'TBH Politoons'
Thanks, again, Tim!
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Momma Cat came home from the vet's today, a bit worse for wear, but sort of in one piece.
Did the Farmers Market/CostCo loop. The tomatoes are done in the garden, and it's time to start buying then again.
The new TV season is starting next week. First up (I think) is Drew Carey (seemingly the supposed savior of ABC), this coming Monday night, either before or after the football game (depending on your time zone).
There's no way I can watch all the new stuff, so how about some contributions of reviews?
You don't need to do anything fancy, or create any files. Write up your comments in an e-mail, then send it to me (4 addy's listed below). There are a lot of shows to cover, so
here's an opportunity to express your opinion. You may use pseudonyms or your real name. Please don't write 'I liked this show because it's the best show ever!' Is the writing is believable, or does the acting stink, are the sets
incredible? But, if you say something is bitchin', I wanna know why (by the same token, if something sucks, same thing - why?).
Tonight, Friday, CBS opens with the soon to be re-named '48 Hours', then '60 Minutes II', and wraps with 'Countdown To Kickoff: The NFL Times Square Concert'.
Scheduled on a fresh Dave are Peter Jennings and John Witherspoon.
On a rerun Craiggers (from 7/31/02), the scheduled guests are David Hyde Pierce and Jewel.
NBC starts with 'Dateline' and then 2 reruns of 'Law & Order: Special Victimes Unit'.
Scheduled on a fresh Jay are Drew Carey and Jillian Barberie.
Scheduled on a fresh Conan is Jeff Goldblum.
Scheduled on a fresh Carson Daly are Jake Gyllenhaal, David Duchovny, P.O.D., and Shakira.
ABC has 2 reruns of 'America's Funniest Home Videos' then part 4 (of 6) of 'In Search Of America'.
The WB has 2 reruns of 'Sabrina' then 2 reruns of 'Reba'.
Faux has the movie 'Starship Troopers'.
UPN has baseball, with the Astros visiting Ruppert's Doggers.
Anyone have any opinions?
Or reviews?
(See below for addresses)
Fundraising For Loretta Sanchez
Bill Clinton
Former President Clinton urged the Bush administration Thursday to finish the job with Osama bin Laden before taking on Iraq.
"Saddam Hussein didn't kill 3,100 people on Sept. 11," he said. "Osama bin Laden did, and as far as we know he's still alive."
Clinton, speaking at a fund-raiser for Rep. Loretta Sanchez, D-Calif., said he supported President Bush's efforts in Afghanistan, including military actions and support of the Afghan government.
Bill Clinton
Big Dog Watch Continues
Bill Clinton
6th Anniversary
Tupac Shakur
On the sixth anniversary of Tupac Shakur's unsolved murder, the L.A. Times intends to name his killer. The paper is planning front-page stories for Friday and Saturday detailing
the results of a yearlong investigation into the rapper's shooting in Las Vegas in 1996. The paper's Chuck Phillips says he interviewed cops who worked on the case and gang members
who have never spoken to anyone before. "We're going to name the killer," Phillips tells PAGE SIX. "And there's a definite East Coast connection." He refused to say more.
Tupac Shakur
Burly Bear Network To Live Again
National Lampoon
National Lampoon, the comedy franchise that defined the college experience with its uproarious 1978 film "Animal House," said on Thursday it would buy Burly Bear Network, a defunct television network that still
owns a library of programming and has distribution relationships with about 420 universities around the United States.
National Lampoon, owned by J2 Communications, said it would pay cash and stock, but did not specify how much. It plans to develop live and animated programming for Burly Bear's college viewers aged 18 to 24.
Los Angeles-based National Lampoon started in 1967 with National Lampoon magazine, a humor publication inspired by the success of satirists Harvard Lampoon and Mad magazines.
Burly Bear started in 1995 and grew to be one of two major on-campus college TV networks, competing with much larger College Television Network. Burly Bear reached 3.5 million students with shows
such as "Dave and Steve's Video Game Explosion," a gaming review show, and "Half Baked," a rock-and-roll cooking program.
The company appeared to be on a roll last year after it signed a deal to provide late-night programming to cable network TBS Superstation. In June, however, it closed its doors. National Lampoon
contacted Burly Bear about a possible deal before it severed its affiliate relationships with the universities, Laikin said.
