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Tom Danehy: Tom skips basketball for an evening of GOP March Madness (Tucson Weekly)
As everyone knows, last Thursday was the best day of the entire year. It was the first day of the NCAA Basketball Tournament, a day when graveyard-shift workers can join writers and other unemployed people to veg out in front of the TV all day and night, watching nail-biting hoops action.
Roger Ebert: Review of "The Hunger Games" (3 stars; PG-13)
"The Hunger Games" is an effective entertainment, and Jennifer Lawrence is strong and convincing in the central role. … Director Gary Ross and his writers (including the series' author, Suzanne Collins) obviously think their audience wants to see lots of hunting-and-survival scenes, and has no interest in people talking about how a cruel class system is using them. Well, maybe they're right. But I found the movie too long and deliberate as it negotiated the outskirts of its moral issues.
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The station's new programming director Andy Travis tries to turn around struggling radio station WKRP, despite the well-meaning efforts of the mostly incompetent staff: bumbling station manager Arthur Carlson, oily sales manager Herb Tarlek, and clueless news director Les Nessman. Rounding out the cast are super receptionist Jennifer Marlowe, enthusiastic junior employee Bailey Quarters, and spaced-out veteran disc jockey Dr. Johnny Fever. To help bolster ratings, Travis hires a new disc jockey from New Orleans, Venus Flytrap. Lurking in the background and making an occasional appearance is ruthless business tycoon Mrs. Carlson, the station's owner (and Arthur Carlson's mother).
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Marian was first, and correct, with:
WKRP in Cincinnati
mj said:
One of the best shows ever to be canceled
WKRP in Cincinnati.
Try Red Wigglers, the Cadillac of Worms.
Swear to God, I thought turkeys could fly.
God hates trailer parks.
You can say "booger" on radio. You still can't say "shitfaced."
Baron Dave ("Someone's listening to me. Now I know how a radio feels." -- Grandpa Simpson, The Simpsons) wrote:
WKRP in Cincinnati.
And on a semi-related note: John Carter: A worthy effort
Alan J responded:
WKRP in Cincinnati
Jim from CA, retired to ID, replied:
"As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly"......WKRP in Cincinnati
Charlie wrote:
WKRP in Cincinnati.
BttbBob responded:
Easy one. That 70's (and 80's) show, 'WKRP in Cincinnati'. I rather enjoyed the characters and the show... and, yes, because all men are dogs (and flies) Jennifer was a particular subject of my scrutiny. I freely admit it. Bailey, too, though for a totally different reason. See, I've always had a secret 'girl-next-door' thing... Blame that on Judy Pryzgocki... (Judy! You out there? Call me!)
Adam answered:
WKRP in Cincinnati- one of the all-time great sit-coms (even in a decade when Norman Lear was working so hard).
Johni in Hawai'i says
"WKRP in Cincinnati."
Ted replied:
Baily Quarters.....mmmmmm
All at WKRP in Cincinnati.
Sally said:
You would find, Bailey Quarters, Herb Tarlek, Les Nessman, and Jennifer Marlowe on the old sitcom, WKRP in Cincinnati. Very, very funny show!
Here's the gang... (Who could forget Venus Flytrap and/or Johnny Fever?)
PS: I am so livid, and demanding JUSTICE for Trayvon Martin, the young Black kid in Florida, shot with a bag of Skittles in his hand, by a nasty, self-proclaimed vigilante!!
Hey, the law that allowed this to happen is sweeping the country, and it could happen in your family too!! Scary, and sad... Hate is alive and well, I guess.
Dale of Diamond Springs answered:
WKRP Cincinnati.
Jennifer Herb Les Bailey
Greg B responded:
Why, on WKRP, of course!
Tom B said:
It was the story of my life at the time - 'WKRP In Cincinnati.'
MAM wrote:
WKRP in Cincinnati, a situation comedy that featured the misadventures of the staff of a struggling fictional radio station in Cincinnati, Ohio. 1978 - 1982
Bailey Quarters (Jan Smithers) Herb Tarlek (Frank Bonner) Les Nessman (Richard Sanders) Jennifer Marlowe (Loni Anderson)
PS ~ Thanks to Sally for the reminder. E-Page support to go into PayPal tonight. Long live the E-Page!
