Matt Miller: Stop the Health Care Hysterics (thedailybeast.com)
No matter what critics say, health-care reform isn't in trouble yet. Former Clinton budget official Matt Miller says after the bill gets through Congress, Obama's role and rhetoric must change.
I will die the most horrible death (guardian.co.uk)
As a reporter for NBC, Charles Sabine had experienced the horrors of war. But that was nothing compared with discovering he had inherited Huntington's disease
Douglas Rushkoff: The Web's Dirtiest Site (thedailybeast.com)
Where do the Internet's most deadly viruses, filthiest porn, and sophomoric pranks come from? The Daily Beast's Douglas Rushkoff goes inside the underground site Web giants can't kill.
TARA PARKER-POPE: The Pain of Being a Redhead (nytimes.com)
Nobody likes going to the dentist, but redheads may have good reason. A growing body of research shows that people with red hair need larger doses of anesthesia and often are resistant to local pain blockers like Novocaine.
David L. Ulin: The lost art of reading (latimes.com)
The relentless cacophony that is life in the 21st century can make settling in with a book difficult even for lifelong readers and those who are paid to do it.
DAVID BRUCE: WISE UP! Good Deeds (athensnews.com)
Boston Celtics coach Red Auerbach, who was Jewish, stood up for the people he respected. One day, Celtics head Walter Brown took a telephone call from a man who accused the Celtics of being anti-Semitic because they had cut a basketball player who was Jewish. Red was in the office when Mr. Brown got the telephone call. Red got on the telephone and said, "This is Red Auerbach! Listen, you f***in' Heeb! I'm a Jew, g*dd*mnit! I cut that kid - he couldn't f***in' play! Walter Brown is one of the finest human beings on the whole g*dd*mn planet! And you're talking this s**t to him! If I find out who you are, I'll come over there and kick your *ss!"
Manson Family member Leslie Van Houten, sentenced to Life in prison for her role in the LaBianca murders, is eligible to apply for parole later this month. She has been denied parole 17 times. Many people, including film maker John Waters (
John Waters: Leslie Van Houten: A Friendship, Part 1 of 5 ), are advocating for her release. She reportedly has been a model prisoner completing all available prison programs and assisting other inmates with these programs. She has earned two college degrees and has maintained a clean disciplinary record. She has accepted full responsibility for her actions...
The show's theme song, "Tossed Salad & Scrambled Eggs", composed by Darryl Phinnessee and Bruce Miller, was performed by star Kelsey Grammer.
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mj was first, and not quite correct, with:
If I'm correct
Grammar sang it. I think it was "Blues and Fried Eggs."
Charlie responded:
"Tossed Salad and Scrambled Eggs"
A good description of what the world is coming to these days.
Alan J answered:
Tossed Salad and Scrambled Eggs
~ Tony In Philly replied:
"Tossed Salad & Scrambled Eggs"
Sally wrote:
When I first read the question dejour, the theme song from "Cheers" just popped into my mind! It was so much better a song than the "semi-jazz" piece used for the sequel show. IOW's, loved the show, hated that dumb song!
"Tossed Salad & Scrambled Eggs," is the title of the theme song for the TV series Frasier.
PS: LOVED 'Jon from Prescott Valley' reply to yesterday's quiz: Rush Limbark! I just L'dOL!!
Adam in NoHo said:
'Tossed Salad and Scrambled Eggs', which always struck me a kind of gross.
Jim from CA responded:
Frasier theme was about tossed salad and scrambled eggs
MAM wrote:
"Tossed Salad & Scrambled Eggs" is the title of the theme song for the TV series Frasier. It seems to have something to do with the mixed-up people calling radio-shrink Frasier to vent their issues, which were like "tossed salads and scrambled eggs".
Frasier theme tune - Kelsey Grammer
Vic in AK answered:
Long time no blather...I been working on the upcoming season of my show, found out I'm being broadcast across the fine state of Alaska on what used to be Rat-Net (Rural Alaska TeeVee) Now all my Native, Eskimo and just plane remote friends can catch my idiocy!!!
Frasier's theme song is of course "Tossed Salad and Scrambled Eggs" Performed by Mr. Grammer his-self.