National Lampoon
Widow Returns His Awards
Billy Wilder's Oscars
Director Billy Wilder's widow has returned the filmmaker's six Oscar statuettes to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Audrey Wilder presented the awards to Academy President Frank Pierson before a screening Tuesday of the director's 1945 alcoholism drama "The Lost Weekend."
Mrs. Wilder also returned her husband's Irving G. Thalberg honorary award, which the academy gave him in 1988 for lifetime achievement.
"She indicated that she wanted them kept together and that she didn't want them someday being sold or otherwise inappropriately distributed," academy spokeswoman Leslie Unger said.
"Not a lot give them back," Unger said. "Most are left to estates. But we're always happy when a friend decides that returning it is the best place for permanent safekeeping."
Billy Wilder's Oscars
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Web site
Won't Be Killed Off
Rob Lowe
Rob Lowe, who plays White House deputy communications director Sam Seaborn in NBC's drama "The West Wing," has said he's leaving later this season following a contract dispute.
"Sam Seaborn is not going to die," series creator Aaron Sorkin said Thursday. "So the door is always open."
Sorkin, as well as other cast members, have said they wished Lowe didn't have to leave.
"It's a difficult situation," Sorkin said. "There's no villain in this case and it will be regrettable if it is portrayed that way. It's a negotiation and it's a tough one."
Sorkin said he has a plan for writing Seaborn out of the series but wouldn't reveal it.
Rob Lowe
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
Fake Team On 'Good Morning America'
ABC Gets Pushy
ABC's "Good Morning America" Wednesday served up a generous plug for a new series on the network -- unbeknownst to the producers of the breakfastcast.
As weathercaster Tony Perkins was doing his usual stop-and-chats with members of the show's streetside studio audience, he happened upon several members of the Push, Nev., hockey team.
The rowdy players even foisted a Push Hockey T-shirt on Perkins.
The only problem? There is no such place as Push, Nev., -- except in the minds of the writers of ABC new hybrid drama/reality series "Push, Nevada," from executive producers Sean Bailey and Ben Affleck.
The "hockey players" were actually actors hired by ADD, a marketing company hired by ABC to mount a guerilla PR campaign on behalf of the show. Apparently neither ADD nor ABC Entertainment, however, let anyone at ABC News in on the joke in advance.
"Good Morning America" does have audience vetters who are supposed to weed out pranksters like those from ADD, but they didn't catch on in time. And Perkins apparently didn't realize that "Push,
Nevada" was the name of a show bowing later this month on his own network -- or if he did, he did a good job playing around with the stunt.
ABC Gets Pushy
In Shanghai
Shaolin Warriors
Shaolin monks perform during a stage performance called "Shaolin Warriors" in Shanghai September 4, 2002. "Shaolin Warriors" is a choreographed presentation showcasing the Shaolin monks' martial
arts and spiritual rituals which includes Buddhist meditation, kung fu exercises, training regime, weapon skills, animal imitation and physical prowess.
Photo by Claro Cortes IV
Adopting Girl
Minnelli & Gest
It will be a girl for Liza Minnelli and new husband, producer David Gest, in January.
That's when the couple will adopt a 3-year-old child they've already named Serena.
The 56-year-old Minnelli and Gest, 48, were married in March. She has been married three times before and this will be her first child. It is Gest's first marriage.
Minnelli & Gest
BartCop TV!
King of Stamps
Elvis
When it comes to collecting stamps Elvis is still king.
Some 124 million stamps featuring the rock 'n' roll star have been purchased and never used to mail a letter, the Postal Service reports.
That means the 29-cent Elvis stamp issued in 1993 made a tidy $36 million profit for the post office.
Placing second to Elvis were the 1992 wildflowers stamps, with a retention of 76.2 million, according to figures released by the Postal Service on Thursday.
Third at 75.8 million stamps are the rock 'n' roll/rhythm and blues stamps issued in 1993. The 1999 insects and spiders stamps are fourth at 60.9 million
followed 53.9 million for Legends of Baseball issued in 2000.
Rounding out the top 10 are Baseball's Legendary Playing Fields, 2001, 49.0 million; First Moon Landing, 1994, 47.9 million; Civil War, 1995, 46.6 million;
Legends of the West, 1994, 46.5 million; Marilyn Monroe, 1995, 46.3 million.
Elvis
U.S. Postal Service
Goodyear's Newest Airship
'Spirit of America'
Goodyear's newest airship, the "Spirit of America", right, flies over Wingfoot Lake with three airships following in Magadore, Ohio, a suburb of Akron, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2002.
