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In case you haven’t seen this, the shadow prime minister of California has re-teamed with the Guest-McKean-Shearer core of Spinal Tap for the first time since 1984–in the cause of July 7’s Live Earth concert. The 15-minute short gets progressively funnier as it goes along, especially once Derek Smalls enters the picture. But what’s remarkable is how unremarkable the fly-on-the-wall freakshow format seems now. As inventive and absurdist as Rob Reiner and co. are, their characters are actually less outré than the real-life inhabitants of VH1’s “Celebreality” programming. For proof, look no further than the Vixen episode of Bands Reunited. May 10, 2007 More Rock Snobbery »
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Cheval Blanc, Château. Bordeaux estate in St.-Emilion whose wines are a slightly offbeat target of Snob adulation—the Thelonious Monk to Château Margaux’s Miles Davis. Lush and generous when young, Cheval Blanc, which has an unsually high percentage of the Cabernet Franc grape in its blend, has a fervent cult whose members consider its 1947 vintage to be the greatest wine ever made. My most recent tasting of the ’47 Cheval Blanc showed it to be very much alive, almost port-like in its intensity. Read more from the Wine Snob's Dictionary » 
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