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From 'TBH Politoons'
Great Site!
Thanks, again, Tim!
Reader TV Review
''Monk''
By Michelle V
I seldom have the time to devote even an hour for new-spun offerings from cable channels, much less two, but the double-delight of watching two great sets of acting chops in Tony Shalhoub and Ted Levine in the new USA channel pilot for "Monk" was simply a joy.
Tony Shalhoub is the title "Adrian Monk"; -- a shell-shocked survivor of his wifes' murder 4 years prior to the time we meet him at his therapists' office. His former career as a police detective has been sidelined due to his obsessive-compulsive behavior since that event, and the guy is sometimes lost between his brilliance as a crime-solver and the OCD that cripples his abilities --- many times to hilarious comic effect. He fears germs, heights, spaces and milk!
His old-time skills come into play when he's grudgingly asked by his old watch-commander (Ted Levine), to join an investigation into an apparent political assassination, turning hoops all over the place for the viewer. Bitty Schram also contributes immensely as the trodden-upon assistant to our poor, fear-ridden detective.
Set in San Francisco, the most beautiful of cities, we are given that town as a surrogate character that fits most nicely into the dynamics of the rest of the cast, and direction couldn't've been more superb; -- despite the 8+ minutes of commercial breaks inserted at least ten times.
Tony and Ted met and hit a tremendous mark, to flavor and nuance every weird turn.
Give this one a rah-rah -- it is worth your time.
Michelle V
Thanks, Michelle! Tony Shaloub is a wonderful actor. Remember his ''X-Files'' episode about the man & his shadow? First remember seeing him in the tv-show ''Wings'', where he shone. Will make a point to watch this show. Thanks.
Reader Contribution
'CORPORATE AMERICA'S MISTAKES'
By Alvin D.
MIDI Link
CORPORATE AMERICA'S MISTAKES
{Sung to 'My Favorite Mistake' by Sheryl Crow}
{instrumental intro}
An internal memo was e-mailed to you
The company's reported profits were really loses
America's latest corporate disgrace
Butinvestors can count on Worldcom
Though they made mistakes as in billions
The biggest implosion since Enron
If you made a mistake while counting to ten
Don't feel so bad - start to countagain
Should it only get you to eight or nine
I'm still your friend
Take a look at the red ink on the balance sheets
Fatslice of corporate America - bankrupt for years
Dollar falling -insiders dumping
Everyone makes mistakes - nobody's perfect
Your sister and brother - your mom and dad
Everyone likeme and you
If you made a mistake while counting to ten
Don'tfeel so sad - start to count again
Should it only get you to eight ornine
I'm still your friend {I will still be your friend}
Howto avoid the next stock bomb
We're too busy - can't talk rightnow
Fooled investors with creative accounting tricks
Do follow your money to keep corporate crooks
From blowing you to bits
{instrumental break}
How to avoid the next stockbomb
We're too busy - can't talk right now
It's an Enron mistake -it's a Worldcom mistake
Corporate America'smistakes!...
Alvin D.
Thanks, again, Alvin!
Reader Suggestion
22nd Annual Mooning of Amtrak
From Fred
www.moonamtrak.org
All Day Saturday, July 13, 2002, Laguna Niguel, California, U.S.A.
Disclaimer: Attending this event may be hazardous due to the large concentration of people (some silly), cars, motorcycles, motorhomes, potholes in the road and pets. Everyone present is responsible
for their own actions. If you trip on something, or hurt yourself, you alone are responsible. There is no one to sue. No one either promotes this nor charges admission. If you do come, act safely! If
you're accident prone, go somewhere else where you'll be safer. Neither Mugs Away Saloon, The City of Laguna Niguel nor Amtrak are responsible for this event, nor for assuring your safety. No one is
carrying public liability insurange for this. Besides, would any insurance underwriter insure an event called, "Mooning Amtrak"?
Damn, Fred! Missed it again this year! Maybe next year we can form a convoy & attend?
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Worked on the Links page for a while. It needed updating badly.
The kid is camping out in the yard again tonight. Kind of cool having all the tv remotes to myself...LOL
Got company coming for dinner on Sunday. Gonna incinerate a roast on the grill this time. Nothing like having company & experimenting with cooking techniques.
Tonight, Sunday, as is tradition, CBS opens the night with '60 Minutes', and then follows with a rerun of 'Touched By An Angle'. Tonight's rerun movie is 'Holy Joe'.
NBC has 'Dateline', a rerun of 'Weakest Link', a rerun 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent', and then a fresh 'Crime & Punishment'.