And, Joe S answered:
WKRP in Cincinnati, one of my all time favorite shows. http://youtu.be/Qb-gdaHkbmM
I've been derelict in my commitment to The Trivia Question of the Day. As much as I enjoy reading all of the answers (even the wrong ones) it pains me, pains me, not to read my own pithy, insightful, and yes witty responses. Oh, ha ha ha! Sometimes I even amaze myself.
I have been having some difficulties with my health lately, due to a genetic disorder. Perhaps it would be better to say I've been having difficulties with my comfort level rather than my health as my health, in regards to my genetic disorder, doesn't change but my pain level does. It passes, but sometimes I don't feel like doing anything until it does.
So anyway I promised a bit about Michigan.
Since the U.S. House of Representatives has existed, there have only been eight Native Americans elected to that office. Derek Bailey, current Chairman of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians would be the ninth if elected from Michigan's First District. The District covers the entire Upper Peninsula and a portion of Northern Lower Michigan.
Derek is a dynamic young man of 40 years. He was elected as the youngest Band chairman at the age of 38 and has shown strong leadership to the Tribe as well as the non-tribal community. http://www.mynorth.com/My-North/January-2012/Northern-Michigan-Tribal-Chairman-Derek-Bailey-Runs-for-Congress/
Oh yeah, and he rides a motorcycle.
CBS fills the night with LIVE'March Madness: The Sweet 16 - 2012 NCAA Basketball Tourney', then pads the left coast with local crap.
On a RERUNDave (from 2/6/12) are Eli Manning, Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Die Antwoord.
On a RERUNCraig (from 11/30/11) are David Sedaris and Jeff Cesario.
NBC starts the night with a FRESH'Who Do You Think You Are?', followed by a RERUN'Grimm', then 'Dateline'.
Scheduled on a FRESHLeno are Christina Aguilera, Kevin Smith, and Melanie Fiona featuring J. Cole.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Christian Slater, Bethenny Frankel, and Dr. Dog.
On a RERUNCarson 'The Scab' Daly (from 2/10/12) are Howard Gordon, Michel Hazanavicius, and Mastodon.
ABC opens the night with a FRESH'Shark Tank', followed by 'Primetime: What Would You Do?', then '20/20'.
On a RERUNJimmy Kimmel (from 3/13/12) are Will Ferrell, Ellie Kemper, and Allen Stone.
The CW offers a FRESH'Nikita', followed by a FRESH'Supernatural'.
Faux has a FRESH'Kitchen Nightmares', followed by a FRESH'Fringe'.
MY has an old 'Monk', followed by another old 'Monk'.
A&E has 'Storage Wars', another 'Storage Wars', 'Storage Wars Texas', another 'Storage Wars Texas', still another 'Storage Wars Texas', yet another 'Storage Wars Texas', still another 'Storage Wars Texas', and, yes, yet another 'Storage Wars Texas'.
AMC offers the movie 'Braveheart', followed by 'The Walking Dead'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[7:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[8:00AM] THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW-EP 17 - Matthew Fox, Diane Kruger, Jessie J
[9:00AM] THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW-Ep 2 Greg Kinnear, Ruth Jones
[10:00AM] DOCTOR WHO-Ep 12 The Sound Of Drums
[11:00AM] BEING HUMAN-Episode 1
[12:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES-Ep 11 - Fleming
[1:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES-Ep 2 - Classic American
[2:00PM] GORDON RAMSAY'S F WORD-Episode 6
[3:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES-Ep 4 Black Pearl
[4:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES-Ep 7 Oscars
[5:00PM] DOCTOR WHO-Ep 13 Last of the Time Lords
[6:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION-Ep 21 The Perfect Mate
[7:00PM] TOP GEAR-Episode 4
[8:00PM] ENTRAPMENT
[10:40PM] ENTRAPMENT
[1:20AM] BEING HUMAN-Episode 3
[2:20AM] BEING HUMAN-Episode 4
[3:20AM] TOP GEAR-Episode 5
[4:20AM] TOP GEAR-Episode 6
[5:20AM] JAMES MAY'S ROAD TRIP-Episode 6 (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', followed by the movie 'Friday'.
