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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.

11 Responses to “SMIO”


  1. 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

  2. Fonetik speling is gud.

    Ipsilanteeee 4evr! + An Rbr 2!

    posted by David Boyle on April 19th, 2007 at 6:49 pm

  3. there 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

  4. Ypsilanti is underrated

    posted by Ypsidweller on April 21st, 2007 at 8:09 am

  5. That is totally true.

    posted by LittleB on April 21st, 2007 at 5:38 pm

  6. I think Ypsilanti is more or less correctly rated now.

    posted by ann arbor is overrated on April 23rd, 2007 at 9:32 am

  7. Ha ha ha ha ha!

    posted by David Boyle on April 23rd, 2007 at 4:03 pm

  8. Overrated? Hmm… I liked The Pleasure of My Company.

    posted by Matt L on April 23rd, 2007 at 11:56 pm

  9. Andy Borowitz kicks Steve Martin’s ass.

    posted by Lazaro on April 24th, 2007 at 4:07 pm

  10. Actually 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

  11. Oops, 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

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