ABC starts the night with the movie 'Cadet Kelly', and follows with reruns of 'Alias' and 'The Practice'.
The WB has 2 reruns of 'For Your Love', then reruns of 'Charmed' and 'Angel'.
Faux dumps the night and has the rerun of the movie 'Jerry Maguire'.
UPN has the weekly rerun of 'Enterprise', and then a rerun of 'Stargate SG-1'.
TNT debuts a tv-movie, 'Door To Door' that sounds horribly mawkish, but, it stars William H. Macy. That alone makes it worth checking out.
The hot ticket tonight is 'Robin - Live On Broadway' on HBO, at 9pm (edt).
Anyone have any opinions?
Or reviews?
(See below for addresses)
Reader Contribution
Lost Simon & Garfunkel
From Wren
A missing chapter in Simon & Garfunkel's
rich musical history will be revealed on Tuesday, July 16, when
Columbia/Legacy releases "Live From New York City 1967." The 19-track disc
was recorded at Lincoln Center in Manhattan on January 22, 1967, and has
never before been officially released as a concert album. Its debut will
mark the only official Simon & Garfunkel live album recorded in the '60s,
the decade in which the duo rose to worldwide prominence.
The concert features Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel in an acoustic setting,
performing songs from the three albums they had released up to that date:
"Wednesday Morning 3 AM," "The Sounds Of Silence," and "Parsley, Sage,
Rosemary and Thyme." A number of rarities feature on the disc, including "A
Church Is Burning," from "The Paul Simon Songbook," the solo album he
recorded in early 1965 that has never been issued in the U.S. Also included
is "You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies" which later appeared as the
b-side to their summer 1967 single "Fakin' It."
Every stage of the development of "Live From New York City 1967" has been
completed under the supervision of Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, and their
long-time co-producer and engineer Roy Halee. The complete track listing
for the disc: "He Was My Brother," "Leaves That Are Green," "Sparrow,"
"Homeward Bound," "You Don't Know Where You're Interest Lies," "A Most
Peculiar Man," "59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)," The Dangling
Conversation," "Richard Cory," "A Hazy Shade Of Winter," "Benedictus,"
"Blessed," "A Poem On The Underground Wall," "Anji," "I Am A Rock," "The
Sound Of Silence," "For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her," "A Church Is
Burning," and "Wednesday Morning 3 AM."
Long Lost Simon & Garfunkel Concert From 1967 Surfaces on Sony Legacy
Walk in Light and Love,
Wren Walker
The Witches' Voice
Thanks, Wren! I want a copy!
Big Dog Watch Continues
Bill Clinton In Barcelona
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton salutes during a conference on AIDS at the XIV International AIDS conference in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, July 11, 2002.
Photo by Cesar Rangel
Reader Contribution
Children, AIDS & Croatia
From Anna H
The first HIV-positive children in Croatia, the two girls adopted by a
couple that was tutored on living with HIV-positive people, have problems
with education. The elder girl, who is eight, is still not attending any
school (in Croatia, the age for a child to start the primary schooling is
6-7) because schools in Zagreb are treating her as a disabled person who
should be taught at home. The parents don't accept their adopted children to
be segregated from other children, so they don't want teachers to come to
their home, but insist on girls being able to normally attend the classes.
This is also the opinion of one of rare Croatian medical specialists in AIDS
who will need to be consulted before giving the final decision on the girls'
education.
The family was also promised by the mayor of Zagreb to get a suitable flat,
but now it seems that there is no free flat in the whole city to be given to
the family.
In Croatia, the rate of HIV-positive people is still relatively low, with
about 100 of infected people in a country with about 4,7 million citizens.
~~ Anna H
Historical Costumes
Thanks, Anna. Anna currently lives in Germany, but is Croatian by birth & upbringing. Check out her link (above)
on Historical Costumes.
Liberal Radio !
Erin Hart
Liberal radio - what a concept!
Join Erin Hart at near-regulation (10pm - 1am [pdt]) Sunday, on www.710kiro.com or www.kiro710.com (It's
a browser thing).
KIRO (Entercom) has stopped streaming audio. Boo. Hiss.
There's still the chatroom, but, it's not the same.
Visit Erin's fan page (courtesy of the amazing 14Dem), http://www.erinistas.com/, or to join her mailing list, drop a
note to erinistas@aol.com
Sold at Auction
Tolkien First Edition
First edition books by Beatrix Potter and J.R.R. Tolkien were sold for tens of thousands dollars at a British auction, while a signed Harry Potter book drew a respectable $16,660.
