In The Chaos Household
Friday Night's TV
Watched 'Ellen' for about 10 minutes, then went to local news, because it held
much more potential to amuse.
Also watched 'Dateline', on NBC, and saw Tom Brokaw blink.
Followed that with '48 Hours', on CBS.
Tonight, the highlight seems to be 'Saturday Night Live' with Drew Barrymore
as host (filling in the gap left by Ben Stiller's bowing out). ABC is airing
'Apollo 13', NBC is filling time with 'Happy Gilmore', preceded
by reruns of shows that aired earlier this week ('Will & Grace' & 'Scrubs').
CBS has 'Touched By An Angel', 'Citizen Baines', and 'The District'.
At least there's a crapper load of college football during the afternoon.
Anyone have any opinions?
Or reviews?
Where Are The Clintons?
Supporting Broadway
New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, and her husband former President
Bill Clinton walk hand in hand down New York's 44th Street on their way to see
the Broadway play "The Producers" Friday, Oct. 12, 2001.
Photo by Beth A. Keiser (AP)
A Lovely Evening To See 'The Producers'
Picking Up Where BC Left Off...
"Boondocks" (9 Oct 01)
Really like this one...gonna let it ride another day.
Music News
City Of Hope Fundraiser
Marvin Gaye's declaration that ``war is not the answer'' might not have played
well at a Motown-themed music industry bash Thursday, but he still brought the
black-tie crowd to its feet with a soulful rendition of the national anthem.
Actually, the dapper singer appeared on large video screens at the Universal
Studios backlot event, performing in a vintage clip taken from a basketball game.
Live performers included Gaye's Motown contemporaries Smokey Robinson and the
Temptations, as well as younger artists such as Sheryl Crow, Mary J. Blige,
Melissa Etheridge and Johnny Lang, all doing their best to erase the crowd's
inner city blues.
The outdoor event raised more than $5.1 million for the City of Hope, a medical
research and treatment organization. The honoree was Canadian media mogul Edgar
Bronfman Jr., executive vice-chairman of Vivendi Universal, whose Universal
Music Group unit provided the evening's talent.
The Sept. 11 tragedy was never far from everyone's minds, with Motown founder
Berry Gordy Jr. referring to a ``new world order'' and Bronfman hailing the
``pluralism'' that has sprung up.
Comedian Garry Shandling issued a challenge to Osama bin Laden: ``If he wants to
terrorize me, get in line behind my mother.''
Backed by a 30-piece band and a ``Hitsville USA'' facade, Crow was first up on
stage singing the Temptations' ``Get Ready'' with help from guitarist Richie
Sambora, and returning to duet with Roger Daltrey on ``You Really Got A Hold Of
Me.'' The Who frontman also sang ``I Heard It Through the Grapevine'' solo.
Standing ovations went to Blige (''If I Were Your Woman''), Brian McKnight
(''Lately''), Lang (''Living for the City'') and Robinson (''The Tracks of My
Tears,'' ``Ooo Baby Baby.'')
Other singers included Terry Dexter, Gwen Stefani, Shelby Lynne, Sisqo, Bilal
and India Arie. Notably absent were covers of any songs written by Brian
Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland, the hitmakers behind the Four Tops and
the Supremes. The trio have been involved in legal disputes with Gordy for more
than 30 years.
City Of Hope Fundraiser
What Are They Smoking At CBS?
A WTC Comedy?
After weeks of Hollywood going out of its way to eliminate images of New York's
skyline--particularly the Twin Towers--from movies and TV shows, CBS says it's
considering a comedy set in the aftermath of the World Trade Center tragedies.
Network president Leslie Moonves told reported Thursday that he's considering
green-lighting a romantic comedy series about two people brought together after
their spouses are killed in the collapse of the landmark complex.
Moonves said a producer (whom he declined to name) pitched him a series
involving a middle-aged couple prior to the events September 11. Following the
attacks, the producer came back and said the premise "could easily be changed"
to "heighten the stakes" and tell some of the more poignant personal yarns that
came out of the disaster.
Moonves noted that CBS hasn't made a firm decision on whether to give the go-ahead
for the fictional pilot, which would start shooting next spring at the earliest.
Meanwhile, CBS has also announced plans to finally air the premiere episode of
its long-delayed CIA drama The Agency, which it had pushed back in the wake of
the bombings.
