'TBH Politoons'
Thanks, again, Tim!
Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
from Mark
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Mostly sunny day.
The roast was in the oven by 7am, and the guests here by 11am.
Have finally given in to paper plates. Really prefer using the 'real' plates, but having a kitchen that was modern in 1937,
there are more than enough things to wash with pots, pans & silverware.
Tonight, Friday, CBS starts the night with a RERUN 'Joan Of Arcadia', followed by a RERUN 'JAG', then a
RERUN 'The Handler'.
On a RERUN Dave are Madonna and Chris Elliott.
On a RERUN Craiggers are Don Johnson, Maria Menounos, and Ryan Belleville.
NBC begins the night with a 2-hour 'Dateline', followed by a RERUN 'Third Watch'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jay are Bill Maher and Mandy Moore.
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are George Wendt, Natalie MacMaster.
On a RERUN Carson Daly are Jon Favreau, Dikembe Mutombo, Todd Barry, Chris Shivers, Story of the Year, Rocco DiSpirito, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes.
ABC has the 'Fiesta Bowl', and the left coast is treated to the movie 'Amos & Andrew'.
On a RERUN Jimmy Kimmel (from 11/21/03), are Jennifer Tilly and Yellowcard, with guest co-host Jon Favreau.
The WB offers a RERUN 'Reba', followed by a RERUN 'What I Like About You', then a RERUN
'Grounded For Life', followed by a RERUN 'Like Family'.
Faux has a RERUN 'Simpson', followed by a RERUN 'Malcolm', then a RERUN
'That 70s Show', followed by a RERUN 'Arrested Development'.
UPN has the movie 'Fled'.
Check local PBS listings for the best show on over-the-air-TV, 'NOW With Bill Moyers'.
A&E has a 'Cold Case Files' marathon, followed by 'Poirot', and another 'Poirot'.
AMC offers the movie 'Zulu', followed by the movie 'Colors', then the movie 'Darkman II: The Return Of Durant'.
BBC -
[6pm] 'BBC World News';
[6:30pm] 'Cash in the Attic' - Innes;
[7pm] 'House Invaders' - Offenham;
[7:30pm] 'Changing Rooms' - Weston Super Mare;
[8pm] 'Fawlty Towers' - Communication Problems;
[8:40pm] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - It's the Arts;
[9:20pm] 'The Office' - Episode 6;
[10pm] 'At Home With The Braithwaites' - Episode 6;
[11pm] 'So Graham Norton' - Chris Klein/Freddie Prinze Jr.;
[11:30pm] 'So Graham Norton' - Jennifer Love-Hewitt;
[12am] 'Fawlty Towers' - Communication Problems;
[12:40am] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - EIt's the Arts;
[1:20am] 'The Office' - Episode 6;
[2am] 'At Home With The Braithwaites' - Episode 6;
[3am] 'Fawlty Towers' - Communication Problems;
[3:40am] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - It's the Arts;
[4:20am] 'The Office' - Episode 6;
[5am] 'At Home With The Braithwaites' - Episode 6; and
[6am] 'BBC World News'. (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Celebrity Poker', 'Inside The Actors Studio' (Jude Law), followed by the movie 'The Terminator', then the movie 'The Terminator', again.
Comedy Central has 'MAD TV', 'Comedy Central Presents', another 'Comedy Central Presents', still another 'Comedy Central Presents', followed by 'Premium Blend',
then another 'Premium Blend'.
HBO offers 8 episodes of Larry David's 'Curb Your Enthusiasm'.
History offers 10 'Infamous Murders' all afternooon & into the evening, followed by 'Modern Marvels', 'Greatest Raids', 'Battle Stations - The B26 Marauder!', 'Modern Marvels', and 'Tales Of The Gun: WWII'.
SciFi is all 'Stargate SG-1' all night.