Here's a short Vidja I made of the Fun of Combat Dip-Netting down in Soldotna at the mouth of the Mighty Kenai River...after an exhausting weekend of camping fun ( I REALLY AM disabled I have decided) we were set to arrive back in Los Anchorage at about 7PM ,but coming out of the mountains and Resurrection Pass on the Seward Highway we were passed by a state police car travelling at a very high rate of speed, then we noticed no traffic at all coming from the direction of town...you know what that means...head on collision killed one person when an impatient imbibing young punk in a big pickemup truck tried passing in the wrong place at the wrong time...of course the imbibing impatient one never gets killed, always the 59 yo Gramma or the 11 yo little leaguer , Highway was closed till 1:40 AM.
CBS opens the ngiht with a FRESH'Big Brother 11', followed by a RERUN'CSI: The Original One', then a RERUN'The Mentalist'.
On a RERUNDave (from 7/15/09) are Paul McCartney, and a Top Ten list presented by Bruce Willis.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig is Jon Cryer.
NBC begins the night with a RERUN'30 Rock', followed by a (R) 'Parks & Recreation', then a RERUNThe Office', followed by a RERUN'30 Rock', then a RERUN'Law & Order'.
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Robin Williams and Piers Morgan.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Seth Green, Tim Gunn, and Avenue Q.
On a RERUNCarson 'The Scab' Daly (from 6/11/09) are Jay Mohr and Green Day.
ABC starts the night with a FRESH'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire', followed by a RERUN"Grey's Anatomy', then a RERUN'Private Practice'.
On a RERUNJimmy Kimmel (from 7/31/09) are Anne Heche, Aubrey Plaza, and Diane Birch.
The CW fills the night with LIVE'NFL Preseason Football' (Cowboys visit Oakland).
Faux has a RERUN'Bones', followed by a RERUN'House'.
MY fills the night with the movie 'The Last King Of Scotland'.
A&E has 'CSI: The 2nd One', 'The First 48', another 'The First 48', followed by a FRESH'Crime 360'.
AMC offers the movie 'Out For Justice', followed by the movie 'Major League', then the movie 'Stripes'.
BBC -
[12:00 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 1
[12:30 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 3
[1:00 PM] How Clean Is Your House? US - Episode 7
[1:30 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 4
[2:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 1 La Parra de Burriana
[3:00 PM] Gordon Ramsay's F Word - Episode 4
[4:00 PM] The Hotel Inspector - Episode 5
[5:00 PM] Gordon Ramsay's F Word - Episode 5
[6:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares Revisited - Ep 2 Walnut Tree
[7:00 PM] BBC World News America
[8:00 PM] Being Human - Episode 3
[9:00 PM] Skins - Ep 2 Cook
[10:00 PM] BBC World News America
[11:00 PM] Being Human - Episode 3
[12:00 AM] Skins - Ep 2 Cook
[1:00 AM] Being Human - Episode 3
[2:00 AM] Skins - Ep 2 Cook
[3:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 2 Jennifer Saunders, Cyndi Lauper
[4:00 AM] How Clean Is Your House? US - Episode 7
[4:30 AM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 4
[5:00 AM] BBC World News
[6:00 AM] BBC World News (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'America's Next Top Model', 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', another 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', followed by a FRESH'Real Housewives Of Atlanta'.
Comedy Central has 'Scrubs', another 'Scrubs', last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', 'Daniel Tosh: Completely Serious', followed by a FRESH'Tosh.0, and 'Important Things With Demetri Martin'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJon Stewart is Rachel McAdams.
Scheduled on a FRESHColbert Report is Mark Devlin.
FX has the movie 'Bulletproof Monk', followed by the movie 'Black Hawk Down'.
History has 'Modern Marvels', 'Gangland', followed by a FRESH'Gangland', 'Pawn Stars', and another 'Pawn Stars'.
