"...Dick Vitale (melon), Ellen Barkin (shrimp), Homer Simpson (doughnut)" = celebrities and the things Heimliched out of them.
"Tom Brokaw (John Chancellor, Gouda cheese), Verne Lundquist (Pat Haden, broccoli), Pierce Brosnan (Halle Berry, fruit), Justin Timberlake (a friend, nuts), Billy Bob Thornton (his potbellied pig Albert, chicken Marsala)" = celebrities and who and what they Heimliched.
UPDATE: A beautifully written family Heimlich story.
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Maybe I just chew too much - I've never needed to be heimliched.
Nor have I needed to heimlich anyone else that I can remember. And I think I'd remember that.
When I first saw "Tom Brokaw" John Chancellor -- my first thought was Tom Brokaw had John Chancellor heimliched out of him... then I read further for that little thing called context. Good thing, because the initial image was frightening.
George Bush and the auto-heimlich. That's great.
He even dislodges food particles unilaterally.
Jennifer: that's funny
I had this image of Dick Vitale coughing up a whole melon. "Awesome Baby!"
We had a newly engaged couple (friends of friends) over for dinner one night and served shrimp scampi. He got a shrimp caught in his throat and he couldn't speak or breathe or do anything, except kick his chair back in a panic, bend at the waist and point at his throat. (It was kind of scary, actually.) She was a physician and she did the Heimlich and the shrimp popped out and landed right back on top of his dinner plate full of shrimp scampi.
So, what happened next? He caught his breath, he sat down, and he finished his meal. Now that's class!!
True story.
Give a good wack to a garlic clove or three. Fry the garlic just enough in a smallish pour of refined oil with half a coarsely chopped shallot and a bisected serrano. Slurp some wine. Remove all you can and discard. In goes a little more oil to temperature and then the shrimp with salt. Slurp some wine. (Sometimes I'll add slivers of green and red sweet peppers but that's just showing off.) Cook the shrimp less than you think you should, then add just enough butter and not-too-fruity olive oil. Up to temperature and in goes your sliced basil (Sweet Italian or Siam Queen). Slurp some wine. Remove the basil (or not) and in goes a little lemon juice. (My wife will insist on more). Add flat leaf parsley, chopped. Let it all simmer for as long as it takes to plate your pasta, usually linguini. The sauce goes all over and the shrimp go on top where they conspire and plot their revenge!
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