Comedy Central has 'Tosh.0', another 'Tosh.0', 'It's Always Sunny In Philly', another 'It's Always Sunny In Philly', 'South Park', 'Tosh.0', 'Ugly Americans', and 'Key & Peele'.
FX has '2½ Men', another '2½ Men', followed by the movie 'Taken', then a FRESH'Ultimate Fighter Live'.
HBO offers a FRESHBill Maher - guests include:
Top-of-show: Charles M. Blow
Mid-show: Fred Armisen
Panel: Glenn Greenwald, Wendy Schiller, and Andrew Sullivan
History has 'American Pickers', another 'American Pickers', 'Only In America With Larry TCG', and another 'Only In America With Larry TCG'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] Unknown
[7:45AM] Twelve and Holding
[9:45AM] Portlandia-Cool Wedding
[10:15AM] Good Guys Wear Black
[12:15PM] Unknown
[2:00PM] Twelve and Holding
[4:00PM] Good Guys Wear Black
[6:00PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Houseboat
[6:30PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Emancipation
[7:00PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Book Club
[7:30PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Malcolm's Girlfriend
[8:00PM] The Descent
[10:00PM] Sin City
[12:30AM] The Descent
[2:30AM] Sin City
[5:00AM] Mr. Show With Bob and David-A Talking Junkie
[5:35AM] The Whitest Kids U'Know
[5:50AM] Nosebleed (ALL TIMES EDT)
Sundance -
[6:00A] Love Lust & Street Eats
[7:00A] THE MORTIFIED SESSIONS - NYPD's Rick Schroder (Episode 7, Season 1)
[7:30A] Sorry, Thanks
[9:05A] The Closer You Get
[10:45A] Oktapodi
[11:00A] Love Lust & Sex Symbols
[12:00P] FREAKS AND GEEKS - The Garage Door (Episode 12, Season 1)
[1:00P] Made in China
[2:30P] Vive la Rose
[2:45P] Sorry, Thanks
[4:25P] Love Lust & Bad Girls
[5:25P] The Closer You Get
[7:00P] THE MORTIFIED SESSIONS - NYPD's Rick Schroder (Episode 7, Season 1)
[7:30P] THE MORTIFIED SESSIONS - Ed Burns & Paul Feig
[8:00P] Angel
[10:00P] Domino
[12:15A] THE MORTIFIED SESSIONS - NYPD's Rick Schroder (Episode 7, Season 1)
[12:45A] THE MORTIFIED SESSIONS - Ed Burns & Paul Feig
[1:15A] A French Gigolo
[3:00A] Angel
[5:00A] Love Lust & Secret Societies (ALL TIMES EDT)
SyFy has the movie 'Witchslayer Gretl', followed by a FRESH'WWE Steroid SmackDown!', then a FRESH'Merlin'.
British actors David Tennant, left and Hugh Grant, right arrive for the UK premiere of The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists, at a central London venue, Wednesday, March 21, 2012.
Photo by Jonathan Short
Nevada gambling regulators have approved a license that will let singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett share in the gambling revenues from his Margaritaville casino in Las Vegas.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports the Nevada Gaming Commission unanimously approved a gambling license Thursday for Palm Beach, Florida-based Margaritaville Holdings and its famous chairman Buffett.
The casino located inside the Flamingo on the Las Vegas Strip opened in October. Buffett has had a presence in Las Vegas since 2003 through his Margaritaville restaurant.
Buffett told commissioners he never imagined the laid-back beach tune he released in 1977 would eventually become a valuable piece of intellectual property. But he added that "Margaritaville" was "a pretty good song" and said "it worked out."
German rock musician and composer Udo Lindenberg (R) and singer, songwriter and producer Jan Delay (L) arrive for the Echo Music Awards ceremony in Berlin March 22, 2012. Established in 1992, the German Phonographic Academy honors national and international artists with the Echo German music prize.
Photo by Thomas Peter
Five teenagers in school uniforms hold accordions. On the wall is a giant painting of the secret mountain hideout of their nation's founder, Kim Il Sung. Small red stickers on their instruments mark them as gifts from Kim Jong Il.