TCM:
[6am] 'The Bachelor And The Bobby-Soxer' (1947);
[8am] 'The Long, Long Trailer' (1954);
[10am] 'The Happy Road' (1957);
[12pm] 'The Reluctant Debutante' (1958);
[2pm] 'Send Me No Flowers' (1964);
[4pm] 'The Impossible Years' (1968);
[6pm] 'If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium' (1969);
[8pm] 'Gidget' (1959);
[10pm] 'The Girl Most Likely' (1957);
[12am] 'Sunday In New York' (1964);
[2am] 'Mother India' (1957) [AKA: Bharat Mata] ;
[5am] 'Law Of The Badlands' (1951). (ALL TIMES EST)
A Merry Maker comic struts his stuff as he marches up Broad Street during the 103rd annual New Years Day Mummers Parade in Philadelphia Thursday, Jan. 1, 2004.
Photo by Chris Gardner
The Information One-Stop
Moose & Squirrel
Releasing New Album
William Shatner
According to the New York Post newspaper, William Shatner is set to release a new album.
Guest musicians on the new disc, which was produced by Ben Folds of the Ben Folds Five, include former Black Flag lead singer Henry Rollins and country star Brad Paisley.
In 1968, Shatner released his first album The Transformed Man, which includes spoken-word cover versions of the Beatles' Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds and Bob Dylan's Mr. Tambourine Man.
William Shatner
Norway Wins World Title
'World Idol'
Norway's "Pop Idol" Kurt Nilsen moved a step up to "World Idol" on Thursday when he triumphed in a singing competition with winners from 10 other nations
"American Idol" Kelly Clarkson won second place, and Belgium's Peter Everard came in third when the vote was announced on Britain's ITV television Friday evening following a Christmas Day broadcast of the international singing competition.
The young Norwegian won maximum points from nine of the 11 countries that voted in the contest for his rendition of the U2 track "Beautiful Day."
'World Idol'
Young women dressed in girdles and bras head for the frigid water in the 84th Annual Polar Bear Swim in Vancouver, British Columbia, January 1, 2004. Over a thousand people gathered to have a dip into the six celsius (42 F) water.
Photo by Andy Clark
Tops 'Entertainment Tonight' Hot List
Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez tops the 2003 "Hot List" of celebrities compiled by syndicated TV show "Entertainment Tonight."
The list is composed of celebrities who have received the most mentions on the show during 2003.
Rounding out the top 10: Jennifer Aniston, Michael Jackson, Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz, Britney Spears and Demi Moore.
The "ET Hot List" also includes Renee Zellweger, Drew Barrymore, Halle Berry, Courteney Cox Arquette, Ruben Studdard, Clay Aiken, Madonna, Michael Douglas, John Ritter and Evan Marriott.
Jennifer Lopez
Fading to Black & White
M&M's
M&M's, the colorful button-shaped candies, are about to go off color for the first time in 60 years, but it remains to be seen whether their fans love or hate the change.
The chocolate-filled sugar-coated candies, made by a division of U.S. confectioner Mars Inc., will be available in only black and white for the next few months instead of the standard six colors as part of a promotional campaign.
The candy is sold in more than 100 countries, but the black and white ones will be available only in the United States.
M&M's
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
Alleged Fraud in Sale
Kurt Cobain Guitar
A businessman who thought he had a guitar belonging to late rock star Kurt Cobain is suing a Washington state man for fraud.
The lawsuit filed in B.C. Supreme Court claims Earnest "Guitar" Bailey falsely represented a left-handed Fender Stratocaster guitar as Cobain's. Phil Gross, a resident of North Vancouver, traded his own six-string Gibson S. G. electric guitar for the guitar, believing it was used by Cobain in one of his band Nirvana's last concert tours before Cobain's 1994 suicide.
His plans hit a sour note when a famous British rock-collectibles auction house found out the claim was false.
Bailey lives in Gig Harbour, Wash., and was the guitar tech for Nirvana during the 1991-92 Nevermind Tour.
For more details, Kurt Cobain Guitar
Members of the Pittsburgh Polar Bear Club take their annual New Year's Day plunge into Monongahela River in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2004.
Photo by John Heller
Performers Announced
Jamaica Fest
Alicia Keys, India.Arie, Kenny Rogers and Michael McDonald are among the artists confirmed to perform at the Air Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival next month.
Set for Jan. 22-25 at the Cinnamon Hill Golf Course in Rose Hall, Montego Bay, the seventh annual event will also feature a musical tribute to late country icon Johnny Cash, who kept a home in the area for many years.
