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Friday, 9/28 --
Hello, you beautiful listeners! Have I told you how wonderful you are today? No? Maybe there’s a reason for that.
It’s almost time for U-Man soup!
The Saint Louis P*Patch covers up their own paper’s name with a sticky note. Maybe that’s why the Post’s circulation was fewer than 300k. (The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is the 26th largest paper in the country with a daily circulation of 278,999 and a Sunday circulation of 407,754. (Source here) But at least they aren’t the outta biz Saint Louis Globe Democrat.
Bob Rowe was a defensive lineman in the NFL. He went to one Pro Bowl during his nine-year career with the Saint Louis Football Cardinals.
According to an e-mail I received from Warren:
“The building that would become Mike Bush's Hot Dog Zone was some sort of chain restaurant. After the HDZ closed, it became a Mercantile Bank. I think it is still a bank, but not sure for what company. The Silky Freeze on Manchester use [sic] to be Bud's Sandwich Shop, not the HDZ.
A company in the early 1980s did provide Showtime (and only Showtime as you remember) broadcasts. You had to have a special microwave-type antenna (not a satellite dish as you mentioned) installed. Sometime after that, Channel 30 started to broadcast cable movies after 7PM - you had to have a special descrambler to view them. I don't think that service lasted more than a year.”
The cow is still on the loose, but the police have issued a “Flossie” alert. We don’t believe that the Saint Louis Zoo has any cows on display. (Although, elephant babies are called “cows.”)
The Faveo Freedom Bra is the world’s first backless and strapless bra for larger breasts (sizes C to GG cups). Laurie doesn’t understand how these would work.
Forbes has a list of the richest celebs; of course Oprah Winfrey is on top. But nine years after "Seinfeld" went off the air, Jerry Seinfeld still rakes in $60 million a year off of his hit sitcom. Meanwhile, David Letterman & Jay Leno came in at 4th and 6th place, respectively, while Donald Trump earned $32 million from his television and licensing deals.
A Metrolink ticket bought at the airport is more expensive than buying it at any other station along the line.
The 2008 shortlist for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Madonna, Leonard Cohen, the Beastie Boys, Donna Summer, Chic, John Mellencamp, the Dave Clark Five, the Ventures and Afrika Bambaataa. These are the artists currently eligible for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and aren’t in.
Radar's Overrated Hall of Fame:
• Bono
• JFK
• Diamonds
• The Winter Olympics
• Highly portable dogs
• James Joyce
• Invading extremist Middle Eastern countries
• British accents
• Babies
• Andy Warhol
• The First Five Commandments
• Philip Glass
• Jack Nicholson
• Switzerland
• "The Star-Spangled Banner"
• Horsepower
• Bachelor's degrees
• Breast implants
• Maya Angelou
• Convertibles
• Salman Rushdie
• Manhattan
• Princess Di
• Halls of Fame
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We had Kevin Nealon from “Weeds” in the studio today. He was almost Sam Malone on “Cheers.” For nine seasons he was on a little show called “Saturday Night Live.” In a 1988 sketch set in a nudist colony he used the word penis a total of 42 times, culminating in a performance of the nudist club anthem, "The Penis Song." And ended this way: “Hi, I'm Kevin Nealon. What you just saw was an attempt to make an important point - that wherever you go, no matter how you look on the outside, we're all pretty much the same. You know, when the Standards Department was dissolved here at NBC, we welcomed it as an opportunity to deal with issues like these in a frank way. And to be honest, we're a little disheartened by the snickering we heard during this presentation. It kind of makes us wonder if there's room for serious discussion of these subjects on television. So to those of you who missed the point - grow up. Really.”
We are giving away four packs of tickets to The Rat Pack (opening next week at the Fox) in addition to a gift certificate to Cutter’s & Company in the Chase and a copy of the London West End soundtrack by asking Vegas trivia. Today we talked about the first CSI: Crime Scene Investigation which takes place in … Vegas.
We had the last day of our NBC’s “My Name is Earl”/“The Office” contests. Our daily prizes: The Office Season 3 DVD; The Office Dunder Mifflin Snow Globe; BBQ Grill Set packed with an Earl Apron and 7 piece tool set; My Name is Earl Trucker Hat; Karma Keychain Bottle-Opener; NBC Koozie 6-Pack. The Grand Prize is a Hewlett-Packard Pavilion Notebook with AMD Turion 64x2 Mobile Technology TL-64 and customized NBC Comedy Night Done Right case.
Today, JC told us about how he got to his apartment and back to the radio station before “Stairway to Heaven” ended. For the grand prize one needed to know that Michael Scott ate fettuccine alfredo before going on a 5K fun run.
Laurie saw the indie film King of California with Michael Douglas & Evan Rachel Wood. 4 outta 5.
I saw the documentary In the Shadow of the Moon. Four & ½ outta five.
Our predictions for the Rams–Cowboys game Sunday: JC 47-3, John 35-7, Mac 35-6 and me 45-3 (although I think the Rams are going to win).
The JoY was from birthday girl, Moon Unit Zappa and her song with her pop - “Valley Girl.” The 3fA featured Rock n’ CholesteRoll ’07 artist John Waite. The Vault was a live version of “Hey Jude” from 1989’s Tripping the Live Fantastic by Paul McCartney. Finally, Michael Douglas had a crew cut & nerd glasses in 1993’s Falling Down.
Don’t Do Anything Stupid,
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