Yes, this is North Korea. But as they grind their accordions into song, what comes out is no somber ode to either of the late leaders. Instead, as more than 1.5 million YouTube viewers already know, it's one of the poppiest of 1980s-era pop songs, A-ha's "Take on Me."
The three young men and two women launch into the performance with gusto, swaying to the music, tapping their accordions and clapping their hands overhead. Their catchy cover, recorded in December, became a sensation as it challenged the world's preconceptions about North Koreans.
After taking their arrangement to Norway to perform at an Arctic arts festival, lead player Choe Hyang Hwa and fellow band members gave The Associated Press an exclusive peek into their lives at the Kumsong school in Pyongyang.
Lead accordionist Choe, a 17-year-old army officer's daughter from the border city of Kaesong, said the students study in the morning, and then practice the accordion in the afternoon. In one classroom, they gathered around a laptop computer with scores and notebooks. Later, one student chatted on a cell phone as the rest passed around plates of food: tofu, sausages, boiled eggs and oranges.
The network said Thursday its musical drama series has been picked up for a second season.
"Smash" is a much-heralded blend of backstage procedural and song-and-dance numbers. It debuted last month. It is not a ratings smash but has won critical praise and a healthy-size audience averaging 7.7 million viewers.
Series stars include Debra Messing, Anjelica Huston and Katharine McPhee as players in the unrelenting world of Broadway theater.
U.S. singer Barry Manilow arrives for the Echo Music Awards ceremony in Berlin March 22, 2012. Established in 1992, the German Phonographic Academy honors national and international artists with the Echo German music prize.
Photo by Thomas Peter
The 24-year-old actress announced the birth of her son on her website and Twitter feed Thursday.
Duff writes that she and husband Mike Comrie welcomed son Luca Cruz Comrie on Tuesday night. He weighed in at 7 pounds, 6 ounces and is the first child for the couple, who married in 2010.
Duff gained fame as the star of Disney's "Lizzie McGuire" and more recently had a recurring role on "Gossip Girl."
Rush Limbaugh's opponents are starting a radio campaign against him Thursday, seizing upon the radio star's attack of a Georgetown law student as a "slut" to make a long-term effort aimed at weakening his business.
The liberal Media Matters for America is using a past campaign against Glenn Beck as a template. In Limbaugh, however, they're going after bigger game. He's already fighting back and the group's stance has provoked concerns that an effort to silence someone for objectionable talk is in itself objectionable.
The ads use Limbaugh's own words about student Sandra Fluke, who told congressional Democrats that contraception should be paid for in health plans. Limbaugh, on his radio programs, suggested Fluke wanted to be paid to have sex, which made her a "slut" and a "prostitute." In return for the money, he said Fluke should post videos of herself having sex. Under sharp criticism, Limbaugh later apologized.
In one of the anti-Limbaugh ads, listeners are urged to call the local station that carries Limbaugh to say "we don't talk to women like that" in our city.
Ad time was purchased in Boston; Chicago; Detroit; Seattle; Milwaukee; St. Louis; Macon, Ga.; and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The cities were selected to support active local campaigns against Limbaugh or because of perceptions Limbaugh may be vulnerable in that market, said Angelo Carusone of Media Matters.
From left, British athletes, 400m runner Christine Ohuruogu, paralympic cyclist Jody Cundy, paralympic swimmer Eleanor Simmonds, BMX cyclist Shanaze Reade, triple jumper Phillips Idowu, heptathlete Jessica Ennis, gymnast Louis Smith, paralympic sprinter Jonnie Peacock and modern pentathlete Heather Fell pose for photographers during the launch of the team kit that will be worn by British athletes at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games at the Tower of London in London, Thursday, March 22, 2012. The kit unveiled Thursday, was designed by British fashion designer Stella McCartney.
Photo by Matt Dunham
Televangelists Paul and Jan Crouch have faced plenty of mountains building their religious broadcast empire - among them allegations of a homosexual tryst and a prolonged battle with the Federal Communications Commission - but the most recent attack on the founders of Trinity Broadcasting Network comes from their own flesh and blood.
