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10 Things We Loved About 2012

From Les Miz to anti-Semitic Elmo, the year’s top 10 most Tattler things—none of them (sadly) NSFW

By Rachel Shukert|December 21, 2012 7:00 AM|7comments
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1. The anti-Semitic Elmo that got arrested in Times Square this year

This story was so utterly amazing, and so in tune with my personal interests, that I wasn’t sure at first if I had dreamed it. (And this was only the first piece of tsuris for Elmo this year, but I’m not even going to go there, since that was my least-favorite story.) A maniac named Adam Sandler reciting what sounded like passages from Mein Kampf while dressed as everyone’s favorite red furry monster. Anti-Semitism, Muppets, a shady past in Cambodian rape porn, the unforgettable image of a cartoon character in handcuffs: It had everything. Congratulations, Other Adam Sandler: You are Tattler’s Man of the Year. May your memory be a blessing, wherever the hell you are.

Merry Les Miz-mas everyone, and here’s to 2013!

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Rachel Shukert, a Tablet Magazine columnist on pop culture, is the author of the memoirs Have You No Shame? and Everything Is Going To Be Great. Starstruck, the first in a series of three novels, is new from Random House. Her Twitter feed is @rachelshukert.
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  • lcsterling

    It’s “Les Mis.”

  • bonoix

    Les Misérables (pron.: /leɪ ˈmɪzərɑːb/ or /leɪ ˌmɪzəˈrɑːb/; French pronunciation: ​[le mizeˈʁablə]), colloquially known as Les Mis or Les Miz /leɪ ˈmɪz/…

  • http://www.facebook.com/michael.ginsberg.58 Michael Ginsberg

    Whatevs, you purists. This was a delightful and lol inspiring column! //sings Les Miz as she stands in line on Xmas day in frigging Utah with the goys//

  • http://www.facebook.com/michael.ginsberg.58 Michael Ginsberg

    Posted under my husband’s name accidental. Sorry. Sheryl Hussien Ginsberg

  • lcsterling

    It’s French. No “z” in Les Misérables — only in the phonetics.

  • Miha Ahronovitz

    How did Rachel miss the orthodox Jews dancing Gangam Style at a wedding in Israel? http://bit.ly/UVSJgj

  • Isaac Ben

    Funny :)

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10 Things We Loved About 2012

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