IFC -
[7:35 AM] IFC Short Film Showcase
[8:35 AM] Primer
[10:00 AM] The Quiet American
[11:45 AM] Elephant
[1:15 PM] Making of Inglourious Basterds
[1:30 PM] Primer
[2:50 PM] The Quiet American
[4:35 PM] Elephant
[6:00 PM] The Honeymoon Killers
[7:50 PM] Spider
[8:00 PM] Seven
[10:15 PM] The Devil's Rejects
[12:05 AM] Halloween
[1:45 AM] Ed Gein
[3:15 AM] Dahmer
[5:05 AM] Shopping (ALL TIMES EDT)
Sundance -
[04:50 AM] Congorama
[06:45 AM] Looking for Leonard
[08:15 AM] Congorama
[10:00 AM] Everything's Gone Green
[11:35 AM] The Talent Given Us
[01:15 PM] Transylvania
[03:00 PM] Looking for Leonard
[04:35 PM] Everything's Gone Green
[06:15 PM] Paradise Now
[07:50 PM] Flutter
[08:00 PM] The Civilization of Maxwell Bright
[09:50 PM] Guard Dog
[10:00 PM] Let's Get Lost
[12:00 AM] The Duchess Of Langleais
[02:20 AM] Flutter
[02:30 AM] 100 Mile Rule
[04:05 AM] The Civilization of Maxwell Bright (ALL TIMES EDT)
Director Quentin Tarantino laughs while posing with a figurine of himself at the Canadian premier of the film Inglourious Basterds in Toronto on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009.
Photo by Darren Calabrese
The television academy is scrapping its "time-shifting" plans and will present all 28 Emmy Awards during the September telecast.
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced last month that it would pre-tape eight awards presentations and acceptance speeches, including some in the writing category. Members of the Writers Guild of America blasted the academy for the plan in a letter signed by some of the top TV showrunners.
The academy says the decision was made to "mend relationships within the television community" and allow the telecast producer to focus on "creative elements" during the live show.
The Writers Guild of America and Screen Actors Guild issued separate statements Wednesday applauding the decision.
Lebanese singer Marcel Khalifa, performs during a concert with the Palestinian Youth Orchestra, at the annual Beiteddine cultural festival in the central Chouf mountains east of Beirut, Lebanon, on Wednesday Aug. 12, 2009. The concert celebrates Jerusalem Arab Culture Capital 2009.
Photo by Hussein Malla
General Electric Co. called a Fox News Channel report about the company supplying terrorists with material used in bombs "irresponsible and maliciously false" on Wednesday, as a feud between Fox's Bill O'Reilly and MSNBC's Keith Olbermann kept sizzling.
It was the first time that GE, the parent company of NBC News and MSNBC, had publicly responded to accusations made by O'Reilly on his Fox show.
Olbermann also kept up his attacks, naming O'Reilly one of his "worst persons in the world" on Tuesday's show. The two men have taken their feud to a new level ever since The New York Times reported on Aug. 1 that the chief executives of both parent corporations of the cable news channels - News Corp. as well as GE - had encouraged them to cool things down.
O'Reilly said on Tuesday that his show's sources say there is a federal investigation into whether American companies supplied components being used in roadside bombs aimed at American soldiers. He said that radio frequency modules inside some bombs were part of a shipment made by a U.S. company to Corezing International, a Singapore company that does business with Iran.
Some of the nation's biggest advertisers are distancing themselves from Fox News host Glenn Beck after he called President Obama a racist during a July 28 broadcast.
Geico has pulled its ads from Fox News Channel's "The Glenn Beck Program." Lawyers.com, which is owned by LexisNexis, also has vowed not to advertise during the program, according to Color of Change, an African-American online political organization that has been urging advertisers to stop supporting the show.
Additionally, Procter & Gamble, Progressive Insurance and SC Johnson all said their ad placements during the broadcast were made in error and that they would correct the mistake.
The controversy stems from Beck's comment that President Obama is a "racist" with "a deep-seated hatred for white people."
"The House Bunny" star Anna Faris has married her fiance, actor Chris Pratt.
A publicist for Faris confirms that the two were wed in Bali on July 9. People.com was the first to report the news.
Faris, 32, who recently starred in "The House Bunny," lends her voice to the forthcoming animated feature "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs." Pratt, 30, stars in TV's "Parks and Recreation" and will appear in the film "Jennifer's Body," set for release next month.
Actor George Hamilton poses by his star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California August 12, 2009. Hamilton was the 2,388th celebrity to be honored with a star on the Walk of Fame.
Photo by Mario Anzuoni
The late Texas songwriter Cindy Walker has left an unusual and generous gift to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum: Her catalog of about 500 songs, many of them pop and country classics.