Potter's "Peter Rabbit" sold for $64,780 at a Sotheby's auction on Friday. It was one of the first 250 copies printed.
A first edition of Tolkien's "The Hobbit" from 1937 fetched $66,630. The book was inscribed by the author to his aunt and was signed within two weeks of publication.
Sotheby's said it was the highest price ever paid at an auction for a Tolkien classic.
Tolkien First Edition
LOA From Conan
Max Weinberg
Max Weinberg is packing up his drum kit to take a leave of absence from Conan O'Brien's "Late Night."
The NBC show's bandleader is going out on the road with Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band in a tour to support the new album, "The Rising," it was announced Friday.
Jimmy Vivino, guitarist for the Max Weinberg Seven, will be the bandleader after Weinberg begins his hiatus on July 19. James Wormworth will sit in on drums.
"Mighty Max" Weinberg has been a member of the E Street Band since 1974. He took a previous leave from O'Brien's show for Springsteen's reunion tour in 1999-2000.
Max Weinberg
Salacious Sunday
Berlin Love Parade
Colourfully painted revellers attend the 13th annual Love Parade in Berlin in July last year. Several hundred thousands ravers are expected to party in the German capital on Saturday.
Photo by Fabrizio Bensch
PO-ing The Catholic League
Jane Magazine
The Catholic League is fuming over an article in Jane magazine titled "How to Get Laid Like a Priest." "Let's all take something positive from the vile pedo priests crisis, shall we?" Jeff Johnson writes. "After
all, the . . . tactics they've arduously perfected can be used by non-psycho people who choose to have sex with consenting grown-ups . . . [We] boil it down to 10 simple [sex]-getting commandments." These include, "Take
a vow of celibacy and pretend you mean it," "Wear black," "Provide booze," and "Show 'em the door when they hit 24." Catholic League President William Donohue fumes: "If Jane wanted to satirize the scandal in the Church,
it could have done so by attacking homosexual priests who are responsible for 82 percent of the cases. But that would have evoked cries of homophobia from those in the social pages where [editor Jane] Pratt can usually
be found. Instead, Johnson seizes on the few cases of pedophilia and uses them as a guise to attack the entire church."
Jane Magazine
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
Man with Guns Tried to Enter
CBS Television City
Los Angeles police on Friday arrested a stagehand who tried to drive a car packed with rifles, handguns and ammunition into a television studio owned by CBS, police and network officials said.
It was the second security scare at the famed CBS Television City complex in six weeks.
A CBS spokeswoman said the stagehand, who was not identified, was reporting for work on a program being taped at the Los Angeles studio when he was stopped at the gate by CBS security guards who did not
recognize him and asked to search his vehicle.
The search revealed numerous weapons in the trunk of the man's car, and security guards "detained him without incident" until police officers arrived on the scene shortly afterward, the spokeswoman said.
CBS declined to say what show was being taped on the lot, but a source said the program in question was "American Idol," a popular talent-search "reality" series that airs on the Fox network.
CBS Television City
Cherry Rose?
Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses fans have all but given up on reclusive frontman Axl Rose ever releasing the forever-delayed "Chinese Democracy," but there could be another Roses reunion
on the horizon. Buckcherry frontman Joshua Todd is talking with former members Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum about forming a supergroup called Cherry Rose, reports
Spin magazine's Marc Spitz.
Guns N' Roses
Salacious Sunday Continues
Fall-Winter Fashion Show
A model presents a shirt with a fake breast and a blue ensemble designed by French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier for his fall-winter 2002/2003 haute couture fashion collection
presented Thursday July 11, 2002, in Paris.
Photo by Michel Euler
Fights Paternity Claim
George Foreman
Boxing legend George Foreman is fighting the claims of a 22-year-old woman who says she is his daughter.
Foreman, who retired from boxing and has gone on to sell food grills and car mufflers, said he took a blood test which proved he is not the father of Jasmine Christina
Foreman. He says the allegation is years old, and stems from his previous marriage to Cynthia Lewis. They divorced in 1978.
The former heavyweight champion says he has fathered 10 children, including five sons named George.
"I have looked and made sure I could keep all my dear children together for years, so as they would always know each other," Foreman told the Houston Chronicle in Friday's
editions. "Believe me, this could not be true. ... I have been hit a few times, but not hard enough to lose a child."
Foreman said his children are Michi, George Foreman Jr., Freeda George, Georgetta L. Foreman, Natalie A. Foreman, George III, Leola, George IV, George V and George VI.
