Killers – "Mr. Brightside" (2003)

Now they’re goin’ to bed

And my stomach is sick

And it’s all in my head

Unless you spent July in a coma, I’m sure you’ve heard about the married CEO of a Massachusetts tech company who took his company’s HR director to a Coldplay concert and got caught canoodling with her on the stadium “kiss cam.”

You do know that “to canoodle” means “to engage in amorous embracing, caressing, and kissing,” don’t you?  I find it very interesting that almost every news account about the incident that I’ve read uses “canoodling” to describe what the naughty couple were up to when the “kiss cam” outed them.

Oops!

By the way, no one knows for sure where the word “canoodle” – which first appeared in print in 1859 – came from.

Likewise, no one knows for sure how much the CEO’s little indiscretion is going to cost him.  But his net worth is estimated at between $50 million and $70 million, and Massachusetts law provides for a 50-50 split in most divorces.  So he will likely have to sign over tens of millions of dollars to his wife.

That’s some pretty expensive canoodling – I hope it was worth it.

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Speaking of losing tens of millions of dollars . . .

A few days after the Coldplay kiss cam story broke, CBS announced that it had decided to cancel Stephen Colbert’s Late Show.  The show was apparently losing something on the order of $40 million annually, so the decision comes as no great surprise.    

Some wag tweeted this after the CBS decision became public:

When Stephen Colbert goes off the air, what will husbands who are staying up late waiting for their wife to get home safely from her boyfriend’s house watch?

One of the comments posted in response to that tweet worked the Coldplay incident into the conversation:

“Honey, just got home from the Coldplay concert.  Is Colbert over yet?”

Several other commenters offered smart-ass suggestions concerning shows that Colbert fans could watch once the Late Show was off the air.  Here’s one:

They can watch PBS . . . oh wait!

Another suggestion alluded to the relative maturity of the Late Show audience:

Reruns of “Murder She Wrote” and “Golden Girls.”

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Click here to watch the “Mr. Brightside” official music video.  The director got the idea for that video after dropping acid and watching the 2001 Moulin Rouge film.  (JUST KIDDING, Sophie Muller – DON’T SUE ME!)

The video depicts a love triangle involving characters portrayed by Brandon Flowers, Eric Roberts, and Izabella Miko.

Flowers is the lead singer and primary songwriter of the Killers.

Roberts has appeared in dozens of movies and a number of TV series but   is best known for being the older brother of Julia Roberts.

Miko is a Polish actress and dancer whose career peaked when she appeared in the 2000 movie, Coyote Ugly.  Click here if you’d like to buy one of her sustainable “EkoMiko” candles.

Click here to buy “Mr. Brightside” from Amazon.