The first episode centers on a terrorist plot to blow up Harrods department
store in London. CBS changed the name of the department store at the request of
owner Mohammed Al Fayed and also deleted a reference to Osama bin Laden.
In the aftermath of the attacks, both NBC and ABC digitally removed footage of
the Twin Towers-dominated New York City skyline in shows like Law and
Order: Special Victims Unit and NYPD Blue.
In the meantime, next week NBC's Third Watch will begin series of three episodes
addressing the September 11 tragedies.
A WTC Comedy?
Producer Steps Down
The Emmy's Will Go On
Despite the defection of the show's producer and growing apprehension from
television actors and producers, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and
CBS say they will definitely reschedule the twice-nixed 53rd Annual Prime-Time
Emmy Awards
"We're trying to put it back together again," CBS president Les Moonves told
reporters Thursday in New York. "There's a lot of support for it and a lot of
support against it. You have to wade through who is sincere and who has an
ulterior motive."
Moonves says the Emmys will likely go on sometime in late October or mid November.
Meanwhile, executive producer Don Mischer announced Thursday that he was
stepping down to focus on a previous commitment--producing the upcoming 2002
Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
"We're only 15 weeks away from the opening ceremonies on February 8," Mischer
said in a statement. "And while we regret not staying the course with the
Emmys...we must now concentrate on the Olympics.
Now, CBS and the TV Academy are trying to figure out just how to salvage their
multimillion-dollar investment without appearing disrespectful.
Mischer tells the Los Angeles Times that he struggled to convince the casts of
the most-nominated shows, The Sopranos and The West Wing, to attend.
"I think West Wing felt uncertain about attending the Emmys if The Sopranos cast
was not attending," Mischer tells the newspaper. "Had they attended without the
Sopranos cast attending, and had they won, they didn't feel that was right,
since they were competing with The Sopranos and that was one of the major races."
The Emmy folks actually hope to salvage some of the prerecorded material for the
new ceremony. Among the segments taped include: five video tributes to New York
City's police and fire departments; taped segments featuring nominees like Sela
Ward, Emma Thompson and John Spencer quoting inspirational speeches of Martin
Luther King Jr., John F. Kennedy and Oliver Wendell Homes; and two short
documentaries on the September 11 tragedies assembled by June Beallor, who won
an Oscar for producing 1998's Holocaust documentary The Last Days.
Emmy's Will Go On
BartCop TV!
Visit the site at BC TV
The 'Vidiot' never seems to rest!
Every show on TV must be listed--days worth of reading there.
For an amazing variety of information on an astounding array of tv programs check out
BC TV!
Disney News
Adds Al-Jazeera Resource
CNN's exclusive pact with Al-Jazeera, the only news service broadcasting from
within Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, is no longer so exclusive.
ABC News sealed a nonexclusive deal Thursday with the Qatar-based broadcaster,
allowing the news division to broadcast Al-Jazeera footage. In return, Al-Jazeera
will be able to use footage from NewsOne, ABC News' affiliate news feed. No
money is changing hands in the deal, in which the two networks will also share
resources in the field.
CBS News and Fox News are also in discussions with Al-Jazeera about making
similar deals.
The ABC News deal was apparently in the works before Sunday, when Al-Jazeera
aired live shots of bombs striking the capital city of Kabul, as well as a
recorded videotape of Osama bin Laden.
Although Al-Jazeera had signed an exclusive deal with CNN, the other news
organizations, including ABC News, aired Al-Jazeera's footage anyway, claiming
it fell under the ``fair use'' rule.
Al-Jazeera sent out a letter on Monday saying that neither it nor CNN would take
legal action against any of the networks that used its footage Sunday, but that
it would do so in the future.
It's unclear how CNN can continue to claim that it has an exclusive deal with
Al-Jazeera. A CNN spokeswoman said that the ABC deal does not affect the
exclusive interviews CNN has with Al-Jazeera correspondents in Afghanistan. An
ABC News spokesman said that ABC would also have access to Al-Jazeera correspondents.
Although they struck a formal affiliate relationship with Al-Jazeera in June,
CNN has had an informal relationship with the Arab news network for years.
Meanwhile, President Bush's press conference Thursday was carried live by
Al-Jazeera. The network's Washington office has requested an interview with the
president but was still awaiting a White House response Thursday evening.