George Foreman
BartCop TV!
Faces Tax Evasion Charges
Boris Becker
German prosecutors said on Saturday they had brought charges against three-times Wimbledon tennis champion Boris Becker for alleged tax evasion, the latest in a series of blows to hit the sports icon.
"There is sufficient reason to suspect tax offences," said the head of the Munich public prosecutor's office, Manfred Wick. He said the Munich district court had not yet decided
whether the charges were admissible for court action to go ahead.
Wick declined to specify the charges. Becker, 34, has been under investigation for allegedly claiming his residence was in Monaco, a tax haven, while in fact living in Germany.
Last year Becker's lawyers said the Munich tax inspectorate had asked their client to pay 12 million dollars.
He retired from professional tennis in 1999, but remains a sports star in Germany despite a series of setbacks since he quit the game.
The tax case echoes the woes of Germany's other tennis darling, Steffi Graf, whose father Peter spent nearly two years in jail after being convicted in 1997 of evading
$7 million in tax on Steffi's earnings.
Boris Becker
Family Documentary
Madonna
A documentary on Madonna and hubby Guy Ritchie promises more family feuding than an "Osbournes" episode. Screenwriter Dan Cadan, who shot footage of the Material Family during the making of their
movie "Swept Away," says the couple constantly mock each other. "They can be very rude, but very, very funny," Cadan says. "They are just a normal, loving family." Ha-ha highlights include little
Rocco spraying his mom's wardrobe with a fire extinguisher. The short will be released alongside "Swept Away" in October.
Madonna
Salacious Sunday Continues
Fall-Winter Fashion Show
Wie aus Tausend und einer Nacht: Ein Model führt am Dienstag auf der Herbst-Winter-Modenschau in Paris ein zartes Brautgeschmeide des französischen Designers Stephane Rolland vor.
Foto: John Schults
The Complete List
Top 50 Worst TV Shows
1. The Jerry Springer Show (syndicated, 1991-present)
2. My Mother The Car (NBC, 1965-66)
3. XFL (NBC, UPN and TNN, 2001)
4. The Brady Bunch Hour (ABC, 1977)
5. Hogan's Heroes (CBS, 1965-71)
6. Celebrity Boxing (Fox, 2002-present)
7. AfterMASH (CBS, 1983-84)
8. Cop Rock (ABC, 1990)
9. You're in the Picture (CBS, 1961)
10. Hee Haw Honeys (syndicated, 1978-79)
11. The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer (UPN, 1998)
12. Hello Larry (NBC, 1979-80)
13. Twenty-One (NBC, 1956-58)
14. Baby Bob (CBS, 2002-present)
15. Manimal (NBC, 1983)
16. The Chevy Chase Show (Fox, 1993)
17. Casablanca (NBC, 1983)
18. The Ugliest Girl in Town (ABC, 1968-69)
19. The P.T.L. Club (syndicated, 1976-87)
20. The Pruitts of Southampton (ABC, 1966-67)
21. Baywatch (NBC and syndicated, 1989-2001)
22. The Powers of Matthew Star (NBC, 1982-83)
23. Sammy and Company (syndicated, 1975-77)
24. One of the Boys (NBC, 1982)
25. Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire? (Fox, 2000)
26. Life with Lucy (ABC, 1986)
27. Turn-On (ABC, 1969)
28. Supertrain (NBC, 1979)
29. Howard Stern (E!, 1994-present)
30. Unhappily Ever After (WB, 1995-99)
31. Homeboys in Outer Space (UPN, 1996-97)
32. Co-Ed Fever (CBS, 1979)
33. Holmes & Yoyo (ABC, 1976)
34. Alexander the Great (ABC, 1968)
35. Pink Lady...and Jeff (NBC, 1980)
36. The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (NBC, 1979-81)
37. Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell (ABC, 1975-76)
38. Hell Town (NBC, 1985)
39. Still the Beaver (Disney Channel, 1985-86)
40. Makin' It (ABC, 1979)
41. The Tom Green Show (MTV, 1999-2000)
42. The Flying Nun (ABC, 1967-70)
43. Woops! (Fox, 1992)
44. She's the Sheriff (syndicated, 1987-89)
45. A.K.A. Pablo (ABC, 1984)
46. Me and the Chimp (CBS, 1972)
47. Rango (ABC, 1967)
48. Bless this House (CBS, 1995-96)
49. The Ropers (ABC, 1979-80)
50. Barney & Friends (PBS, 1992-present)
Top 50 Worst TV Shows (So Far)
'The Osbournes'
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