Zookeeper

There are many things we can learn from the animals but lessons in love from talking primates is not one of them.

"...the five screenwriters it took to tap out this crapper thought kids would be interested in watching James’ sad-sack..."

July 8, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

After a Fashion

Stephen disavows any career advice to K-Fed

"...us: We said your alleged career was in the crapper – not that you should become a rapper!..."

May 5, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Troma Ward

Troma Films co-founder Lloyd Kaufman: indie maverick, gross-out artist.

"...a year. (The latest is, ahem, Tales From the Crapper.) Even if, as he freely admits, the studio's films..."

March 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Merle Bertrand

The Luv Doc: A Lot of Work to Do

The Luv Doc still has some kinks to iron out with the whole time travel deal

"...the C is still locked in the White House crapper firing off a fusillade of increasingly deranged tweets, whipping..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Column by The Luv Doc

Point Austin: Losing Control ... of Your Bladder

The Lege knows what's best for you and your privates

"...of the W.C.," "Potentate of Piddling," "Kaiser of the Crapper," "Fidalgo of Flush," "Baron of Bowel Movements," "Emperor of..."

Dec. 16, 2016 News Column by Michael King

There Will Be Food

Austin's film catering gurus learn how to make do in a changing industry. Spoiler alert: The answer is never pizza.

"..."Ever since the economy went into the crapper in 2008, the movie industry is not as much..."

June 14, 2013 Screens Feature by Jeff Winkler

Let Them Meatcake!

Here's the best from 17 years of Dame Darcy's comic-book Meatcake

"...way this economy has been going (ie, down the crapper), you have to not buy it for another month,..."

Oct. 5, 2010 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Flaming Idiots

This comic spectacle is pretty much the same as ever, but no complaints here

"...ahead, be sad. Picture the nation's economy down the crapper; think of the Republicans that have been voted into..."

Feb. 26, 2010 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Elaine: The Extended Cut

The incomparable Ms. Stritch on humor, happiness, Tennessee, Beckett, and bad directors

"...were wise to me in the "Never crap a crapper" way of thinking, and that was people like Hal..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Mavericks: A Gallery of Texas Characters

"This is the west, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend." That wisdom is at the heart of this collection.

"...coarser-tongued subjects call it "perfect reading for on the crapper," don't think there's no depth here. Fowler's subjects told..."

March 21, 2008 Books Review by Richard Whittaker

Two Guys Walk Into a Bar

Lou Perryman and Sonny Carl Davis drink, dish

"...days, actually. But they still got that goddamn one-curtain crapper in the bathroom...."

Nov. 30, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Beside the Point

Just one word: canvas

"...water conservation? Work the toilet angle while they wax crapper. Compact fluorescent lightbulbs – just how many council members..."

April 20, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Lee Leffingwell Makes a Splash

Council member named Conservationist of the Year

"...with a blank stare. If you're Lee Leffingwell, waxing crapper will get you the Texas chapter of the American..."

April 10, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

More Like the Pink Panthers! (Sorry I'm Not as Funny When They Win)

"...Romo manages to pull the season out of the crapper, I can give up my dreams of the Cowboys..."

Oct. 31, 2006 Sports Post by Jeremy Martin

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...about 20% less wet stuff than the average low-flow crapper. For those replacing an ailing throne, selecting one of..."

Oct. 20, 2006 News Feature

Beside the Point: A Vegetative State

The City Council tries to move the budget beyond meat and potatoes

"...the parks." Apparently fixated, McCracken mentioned the merits of crapper-cleansing thrice more, yet the porcelain gods must have frowned..."

Aug. 18, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Beside the Point

Green Water's move to Guerrero Park will officially die today.

"...easy enough to flush that notion down the rhetorical crapper, there's no discounting the influence the upcoming election had..."

April 28, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Luv Doc Recommends: SXSW Free Concert with Spoon & Echo & the Bunnymen

Auditorium Shores at the Long Center, Thursday, March 16, 2006

"...of aspiring musicians starts serenading badge-holders in the Hilton crapper … talk about a captive audience … plus the..."

March 17, 2006 Column by The Luv Doc

The Problem Is the Quality of Education

"...schools. I wish public education wasn't going down the crapper. But the fact remains that I can either work..."

Feb. 10, 2006 Postmarks

Page Two

A new car sparks a meditation on years in motion, with the radio on

"...bathroom, flushing the toilet as she answered, "Down the crapper!!"..."

June 17, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Naked City

News and happening from Austin and beyond

"...• And just in time for Thomas Crapper Day, which celebrates the life of the plumbing pioneer..."

Jan. 28, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

TCB

Willie, ghosts, and the White Stripes … all in all, a good week

"...the first to get axed. With finances in the crapper at state and local levels, Texas Folklife Resources finds..."

July 4, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Kevin McKinney

Texas Platters

"...No Rapper" ("... but there's a snapper in my crapper") could only be one person, though. An Austin institution..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Dancing About Architecture

All the good and happy things that happened in Austin music, 1999.

"...and though the local club biz is in the crapper, it seems like new and better studios are popping..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Politics

"...Best Way to Come a CrapperCity of Austin Ultra Low Flush Toilet Rebate Program..."

Sept. 24, 1999 Best of Austin Feature

Dancing About Architecture

"...coda: Williams elected to toss these sessions in the crapper, too. American Records now tells the Chronicle that a..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Coming in From the Cold

Who the Hell is Craig Ross?

"...nobody's gonna go `Oh, another Austin artist down the crapper.'" n..."

June 28, 1996 Music Feature by Jason Cohen