In the press conference, Bush reiterated that the war on terrorism wouldn't be
a ``Generation X'' sort of conflict in which Americans will see TV images of
cruise missiles exploding in the sky, as they did during the Persian Gulf War.
ABC Adds Al-Jazeera Resources
Film News
Ron Howard's Next Film?
Director Ron Howard is putting on his dark suit for ``The Burial,'' a fact-based
project based on a script by ``Quills'' scribe Doug Wright.
Howard's deal isn't done yet, but the picture has been on the fast track at
Warner Bros. since the Wright sold the script to the studio in June. Wright will
likely pen a rewrite.
The film tells the true story of Willie Gary, a successful and passionate black
personal-injury lawyer from Mississippi. He was asked to take on the case of
Jeremiah O'Keefe, the owner of a local funeral home chain who claimed he had
been swindled by a major funeral parlor conglomerate. With the cooperation of
O'Keefe's lawyer -- at the time, an admitted racist -- Gary won $260 million
for the plaintiff.
Howard most recently finished shooting ``A Beautiful Mind,'' starring Russell
Crowe. The story of John Forbes Nash Jr., a math prodigy who overcame years of
suffering through schizophrenia to win the Nobel Prize, will receive a limited
Oscar-qualifying run Dec. 26. and will go wide Jan. 4, 2002.
Ron Howard's Next Film?
New! Updated!
BartCop Astrology
Check it out at BC Astrology.
"Guitar Greats" is still on hiatus, but, this week, it's a look at 'The Birth of
Aviation', and a relevant USA horoscope courtesy of Marc Penfield.
Very interesting reading!
Busy Day At NBC
Tom Brokaw
NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw was tested for the potentially lethal
bacteria Thursday after his assistant came down with anthrax, the Associated
Press and CNN report.
The assistant, an unidentified woman, apparently contracted the bacteria when
she opened a lettter addressed to Brokaw that contained a mysterious powdery
substance. The letter was sent to the veteran newsman about two weeks ago from
St. Petersburg, Florida. A similar letter was received by a New York Times
writer who covers terrorism.
News of the infection caused several media outlets, including ABC, CBS and CNN,
to shut down their mailrooms.
NBC staffers were evacuated from the company's offices in the GE Building in New
York's Rockefeller Center. In addition to Nightly News, the 70-story skyscraper
houses Saturday Night Live and Late Night with Conan O'Brien and was supposed to
be the New York base for last weekend's postponed Emmycast.
Both Friday's Late Night this weekend's SNL (hosted by Drew Barrymore) will go
on as scheduled.
However, Rosie O'Donnell, who also shoots her talk show in the building, has
canceled next week's tapings.
During the newscast, Brokaw revealed the show had temporarily relocated to the
same ground-level soundstage used by The Today Show.
NBC, Brokaw, and Anthrax
SAG Lifetime Achievement Award
Edward Asner
Edward Asner, who played grouchy newsman Lou Grant on television and is a past
president of the Screen Actors Guild, will receive a lifetime achievement honor
at the guild's awards show next year.
Asner will receive the award for career achievement and humanitarian
accomplishment at the SAG ceremony on March 10.
The 71-year-old actor played Lou Grant from 1970-82, first on the sitcom ``The
Mary Tyler Moore Show'' and then in the newspaper drama ``Lou Grant.'' His other
credits include the miniseries ``Roots'' and ``Rich Man, Poor Man'' and the
theatrical films ``They Call Me Mr. Tibbs'' and ``Fort Apache, The Bronx.''
He served two terms as the guild's president from 1981-85.
Asner has been involved in many social causes and groups, including Amnesty
International, Defenders of Wildlife and the American Civil Liberties Union.
Asner is the 38th recipient of the guild's lifetime achievement award. Past
honorees include Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee last year, Sidney Poitier in 1999 and
Kirk Douglas in 1998.
Edward Asner
New!
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
Don't worry about the HTML, just send text, or rich text, or a Word document, photos, video, whatever you have, and Michele will take care of the rest. Don't hesitate to write with any questions you may have and bring on the recipes!
To check out 'Train Station Chicken', and more (like 'Cranberry Autumn Tea'),
In The Kitchen With BartCop
Limp Bizkit
Wes Borland Leaves
The face-painted guitarist of Limp Bizkit is parting ways with the band.
Wes Borland has been with the rap-rockers since they got together in 1994. The
other members are lead singer Fred Durst, bassist Sam Rivers and drummer John Otto.