Their granddaughter, Brittany Koper, recently filed court papers that include allegations of $50 million in financial shenanigans at the world's largest Christian broadcasting network. Her suit was followed by another from a Koper in-law, who detailed opulent spending at the network on items such as private jets, mansions in California, Tennessee and Florida and a $100,000 mobile home for Jan Crouch's dogs.
The lawsuits came after Koper's husband was accused by a debt collection company of embezzling more than $1 million from TBN. The debt collection company that filed the lawsuit later added the Crouches' granddaughter and two of her in-laws as defendants.
The outbreak of legal skirmish offers a rare window into the secretive world of the sprawling religious non-profit and exposes a family feud that could draw more outside scrutiny of TBN. Attorneys from both sides say they have contacted police and the Internal Revenue Service.
The Crouches founded TBN in 1973 and grew it into an international Christian empire that beams prosperity gospel programming - which promises that if the faithful sacrifice for their belief, God will reward them with material wealth - to every continent but Antarctica 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It has 78 satellites and more than 18,000 television and cable affiliates and owns seven other networks, as well as its headquarters in Costa Mesa in Orange County, an estate outside Nashville called Trinity Music City, USA and the Holy Land Experience, a Christian amusement park in Orlando.
People from Jain community, followers of a religion founded by Mahavir, offer prayers after lighting oil lamps on the last day of the eight-day-long festival to mark the millennia birth anniversary of Lord Adinath in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad March 22, 2012.
Photo by Amit Dave
A British chain of comedy clubs has taken Hollywood giant Twentieth Century Fox to court over the name of its hit television series "Glee".
Comic Enterprises, which runs four music and stand-up comedy venues called Glee Club, has made a claim against the US film and TV company for trademark infringement.
The British firm's owner Mark Tughan said many customers assume there is a link between his company and the US series, and that the confusion is damaging his 16-year-old business.
The TV comedy, about a high school singing club, has been wildly popular since its first series in 2009, but Tughan did not start legal proceedings until September in the hope its success would die down.
The government charged AT&T Inc with cheating it out of millions of dollars by knowingly failing to prevent swindlers from using a subsidized telephone service meant for deaf people.
The Justice Department said on Thursday it accused AT&T of billing for reimbursement of calls placed by ineligible international callers who used the service for purposes such as buying goods from merchants using stolen credit cards.
In a filing Wednesday in federal court in Pennsylvania, the Justice Department joined a whistleblower suit filed by a former worker at one of AT&T's call centers.
The deaf and hard-of-hearing in the United States are offered a service at no charge to place calls to hearing individuals through text messages over the Internet that are relayed by employees of a so-called IP Relay provider.
These providers, including AT&T, are reimbursed about $1.30 per minute by the Federal Communications Commission through a fund paid for by fees added to consumers' telephone bills.
Worshippers stand under a giant effigy called ogoh-ogoh which represents evil spirits during a parade a day before Nyepi, the annual day of silence marking the Balinese Hindu New Year in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, March 22, 2012. Hindus in the world's most populous Muslim country will celebrate their new year Friday by observing a day of silence in which they have to stay inside their homes and meditate in silence and darkness for the entire day.
Photo by Tatan Syuflana
Kiefer Sutherland has made peace with Twentieth Century Fox over his "24" movie, but the project has been pushed until next year, TheWrap has learned.
The movie production was set to start shooting next month after Sutherland wraps the season for his television series, "Touch," but a dispute over budget and the star's fees put the project off schedule and means it has to be pushed until next year.
"It didn't work out right now. Everyone is trying to figure out how to do it next year," an individual close to the project told TheWrap.
The plan now is for a new writer to rework the script, which Billy Ray wrote.
Thor, left, and Boo, two of three orphaned grizzly bear cubs that came to the Detroit Zoo in Royal Oak, Mich., from Alaska in December wrestle, Thursday, March 22, 2012. The cubs spent the winter "denned up" as they would in the wild. The 14-month-old brothers explored their new habitat, including having a dip in the 6-foot-deep pool and doing a little rough-housing. The three were orphaned in October and captured by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game after their mother was shot and killed by a poacher.
Photo by Carlos Osorio
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