The hall announced Wednesday that Walker bequeathed her share of the songs, including future royalties, after her death in 2006. The songs have since earned the institution more than $500,000 in royalties.
Walker's catalog is one of the most celebrated in popular music. Bing Crosby, Roy Orbison, Ray Charles, Bob Wills, Ernest Tubb, Eddy Arnold, Willie Nelson and many more recorded Walker's songs, most of which were solo compositions.
Orbison's "Dream Baby" and Charles' "You Don't Know Me" may be her best-known work, but there are also Western swing standards like "Sugar Moon" and "Bubbles in My Beer."
After a decade of watching film production slowly abandon Hollywood, lured away by financial incentives first in Canada, then other U.S. states, California hopes to woo the movies back home.
But some worry that it might be too little, too late after the number of studio feature films shot in California has dropped to less than half of what it was in 2003.
Broadcast and cable television and commercial shoots, which had been more likely than feature films to stay in Hollywood in recent years, are also down significantly, with 44 of 103 pilot episodes shot outside southern California this year.
"In 2008 the worst numbers ever were recorded and the first six months of 2009 show a 50 percent drop from that. That can only be described as a disaster," said Paul Audley, president of FilmLA, the non-profit organization which coordinates film, TV and commercial production in and around Los Angeles.
A clown performs a scene from Slava's Snowstorm during a media opportunity in Melbourne August 13, 2009. Slava's Snowstorm is a stage show created by Russia's most famous clown Slava Polunin.
Photo by Mick Tsikas
The cast and crew of "Guiding Light" - TV's longest-running soap opera - have finished shooting their final scenes in a northern New Jersey town.
Afterward, they gathered at Peapack Reformed Church for a service to remember the show. The church has served as the site for weddings and funerals in "Guiding Light's" fictional town of Springfield.
The Rev. Kathryn Henry recalled that the show's title referred to a lamp put in a church window by the fictional Rev. Rutledge to welcome parishioners seeking guidance.
CBS has canceled the program after a 72-year run that predates television. "Guiding Light," produced by Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble Co., will air its last episode on Sept. 18.
USA Gymnastics has signed a deal to air its biggest events on NBC and cable partner Universal Sports through 2012.
Wednesday's agreement, combined with domestic and international contracts NBC has with swimming, skating, track and skiing, gives the network the lion's share of the coverage of U.S. teams in five key Olympic sports during a time when the U.S. Olympic Committee is trying to start its own channel.
USOC officials have heaped praise on NBC for its coverage and support but the relationship hit a snag when the USOC partnered with Comcast to form a new network that is expected to go to air after the Vancouver Olympics.
The Comcast deal came about after negotiations with NBC and Universal broke down.
This image provided by New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met) shows Johannes Vermeer's masterpiece 'The Milkmaid' featured in a special exhibition on the 17th century Dutch artist, Sept. 10 through Nov. 29 at the Met.
University of Central Oklahoma's Academy of Contemporary Music
'School of Rock'
The so-called School of Rock celebrated its grand opening Wednesday in a way that might be expected - with a free concert.
Shortly after a brief ceremony to open the University of Central Oklahoma's Academy of Contemporary Music in the Bricktown entertainment district, a concert was set to start a few blocks away featuring Oklahoma City bands The Uglysuit, Mama Sweet and Rainbows are Free.
Classes begin Monday with about 160 students enrolled. Scott Booker, the manager of Oklahoma City-based alternative rock band The Flaming Lips, is the school's chief executive.
The academy will offer training in both music performance - with programs in guitar, bass, drums and vocals - and production. Students will go through a two-year degree program and could work later toward a four-year degree at the university, which has its main campus in suburban Edmond.
A 95-year-old Crow Indian who went into battle wearing war paint under his World War II uniform has been awarded the nation's highest civilian honor.
Wearing a traditional headdress, Joe Medicine Crow on Wednesday received the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House. The award was clasped around his neck by President Barack Obama.
Medicine Crow broke tradition and briefly spoke after Obama gave him the medal, telling the president he was "highly honored" to receive it.
Other recipients this year were Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, physicist Stephen Hawking, retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa and 12 other actors, athletes, activists, scientists and humanitarians.
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