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Todash
February 4th, 2013, 10:03 AM
I scored a hardback copy of Misery (plus two other SK books, all for about $8, can I get a woot woot!) this weekend at my favorite local thrift store, and I guess I'd never seen the Misery jacket before, because there's no way I would have forgotten the most hilarious author photo I have ever seen. :rofl: (Sure hope he was trying to be funny ... HAHAHAHAHA ...) He looks like a less buttoned-down version of Ron Swanson.

http://spectacularopticalcorp.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/king.jpg
GNTLGNT
February 4th, 2013, 11:09 AM
...I like that one, and also this one is pretty chuckly funny...

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Ycg6Y79jFg/THKb2Glhy8I/AAAAAAAAArU/ZxHFvZTJP7M/s1600/stephen-king_web.jpg
SusanNorton
February 4th, 2013, 11:31 AM
Today - four words, well, letters come immediately to mind:

Y.M.C.A.!
not_nadine
February 4th, 2013, 11:49 AM
http://ts4.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4884233355920067&pid=15.1
SusanNorton
February 4th, 2013, 12:12 PM
Or, like he's thinking about selling someone a Bassomatic.
fredthe3rd
February 4th, 2013, 03:48 PM
http://ts4.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4884233355920067&pid=15.1

What's this photo from? Who's the chap on the left?
Moderator
February 5th, 2013, 08:37 AM
That was from a skit done on The Colbert Report with Stephen Colbert. You can watch it here

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/258583/december-16-2009/better-know-a-stephen---stephen-king
Brian
February 5th, 2013, 08:47 AM
It's Ron Swanson! (https://www.google.com/search?q=ron+swanson&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=jAl&tbo=d&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=ZRsRUZzGJKu20AGI_4GgBQ&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAA&biw=2560&bih=1392)
blunthead
February 5th, 2013, 08:48 AM
That was from a skit done on The Colbert Report with Stephen Colbert. You can watch it here

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/258583/december-16-2009/better-know-a-stephen---stephen-king"...there may be some gay terrorists..." :rofl:
blunthead
February 5th, 2013, 09:09 AM
It's Ron Swanson! (https://www.google.com/search?q=ron+swanson&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=jAl&tbo=d&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=ZRsRUZzGJKu20AGI_4GgBQ&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAA&biw=2560&bih=1392)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DleceyAO34M
Bev Vincent
February 5th, 2013, 09:11 AM
Then, of course, there's this "author photo" from Misery:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IWmAOz0Ybms/UGTdh5OgK0I/AAAAAAAABCQ/pVamKDGD4B4/s1600/Blog+Misery's_return.jpg
blunthead
February 5th, 2013, 10:18 AM
Then, of course, there's this "author photo" from Misery:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IWmAOz0Ybms/UGTdh5OgK0I/AAAAAAAABCQ/pVamKDGD4B4/s1600/Blog+Misery's_return.jpgHey, that's Geena Davis!
Todash
February 5th, 2013, 03:12 PM
Then, of course, there's this "author photo" from Misery:

Oh. Em. Gee.

HAHAHAHAHA ... The best "cameo" ever, in the same book! This novel has now become a prized possession. And to think I almost bypassed it because of a few little rips in the dust jacket.
guido tkp
April 9th, 2013, 10:21 PM
oh...sorry...late to the party 'n all...but...

i always thought he was trying to look like what he thought paul sheldon might look like...to go along with the painting
Jema
April 12th, 2013, 10:34 AM
I read Misery in 8th grade, and since I didn't have money to buy it, I borrowed it from the library. That's the picture that was on the back, and I drew it one day when I was really bored (it ended up getting thrown it, I wish I still had it!). I agree, it is quite funny ;-D