The "Spirit of America" was christened Thursday and flew with three other Goodyear North American airships, the Eagle, the Stars and Stripes, and the Spirit of Goodyear. This
is the first time in nearly 40 years that Goodyear has flown four blimps together, according to Goodyear.
Photo by Tony Dejak
Police Investigating
Reporters Threatened
Los Angeles police are investigating threats made against two journalists who wrote stories about alleged mafia attempts to extort money from actor Steven Seagal.
Ned Zeman, who wrote a story on the topic for the October issue of Vanity Fair, told police a man in a car pulled up alongside him as he was driving home Aug. 26 and shined a bright light
into his car. The man pointed a handgun at Zeman and said, "Stop," police said. Zeman called police that day.
In June, Anita Busch, a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, contacted police after someone smashed the windshield of her car and placed a dead fish and a rose under a roasting pan on the
car's hood. A note with the word "Stop" was left on the driver's side window, police said.
The LAPD's organized crime division is investigating the threat against Busch, Sgt. John Pasquariello said. Before being hired at the Times, Busch was editor of the Hollywood Reporter. She
resigned that position in April 2001.
Pasquariello said despite the similarities between the threats, detectives have yet to link them, so for now the two investigations are separate. He said police advised Busch to take security
precautions but did not know whether Zeman had been given similar advice.
For more details, Reporters Threatened
Teen Singer Loses Fingers
Ricardo Abarca
Doctors reattached three fingers to the hand of a a 16-year-old pop singer, after they were severed by a helicopter rotor as he waved to fans.
Ricardo Abarca was getting off the aircraft at a Guatemala City airport on Saturday. In raising his hand to greet fans, he put it into the still-whirling rotor.
Abarca, who had only recently joined the popular teen group Mageneto, was still hospitalized in Guatemala Wednesday.
Ricardo Abarca
Thursday In New Zealand
National Penis Day
Aids Foundation says National Penis Day aims to encourage men be more aware of health issues
The Aids Foundation says although the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases is increasing, men still find it difficult to talk about the penis.
National Penis Day today aims to encourage men to celebrate their penises without shame or embarrassment.
The Foundation had planned to put up a billboard in Auckland featuring penises but was told it was obscene.
Instead, a toned-down sign will draw attention to the Foundation's website.
National Penis Day
Top 15 Programs
Basic Cable Ratings
Rankings for the top 15 programs on basic cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of Aug. 26-Sept. 1. Each ratings point represents 1,067,000 households. Day and start time (EDT) are in parentheses.
1. "2002 MTV Video Music Awards" (Thursday, 8 p.m.), MTV, 6.6, 7.05 million homes.
2. Auto Racing: Mountain Dew Southern 500 (Sunday, 2:31 p.m.), TNT, 4.0, 4.3 million homes.
3. "2002 VMA Post-Show" (Thursday, 11:17 p.m.), MTV, 4.0, 4.29 million homes.
4. "WWE Raw Zone" (Monday, 10 p.m.), TNN, 3.3, 3.53 million homes.
5. "WWE Raw" (Monday, 9 p.m.), TNN, 3.0, 3.25 million homes.
6. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Saturday, 10 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.8, 2.96 million homes.
7. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Sunday, 10 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.8, 2.93 million homes.
8. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Saturday, 10:30 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.7, 2.9 million homes.
9. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Monday, 5 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.7, 2.89 million homes.
10. Movie: "Deep Family Secrets" (Saturday, 9 p.m.), Lifetime, 2.7, 2.88 million homes.
11. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Sunday, 10:30 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.6, 2.8 million homes.
12. Auto Racing: Mountain Dew 500 Rain Delay (Sunday, 1:23 p.m.), TNT, 2.6, 2.77 million homes.
13. "Law & Order" (Sunday, 10 p.m.), TNT, 2.6, 2.74 million homes.
14. "2002 VMA Pre-Show" (Thursday, 6:30 p.m.), MTV, 2.6, 2.73 million homes.
15. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Monday, 4:30 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.4, 2.58 million homes.
Basic Cable Ratings
New Cathedral
Gift Shop
A visitor to the gift shop at the new Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels considers his choices Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2002, in Los Angeles. The city's newest landmark offers Starbuck's coffee in the cafeteria, Our Lady of the Angels chardonnay for $24, a final resting place for as much as $3 million in the below-ground crypt and parking, which can set visitors back as much as $12.
Photo by Ann Johansson
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