stuff publisher John Lumpkin. [NYP]. □


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