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The 2007 Bum Steer Awards »
It was a year of aggrieved actors, banned boobs, Cuban commodes, DeLay denial, errant Elmo, frisky floaters, grouchy governors, hung hoopsters, immigration insensitivity, job-seeking judges, klobbered Karl, Longhorn lushes, miffed musicians, nude no-no’s, ousted Osteens, peeved passers, quarreling queens, riled Rangers, subpar sheriffs, tiny “terrorists,” unseemly URLs, vice presidential violence, wiseacre W., x-asperated x-wives, youthful yakkers, and zoo zeal.
January 2007
Now That’s Funny »
Senior executive editor Paul Burka on editing Bum Steers.
January 2007 Interview by Christopher Danzig
Ron White Gets the Last Laugh »
Thanks to the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, he’s richer than all get-out, and you’re not.
December 2006 by John Spong
The 2006 Bum Steer Awards »
It was a year of appalling Anna Nicole, babbling Bar, conspiring cheerleaders, déclassé DeLay, enraptured Eva, fecal funny business, gubernatorial gaffes, horrifying Hook ’Em, illustrious intoxicators, juggy Jessica, Kinky kocktails, lame lawmakers, misidentified ministers, noticeable nepotism, obnoxious Oberst, powerboating Perot, queer quotes, rude Redskin, stimulated sex offenders, titillating teachers, unwanted urinating, vilified Vancouverites, watered-down Willie, x-asperating Xmas songs, yucky yearbooks, and zinged zip codes.
January 2006
Bum Steer Hall of Fame »
In celebration of their lifetime achievements—or lack thereof—we hereby introduce, with great pleasure and big laughs, the first-ever inductees to the brand-new Bum Steer Hall of Fame.
January 2006
The Best Bum Steers. Ever. »
We published the first Bum Steer Awards in January 1974, and we haven’t missed a year since. We pored over all 32 installments—and more than 2,500 items—to come up with… the BEST BUM STEERS. EVER.
January 2006
Seriously, Folks »
Humorist Rich Malley on being clever, writing headlines, and putting together Bum Steers.
January 2006 Interview by Leah Fillion
Putting Together the Pieces »
Associate art director T. J. Tucker on co-designing this year’s Bum Steer Awards.
January 2006 Interview by Lindsay Meeks
Critters And Fritters »
You’d love my collection of vintage Texas cookbooks. Just don’t ask me to cook from them.
June 2005 by Anne Dingus
Music to My Years »
When did I stop being cool?
June 2005 by Sarah Bird
Sibling Ribaldry »
Developing my twisted sense of humor was a family affair.
April 2005 by Sarah Bird
“Confessions of a Skinny Bitch” »
Over the past thirty years, I’ve edited or written more than 28,000 restaurant reviews for this magazine. That’s a lot of crème brûlée under the bridge, folks. So what’s my life been like, exactly? And how have I stayed this thin? Good questions.
March 2005 by Patricia Sharpe
Message In a Bottle »
Blondness—natural or otherwise— is even more Texan than Big Hair.
February 2005 by Anne Dingus
Happily Enron After! »
The fairy tale is long over, but reality hasn’t necessarily set in.
February 2005 by Mimi Swartz
The 2005 Bum Steer Awards »
It was a year of: Alamo amour, bollixed Bush, cheeseburger chagrin, dissed Davy, egregious ethics, film flops, guileful gynecologists, hibiscus hullabaloo, in-flight idiocy, jiggling Janet, konservative kross-dressers, laughable liposuction, microphone mishaps, numskull name-nabbing, opinionated obits, pot parfaits, Qaeda qualms, reckless Rather, streaking solons, tasteless Tecate, UT users, vulgar veeps, Wicca watchdogs, X-pensive X-crement, yoga yoke, and—zounds!—zero tolerance.
January 2005
L. on Wheels »
Eight days in a rental car with Larry L. King, the crotchety West Texan who has written some of the greatest magazine stories of all time, would be enough to drive anyone crazy. Except his biggest fan.
January 2005 by John Spong
The Bottom 10 »
For connoisseurs of Bum Steer-worthy behavior, 2004 was an embarrassment of riches. Well, an embarrassment, anyway.
January 2005
Dome Improvement »
How I’ll change life at the Capitol as governor. (Hint: Spaying is involved.)
January 2005 by Kinky Friedman
Rounding Up the Steers »
Senior editor Anne Dingus on the Bum Steers traditions and mocking those other Simpsons.
January 2005 Interview by Kimberly Jeffries
The Funnies »
Illustrator Tim Bower, who worked on this month’s cover story, talks about drawing, humor, and his favorite Bum Steer.
January 2005 Interview by Kimberly Jeffries
Keep Gomorrah Weird »
A passionate, pointed, and in retrospect, pot-induced defense of Austin.
December 2004 by Kinky Friedman
Mentionables »
From bullet bras to panties emblazoned with the Lone Star flag, a brief history of women’s underwear in Texas.
November 2004 by Anne Dingus
Zero to Sixty »
A dreaded milestone approaches.
November 2004 by Kinky Friedman
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