Slog - Comments on Driving Miss—Oh, I Can't. I Just Can't. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/driving_missoh_i_cant_i_just_cant Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman was in serious condition at a Memphis hospital after being involved in a car accident Sunday night, according to hospital officials. CNN affilliate WMC of Memphis reported that he was in a car accident in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, about 100 miles south of Memphis, late Sunday. According to The Associated Press, Freeman was "lucid" when the rescue team found his car. "They had to use the jaws of life to extract him from the vehicle," Clay McFerrin, editor of Sun Sentinel in Charleston, Mississippi, said. "He was lucid, conscious. He was talking, joking with some of... Copyright 2008 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:17:29 -0800 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:13:44 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by monkey The United States of America's first African-American president.

I hope he's okay. I love him.

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/driving_missoh_i_cant_i_just_cant#c1092469 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/driving_missoh_i_cant_i_just_cant#c1092469 Celeb Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:41:29 -0800 Comment by Ben He drives a 1997 Nissan Maxima.

]]> Ben http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/driving_missoh_i_cant_i_just_cant#c1092474 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/driving_missoh_i_cant_i_just_cant#c1092474 Celeb Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:43:07 -0800 Comment by six shooter Only a tool or a reporter refers to rescue equipment as "the jaws of life."

]]> six shooter http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/driving_missoh_i_cant_i_just_cant#c1092479 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/driving_missoh_i_cant_i_just_cant#c1092479 Celeb Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:45:07 -0800 Comment by leek Nah, the car was the passenger's. That would be awesome if true, though.

]]> leek http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/driving_missoh_i_cant_i_just_cant#c1092487 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/driving_missoh_i_cant_i_just_cant#c1092487 Celeb Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:50:52 -0800 Comment by cool wishing him well, but youre outro should have stated "tough, classy and playing the same character in all of his movies."

]]> cool http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/driving_missoh_i_cant_i_just_cant#c1092494 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/driving_missoh_i_cant_i_just_cant#c1092494 Celeb Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:55:20 -0800 Comment by UNPAID BLOGGER Don't die on me Morgan!

No one else, save Sigorney Weaver, could add such gravitas to a documentary.

]]> UNPAID BLOGGER http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/driving_missoh_i_cant_i_just_cant#c1092498 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/driving_missoh_i_cant_i_just_cant#c1092498 Celeb Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:57:17 -0800 Comment by max solomon Another argument against electing a 72 year old.

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/driving_missoh_i_cant_i_just_cant#c1092501 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/driving_missoh_i_cant_i_just_cant#c1092501 Celeb Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:00:24 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball My favorite male actor, bar none. I read this this morning and felt an inch tall. I truly hope he is OK...

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/driving_missoh_i_cant_i_just_cant#c1092507 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/driving_missoh_i_cant_i_just_cant#c1092507 Celeb Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:04:27 -0800 Comment by Vince Get him the hell out of Mississippi and to L.A. where he can get the best care.

]]> Vince http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/driving_missoh_i_cant_i_just_cant#c1092530 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/driving_missoh_i_cant_i_just_cant#c1092530 Celeb Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:17:21 -0800 Comment by reverend dr dj riz @1
m. freeman wasn't the first african american president ( i'm assuming you're referring to the chracter he played 1998's deep impact) james earl jones played the first african american president in a film called 'the man'in 1972. he became president after a freak accident killed the president and speaker of the house, and the vice president is too ill to assume the position. jones was the senate president pro tempore next in line, and in so doing he became ( to use the lingo of the 70's )'the man'.

]]> reverend dr dj riz http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/driving_missoh_i_cant_i_just_cant#c1092531 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/driving_missoh_i_cant_i_just_cant#c1092531 Celeb Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:18:01 -0800 Comment by Like is acting, but still... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_negro

]]> Like is acting, but still... http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/driving_missoh_i_cant_i_just_cant#c1092540 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/driving_missoh_i_cant_i_just_cant#c1092540 Celeb Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:23:52 -0800 Comment by ho' know fuckin' Easy Reader. you kick ass! always have. word.

]]> ho' know http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/driving_missoh_i_cant_i_just_cant#c1092572 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/driving_missoh_i_cant_i_just_cant#c1092572 Celeb Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:45:01 -0800 Comment by Schweighsr Morgan Freeman is HOT!!! [and I can't figure out why - he's not that good looking - maybe its the voice....]

]]> Schweighsr http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/driving_missoh_i_cant_i_just_cant#c1092597 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/driving_missoh_i_cant_i_just_cant#c1092597 Celeb Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:58:42 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle This is sad.

Hope he recovers.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/driving_missoh_i_cant_i_just_cant#c1092664 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/driving_missoh_i_cant_i_just_cant#c1092664 Celeb Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:30:47 -0800 Comment by rtw Morgan Freeman's a national treasure. Hope he's okay.

]]> rtw http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/driving_missoh_i_cant_i_just_cant#c1092674 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/driving_missoh_i_cant_i_just_cant#c1092674 Celeb Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:34:59 -0800 Comment by elenchos Huh.

Personally I could do without yet another performance of Morgan Freeman's Wise Old Mentor™. I hope he makes a full recovery and vows to stop repeating himself.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/driving_missoh_i_cant_i_just_cant#c1092700 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/driving_missoh_i_cant_i_just_cant#c1092700 Celeb Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:51:28 -0800 Comment by PC I agree with @16.

Wow.

]]> PC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/driving_missoh_i_cant_i_just_cant#c1092730 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/driving_missoh_i_cant_i_just_cant#c1092730 Celeb Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:14:38 -0800 Comment by elenchos PC. Susan Hudgens. You're a piece of shit. Don't post when you agree with me. Fuck off. Die.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/driving_missoh_i_cant_i_just_cant#c1092738 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/driving_missoh_i_cant_i_just_cant#c1092738 Celeb Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:21:13 -0800 Comment by cheesepants The Dark Knight Curse.
The Dark Knight Curse.

]]> cheesepants http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/driving_missoh_i_cant_i_just_cant#c1092748 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/driving_missoh_i_cant_i_just_cant#c1092748 Celeb Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:26:52 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I think you meant elenchos' curse.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/driving_missoh_i_cant_i_just_cant#c1092755 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/driving_missoh_i_cant_i_just_cant#c1092755 Celeb Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:32:15 -0800 Comment by Jeff Stevens Y'all missed one of the coolest things ever about Morgan Freeman, namely, his early work.

Yep, that's him.

]]> Jeff Stevens http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/driving_missoh_i_cant_i_just_cant#c1093037 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/driving_missoh_i_cant_i_just_cant#c1093037 Celeb Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:13:44 -0800