Update From 'The Daily Show' Newsletter
By Way Of Dan (in Boulder)
Got this from The Daily Show Newsletter:
'' I have a request for a guest: David Brock author of "Blinded by the
Right: The conscience of an Ex-Conservative".
(Dave says) he's scheduled to come on in the week or so
As you might know, TDS staffer Dave Blog is "(Dave says)". This could be real interesting.
-Dan in Boulder
Thanks, Dan...will keep more than an eye on this one!
Busy Man With A Vision
The Worried Shrimp
The The Worried Shrimp is back at work, again (thank Koresh!).
BFEE
From 'TBH Politoons'
Great Site!
Thanks, again, Tim!
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
The kid's science project developed a life of its own, and had to re-type the whole thing tonight, and re-do the freaking
posterboard. Didn't get much tv under my belt til late.
Missed Colin Quinn, again....did any one see it? How is it?
Tonight, Tuesday, it's all reruns on CBS - 'JAG', 'The Guardian', and
'Judging Amy'. Dave is fresh this week, as is Craiggers.
NBC starts the night with a rerun 'Frasier', then follows with a fresh 'Watching Ellie', and then goes rerun
awhile with 'Frasier' (again), 'Scrubs', and then wraps the evening with 'Dateline'. Leno is in reruns this week.
ABC is all fresh tonight, with 'Dharma & Greg', 'Spin City', 'NYPD Blue', and 'Philly'.
The WB has a rerun 'Gilmore Girls', and then a fresh 'Smallville'.
Faux has a fresh night with 'That 70's Show', the debut of 'Andy Richter Controls The Universe', and '24'.
UPN has a rerun 'Buffy' followed by fresh episodes of 'As If' and 'The Random Years'.
Anyone have any opinions?
Or reviews?
(See below for addresses)
Freshly Updated
Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Inductions
Class Of 2002
Leather jackets and mohawk hair cuts mixed with tuxedos as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opened its doors Monday night to honor punk rock's
first generation, along with Tom Petty, former teen idol Brenda Lee and "Shaft" maestro Isaac Hayes.
The Ramones and Talking Heads, whose careers germinated during the mid-1970s in the Manhattan dive bar CBGB's, were considerably more uptown at
the Waldorf-Astoria for the induction ceremony.
Pearl Jam lead singer Eddie Vedder sported a mohawk as he inducted The Ramones. He said his new look was due to frustrations at world
events and "I took it out on my own hair."
Vedder said the Ramones were a blueprint for a new generation of rockers and recalled the first time he saw the band.
"It was terribly frightening and totally blissful at the same time," said Vedder, who swilled a bottle of wine during his speech.
The timing of their induction is bittersweet, since gangly lead singer Joey Ramone died of cancer last April.
Country guitar picker Chet Atkins, who died last June, early 1960s hitmaker Gene Pitney and Stax records co-founder Jim Stewart also joined the hall.
Petty, a Floridian now based in California, wrote hits like "Refugee," "The Waiting" and "Free Fallin'." He's being joined by his longtime backup band,
the Heartbreakers, although he's also worked solo.
Wallflowers lead singer Jakob Dylan inducted Petty by recalling the time he used to watch Petty in his band from the side of the stage in 1986. Dylan's
father, Bob, played with Petty briefly in the supergroup Traveling Wilburys.
'"Rock and roll star' is probably the purest manifestation of the American dream," Petty said. "It's a blessing beyond belief."
A true teen idol, Lee recorded her two best-known songs — the ballad "I'm Sorry" and the holiday standard, "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" — before her 16th birthday.
Singer Jewel inducted Lee, saying she always kept a rock-and-roll growl in her voice no matter what style of music she explored.
Lee flavored the moment in a three-song medley that included "I'm Sorry."
Grammy winner Alicia Keys, not even born during Hayes' early 1970s heyday, was to induct the veteran soul singer.
The spoken-word passages and smooth, orchestrated backing to a lothario's boasts on his best-known hit, "Theme from Shaft," predated both rap and Barry White.
The Talking Heads began as arch, minimalist rockers with the song "Psycho Killer," then flowered in the early 1980s with funk influences on the
hits "Once in a Lifetime" and "Burnin' Down the House."
Lead singer David Byrne and his three band mates, bitterly estranged, were to put their differences aside for a two-song performance at the induction.
Swing guitarist Brian Setzer and country singer Marty Stuart were to induct Atkins.
Class Of 2002
Liberal Radio - What A Concept!
Great Listing
listing of liberal /un-conservative online radio sites
(Many thanks to http://makethemaccountable.com)
'No John Bonham, No Led Zeppelin'
Page & Jones
Former Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones couldn't get back into the studio for several years after bandmate John Bonham died.
"The rug was pulled out from under your feet," Jones told The Arizona Republic in Sunday's editions. "Apart from losing a very close friend and a great
musician, I didn't know what to do for a while."
In addition, Jones, 56, didn't want to deal with the comparisons to Led Zeppelin, the rock group that churned out such classic hits as "Black Dog," "Kashmir" and "Stairway to Heaven."
"I'd been in the best band in the world, so I couldn't see myself joining another one. It would have been anticlimactic somehow," said Jones, whose new CD is titled "The Thunderthief."
As for Zeppelin fans who would love to hear a reunion of Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, the news is bleak.
"No John Bonham, no Led Zeppelin, I'm afraid," he said.
