Chris Molloy

80% of my followers are from Nigeria.

In 1977, Sylvester Stallone explained why he wrote Rocky and how he convinced Hollywood to let an unknown actor play the lead. When asked why he wrote the script, Stallone described what he saw as a problem with the films of that era: "I felt at the time that cinema, at least the movies I had been seeing were at an all-time low. It was everything was anti-society, anti-Christ, anti-government, anti-everything. And there was no one to root for." He believed films move in cycles, and he wanted to bring back something that had been lost: "I wanted to get back into the cycle of the films of the 40s and the 50s where people say, 'Hey, gee, I missed the good old films.' Yet Hollywood hasn't taken heed and hasn't made any good old-fashioned type films where morality was at the forefront." Up to that point, Stallone's career had been built on tiny roles, what he called "atmosphere": "I was mostly what is known as atmosphere, always in the background or the guy that was being the drunk that was being stepped over in the gutter and other lame roles." Writing Rocky was his way of giving himself one real shot before disappearing: "I felt that gee, if I was going to go down at least into professional obscurity, I wanted to at least have the opportunity to say to myself, well, you tried. You put your best foot forward and you didn't make it." He knew the character had to match what he could authentically play: "I surely couldn't pass myself off at least as a lawyer in a three-piece suit. I just don't think I have that kind of appeal or whatever it is. So I wanted to take it much more basic. A man from the street. All right. What kind of a man? An underdog. And that being a professional fighter I think has that connotation to it." When the script reached studio executives, they wanted a star. They floated James Caan, Burt Reynolds, Ryan O'Neal, Gene Hackman, and Robert Redford. Stallone's pitch for himself came down to persistence and economics: "Usually it's the old syndrome of knocking on the windows, pestering them, pressing my face in the door, honking their horn in the driveway. In other words, making a real pain in the neck out of myself." "I kept saying I work a lot cheaper and a lot harder and for a lot longer." The film was eventually made for $960,000, which Stallone described as roughly the cost of "a good toothpaste commercial."

@GuntherEagleman For the media she is special. No integrity, dishonest. etc. About 25 years ago, She did a local New York report on flood conditions in a canoe."reporting" the flooding, as she did 2 people walked by. Imus played it on his TV/radio show

🚨 TRUMP ABSOLUTELY ROASTS NORAH O’DONNELL: “She’s terrible… She’s a regular person that gets paid a lot of money. I could get any woman off the street practically and they would do just as good of a job as her. There’s nothing special.”

@60Minutes Leslie Stahl = Joseph Goebbels

John Kelly, head of the social media analytics firm Graphika, showed 60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl how hate groups, foreign governments, and influencers exploit natural disasters to manipulate people on social media. cbsn.ws/3QZdv6c

@SNYtv bundle up Keith

Keith is feeling great and ready to make his return to the booth tonight!

If you're having a bad day, here's the exact moment that Charlie Brown adopted Snoopy 75 years ago.

It’s 330am on July 5th, 1985, 18th inning of a game between the Mets/Braves. The Braves are down 11-10 and down to their last hitter. They send reliever Rick Camp, who had a batting average of .062. Beautiful call by legendary broadcaster, John Sterling. Rest easy, John

@SNY_Mets RIP John Sterling. Passes away at 87.

It’s true. Only criminals, liars, and idiots vote for democrats.

@60Minutes When will you be doing a story on the SPLC ? LOL

Some perfumes include strong, off-putting scents, even sulfuric notes that smell of cat pee, says master perfumer Honorine Blanc. She explains that perfumers create balance by mixing unpleasant notes with pleasant ones. cbsn.ws/3QDbdtz

@SleeperMets @MLBNetwork Tatis Jr will burn out early. Seems very likely

.@MLBNetwork proposed a trade that would send Fernando Tatis Jr to the Mets. Mets receive: Fernando Tatis Jr Padres receive: Francisco Lindor Would you do this 🤔?

@kbo_coyote @FredIsCheap @Mets Soto is untradable. Maybe Mike Trout if you throw in 500 million to Angels but not sure if it is allowed and Cohen would not sign off on it for the new GM

@FredIsCheap @Mets There is another member of the team who is set to earn $750m over the next 14 years or so. It isn't Lindor.

Stearns built a @Mets team to make the Lindors happy. Now eat half of Lindor’s salary, send them packing and start rebuilding from scratch with a real GM. Politics is no way to build a ball club. And stop with the 🐂 💩 that it wasn’t politics when you paid $ to ship out Nimmo.

@FredIsCheap @Mets Lindor is probably untradable, if you pay a big portion of the salary and take another self entitled phony with minor prospects it is possible but would Cohen hang out with

@SNY_Mets Welcome to the future. I have to admit the future turned out to be disappointing but unfortunately the Mets continued to be the Mets

A.J. Minter comes out of the bullpen for Triple-A Syracuse and throws a scoreless third inning

@dryostradamus @michaelgbaron Stop complaining. Stearns is on the phone with Vogelbach's agent

@michaelgbaron Can we bring back the Wilpons, Steve Philips and Art Howe? Those low points feel like the glory days compared to this disaster created by Stearns.

Its only May 3, and the #Mets are bringing in Vidal Brujan, who will become the club's fourth different shortstop already in 2026. They've also used four different first basemen, three third basemen, seven left fielders, and four right fielders. Things are going solidly.

@NYPost_Mets Mets can't have a top 10 draft pick even though they will be bottom 5. Trade all veterans players possible at the deadline and use the owners money to help get some young prospects.

Vidal Brujan will join the Mets from Syracuse, per source, to give the team another shortstop option with Ronny Mauricio headed to the IL. Bo Bichette finished at SS last night.

@NYPost_Mets How bad is Stearns. 2nd largest payroll in MLB and we use Slater, Melandez Ibanez etc. Players teams with 1/3 the payroll release. Sad

@SNY_Mets 1) Run through bag 2) Why is the 2nd largest payroll in MLB picking up multiple waiver pickups from poor teams and starting them? Seem to be poor dysfunctional executive decisions

The play where Ronny Mauricio fractured his thumb by sliding into first base:

@JackPosobiec No stop signs yet at neighborhood intersections in LA

The destruction of working-class white America is a national crime

American foods are cleverly changing their names because they no longer qualify as that legal food - Pringles used to be potato chips, now they’re labeled as “potato crisps” per FDA rules - McDonald’s Shakes are now called “shakes” (not legally milkshakes in some states) - Klondike Bar is no longer a chocolate shell, it’s a Chocolatey shell (not real chocolate) - Dairy Queen: All items are “treats” (no “ice cream” on the menu) - Oreo changed the spelling to “creme” (alternative spelling, not real cream) - Tyson changed spelling to “Wyngz” (It’s a processed chicken labeling trick) - Costco Blueberry Bagels labels as Imitation blueberry bagels (no actual blueberries) - Pearl Milling Company Syrup (formerly Aunt Jemima) Now ‘Original syrup’ not maple syrup. The first ingredients is corn syrup Our food is a science experiment Make America Healthy Again

When you want to steal but…