SMIO
Steve Martin commits the most egregious mangling we’ve ever seen of our eastern neighbor’s name — “Ipsilante” — failing to recognize that most of Ypsi’s comic potential lies in the initial “Y”. But it’s probably good that he didn’t go with A2; the nexus of Martin’s New Yorker “satire” pieces and Tree Town could have created an irresistible singularity of overratedness.
UPDATE: Seems like someone miscopied Martin’s impeccably spelled essay, rendering our connection between these two overrated things gossamer-web ethereal rather than merely fishing-line tenuous.
Youknow, 1997 *was* a great year for amusing news. Thanks for the link. It was certainly a laugh-riot compared to all the other blogs that I check in on.
posted by LittleB on April 19th, 2007 at 4:58 pm eFonetik speling is gud.
Ipsilanteeee 4evr! + An Rbr 2!
posted by David Boyle on April 19th, 2007 at 6:49 pm ethere is no HI in Ypsi now. What hotel was he staying at? They change brands alot, give you that. Was it in Ypsi or A2, b/c I work at one in A2 and if it was in A2 then I’m putting a plaque in 342…and counting the ceiling tiles to see if he was correct.
posted by TD on April 20th, 2007 at 1:16 am eYpsilanti is underrated
posted by Ypsidweller on April 21st, 2007 at 8:09 am eThat is totally true.
posted by LittleB on April 21st, 2007 at 5:38 pm eI think Ypsilanti is more or less correctly rated now.
posted by ann arbor is overrated on April 23rd, 2007 at 9:32 am eHa ha ha ha ha!
posted by David Boyle on April 23rd, 2007 at 4:03 pm eOverrated? Hmm… I liked The Pleasure of My Company.
posted by Matt L on April 23rd, 2007 at 11:56 pm eAndy Borowitz kicks Steve Martin’s ass.
posted by Lazaro on April 24th, 2007 at 4:07 pm eActually SIMO, Steve Martin spelled Ypsilanti correctly (p.2 of “Pure Drivel”, 1998 Hyperion Publishing); someone copied it incorrectly into the website you linked to. Why don’t you shoot the webmaster an email to fix his typo?
posted by Jbone on May 17th, 2007 at 7:07 pm eOops, I knew this was a “too good to check” sort of post.
posted by ann arbor is overrated on May 22nd, 2007 at 11:27 am e