The split comes as somewhat of a surprise. Borland and his outrageous stage
costumes were fan favorites and an integral part of the group's performances.
According to a statement on the band's Web site, the departure is "amicable."
"Both Limp Bizkit and Borland will continue to pursue their respective musical
careers," the statement says. "Both wish each other the best of luck in all
future endeavors."
The band's current release is Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water .
Wes Borland
Liberal Radio
Erin Hart
Yes, there is some (not much) liberal (i.e. non-hate based) radio still out there.
The Erin Hart Show begins early at 8 p.m. (pdt) Saturday and Sunday following
sports on www.710kiro.com.
That's 8 pm to 1 am Saturday and 8 pm to 12 Midnight on Sunday.
Listen online, and join in the chatroom.
We usually have a pretty good time.
Woody Guthrie
The Lyrics As Written
"This Land" by Woody Guthrie
THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND
words and music by Woody Guthrie
Chorus:
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California, to the New York Island
From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters
This land was made for you and me
(Verse:)
As I was walking a ribbon of highway
I saw above me an endless skyway
I saw below me a golden valley
This land was made for you and me
Chorus
(Verse:)
I've roamed and rambled and I've followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts
And all around me a voice was sounding
This land was made for you and me
Chorus
(Verse:)
The sun comes shining as I was strolling
The wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling
The fog was lifting a voice come chanting
This land was made for you and me
Chorus
(Verse:)
As I was walkin' - I saw a sign there
And that sign said - no tress passin'
But on the other side .... it didn't say nothin!
Now that side was made for you and me!
Chorus
(Verse:)
In the squares of the city - In the shadow of the steeple
Near the relief office - I see my people
And some are grumblin' and some are wonderin'
If this land's still made for you and me.
Chorus (2x)
©1956 (renewed 1984), 1958 (renewed 1986) and 1970 TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc. (BMI)
Woody's Lyrics by way of Arlo
Woody's guitar was inscribed with the phrase "This machine kills fascists".
He was a very WISE man.
But, then, I'm old enough to remember when 'New York Island' was 'Bedloe Island'...
First Person Diary
Ray Berry
Ray has temporarily (I hope), suspended 'Bush-Toons'. In its place, he has put
his daily diary of life in Manhattan since Tuesday.
Ray has great observational abilities, and a wonderful way with words.
To visit & read, www.bush-toons.com
In Memory
Dr. John C. Lilly
Dr. John Cunningham Lilly, who championed the study of interspecies
communications during a career that probed the mystery of human consciousness,
died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center of heart failure. He was 86.
An inventor, author and researcher, Lilly was a member of a generation of
counterculture scientists and thinkers that included Ram Dass, Werner Erhard
and Timothy Leary, all frequent visitors to the Lilly home.
He never failed to stir controversy, especially among mainstream scientists.
Lilly gained renown in the 1950s after developing the isolation tank. Lily
saw the tanks, in which users are isolated from almost all external stimuli,
as a means to explore the nature of human consciousness.
He later combined that work with his efforts to communicate with dolphins, as
well as experiments with psychedelics.
``During a session in an isolation tank, constructed over a pool where dolphins
were swimming, I participated in a conversation between the dolphins. It drove
me crazy, there was too much information, they communicated so fast,'' Lilly
wrote of one such experience.
Dolphins figured large in the 19 books Lilly wrote, including ``Man and
Dolphin'' and ``The Mind of the Dolphin.''
``It was realizing there is a universe greater than just humans,'' his daughter,
Cynthia Lilly Cantwell, said of his research.
Lilly's work inspired two Hollywood movies, ``The Day of the Dolphin'' and ``Altered States.''
Lilly was born Jan. 6, 1915, in Saint Paul, Minn. He earned his bachelor's
degree at the California Institute of Technology and studied medicine at Dartmouth
Medical School before earning his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
During World War II, he conducted high-altitude research and later trained as a psychoanalyst.
In the 1950s, he began studying how bottlenose dolphins vocalize, establishing
centers in the U.S. Virgin Islands and, later, San Francisco, to study dolphins.
A decade later, he began experimenting with psychedelics, including LSD, often
while floating in isolation.
www.johnclilly.com
Still MISSING
Marc Chagall's "Study for 'Over Vitebsk'"