'No John Bonham, No Led Zeppelin'
Did you see the story about Robert Plant performing at the Isle Of Wight festival?
Saturday's BartCop Entertainment
Not His Real Name
Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie is not the controversial author's real name. "My first name is actually Ahmed," the "Satanic Verses" writer told Webster
Hall art curator Baird Jones at the premiere of "Y Tu Mama Tambien." "I'm not ashamed of Ahmed or trying to hide it because I think Salman
is a more romantic pen name. Not at all. It's that my father's name is also Ahmed, and in Muslim culture, no one is called Junior."
Salman Rushdie
They're Gonna Adopt?
More Minnelli - Gest
Liza Minnelli and producer David Gest are wasting no time in starting a family.
Minnelli, 56, and Gest, 48, married in a celebrity-filled ceremony at New York's Marble Collegiate Church. The wedding was Minnelli's fourth and Gest's first.
Britain's Daily Express newspaper quoted the couple as saying they were going to adopt four children "of all races."
The newspaper is owned by the same proprietor as OK!, a celebrity magazine that has bought exclusive rights to the wedding.
The bride and groom met last year when Minnelli appeared in Gest's television production of "Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Special."
Will Michael Jackson Be The Godfather?
Big Dog Watch Continues
Bill Clinton
Former President Bill Clinton, center, talks with the president of the Inter-American Press Association Robert Cox, right, while Dominican President
Hipolito Mejia listens upon their arrival to the conference of the Inter-American Press Association in La Romana, 75 miles (120 kilometers) southeast
of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Monday, March 18, 2002.
Photo by Carmen Suarez
She Who Brings Shame To The Name 'Martha'
That Stewart Woman
The 40 staffers axed from Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia the other day got the bad news one at a time in a glass-walled office while their
crushed colleagues looked on - and while an executive's dog was being fawned over next door in Stewart's office. The victims in the see-through
dismissal chamber could plainly see the bulldog being "feted with attention by photographers and groomers alike," a "stunned" spy reports. Stewart
herself was nowhere to be seen. "I don't know that the dog was in Stewart's office," her rep says.
That Stewart Woman
Paying To Be Part Of Soap Story Line
Revlon
The cosmetics maker Revlon is paying ABC millions of dollars to be featured as a foil for Susan Lucci's character in the soap opera "All My
Children" over the next few months.
Lucci's character, Erica Kane, runs her own cosmetics company, Enchantment, in the daytime drama. In the story, top competitor Revlon tries to
hire one of her employees, but Erica sends her daughter to become a corporate spy instead.
Revlon has promised to pay "multimillions" in advertising over the next several months in return for being featured in the show, said Sallie
Schoneboom, ABC daytime spokeswoman.
"All My Children" received a leading 21 nominations for Daytime Emmys, including Lucci's 21st nod for best actress. She's won once.
Paying To Be Part Of Soap Story Line
Joining 'The View' For Oscar Night
Peter Fonda
ABC has enlisted two-time Oscar nominee Peter Fonda to help dissect Sunday night's Academy Awards for a late-night, post-Oscar edition of
the daytime talk show "The View," the network said Monday.
The one-hour special broadcast of "After Party At 'The View"' will air live following the network's telecast of the 74th annual Academy
Awards and local news coverage on Sunday night.
The show will be hosted by "View" regulars Barbara Walters, Meredith Vieira, Star Jones and Joy Behar from a studio in New York, with
fellow co-host Lisa Ling weighing in live via satellite with Oscar "dish" from Los Angeles.
Sunday's "After Party" segment will take the place of the Oscar night edition of "Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher," which aired
following the last two Academy Award telecasts.
A network insider said losing the coveted post-Oscar slot was another sign that "Politically Incorrect" may be headed for cancellation
next season, as has been widely reported.
Peter Fonda & 'The View'
Did The Trailer Have Anything To Do With It?
''Ice Age''
The kiddie comedy "Ice Age" rocketed to the top of the box office over the weekend with a little help from "Star Wars."
The PG-rated family film from 20th Century Fox raked in a whopping $47 million, easily smashing the old $31 million record for a
three-day March opening held by Jim Carrey's "Liar Liar" in 1997.
"Attack of the Clones" - the fifth "Star Wars" film since 1977 - opens May 16 around the world.
"Ice Age," an animated comedy about a family of prehistoric beasts, easily beat the horror flick "Resident Evil," which debuted at No. 2 with $18.2 million.
And it clobbered "Showtime," the Robert De Niro-Eddie Murphy police spoof, which took the No. 3 with a paltry $15.4 million.
The three-day take for "Ice Age" nearly pays for its production - the film had a $50 million budget.
And it becomes the third best animated-film opening of all time after "Monsters, Inc." ($62.6 million) and "Toy Story 2" ($57.4 million).
Did The Trailer Have Anything To Do With It?
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Thanks To Fud
Hear The 'Trifecta' Statement
(quoting)
'' And we've got a job to do at home, as well. You know, I was campaigning in Chicago and somebody asked me, is there ever any time where the budget might have to go into deficit? I said only if we were at war or had a national emergency or were in recession. (Laughter.) Little did I realize we'd get the trifecta. (Laughter.) But we're fine. ''
Scroll down 31 paragraphs to read it for yourself.
Hear The 'Trifecta' Quote Here.
Many Thanks, to Fud, a loyal bartcopper : )
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