Tickets for the event are $45 per day for the first three days and $20 for the final day's gospel concert.
Jamaica Fest
http://www.airjamaica.com/jazzandblues.asp
Dog To Talk
'Blue's Clues'
Blue, the canine star of Nickelodeon's "Blue's Clues," will speak for the first time in February - a huge, cultural milestone for the toddler set.
In the Feb. 8 episode, Blue will visit a playroom where she's transformed from a cartoon into a puppet with the ability to speak.
The episode will air at 8 p.m. "Blue's Clues" doesn't normally air in prime time, except in special circumstances - like when it switched hosts from Steve Burns to Donovan Patton in May 2002, an episode that snared a whopping 1.9 million viewers.
'Blue's Clues'
Formerly 'The Vidiot'
Heart Attack on Jet Full of MDs
Dorothy Fletcher
A flight in the United States proved lucky for a British woman who suffered a heart attack. Fifteen heart specialists, all bound for a medical conference in Florida, stood up to offer help when a cabin attendant asked, "Is there a doctor on board?"
Dorothy Fletcher, 67, who had been on her way from Britain to her daughter's wedding, said Wednesday that she owed her life to the doctors.
Fletcher, who lives in Liverpool, northwestern England, spent two days in intensive care at the Charlotte Medical Center in North Carolina following the heart attack on Nov. 7.
She spent three more days in the hospital, but still made it to her daughter Caroline's wedding.
Dorothy Fletcher
Nach einem kurzem Bad in der Ostsee am Strand von Warnemuende kommen Mittwochfrueh, 24. Dezember 2003, die Eisbader vom Verein "Rostocker Seehunde" von ihrem traditionellen Weihnachtsbaden aus dem 4 Grad kalten Wasser. Von September bis April treffen sich die "Rostocker Seehunde" einmal die Woche zum Eisbaden am Ostseestrand.
Photo by Frank Hormann
Performing at Barbour Gala
Kenny Rogers
Country music singers Kenny Rogers, the Gatlin Brothers and Steve Azar will entertain guests at Gov.-elect Haley Barbour's Jan. 12 inaugural gala.
The Gatlin Brothers were among several celebrities who took part in Barbour's successful campaign.
Kenny Rogers
So That's Where They Find Them
Classifieds
Hoping to stop Pennsylvania state Rep. Gary Haluska from winning a sixth term, local Republicans have taken the unusual step of placing a classified ad in a newspaper seeking state House hopefuls.
Republicans have about a month to gather the 300 signatures on nominating petitions, spurring county GOP Chairman Robert A. Gleason Jr., to cast a wide net for candidates.
The hardest part of the job may be unseating Haluska, a Democrat who has held the seat in the county of 152,000 — where Democrats outnumber Republicans 2-to-1 — since 1994.
Classifieds
Domino's Poll
Pizza
"Paris Hilton" is the No. 1 fake name used by people calling for pizza deliveries, according to a survey of Domino's Pizza drivers in Washington, D.C., released Monday by the pizza delivery chain. And 38 percent of those using the name of the socialite model ordered pepperoni topping.
U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft might want to open an investigation into these findings -- he was No. 2 on the list of assumed names used by people ordering pizza.
According to the survey of 630 drivers, nine percent of people who answer the door in the nude tip more than 20 percent, compared with 2 percent of people in pajamas.
Among political pizza findings, people with "Dean for President" bumper stickers on cars in their driveways tipped 22 percent higher than people with "Bush for President" bumper stickers. People with "Bush for President" bumper stickers were three times more likely to order meat-topped pizzas than "Dean for President" drivers.
Pizza
Quintessential New York Yankees fan, known to the city as 'Freddy,' holds up his greeting for the New Year as he joins up to a million people waiting for the ball to drop Wednesday night Dec. 31, 2003, in New York's Times Square. Tightly controlled crowds ushered in 2004 in a joyous celebration that took place under some of the tightest anti-terrorism measures in U.S. history and police said afterwards that there were no reports of crowd trouble.
Photo by Ramin Talaie
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