I’ve had this album ready for quite a while. It’s over 4 years since my last Useo Best Of volume, & the time for you to hear it has come. Many an album have I posted in that interim, while this sucker waited. So, I declare the time has come for this auspicious release. I may be over-selling it, but the private response I’ve recieved from associates leads me to concude that this is a winner of a compilation.
I strived with all of these to please myself, & an audience at the same time. There’s pairings that maintain genre clash, & others that venture into unknown territories. Still, for the most part the mixes all work hard to provide the listener a memorable & worthy experience. In many cases by utilizing songs you would actually know.
You might describe it as “pride”, but I’m very pleased to offer such collections.
Altogether you’ll find these to be the more “normal” mashups I’ve made, with none of those goofy ones that alienate some portion of the potential audience. ;)
I hope you hear it & like it enough to share with pals.
• Michael Moore, author of Stupid White Men and a native of Flint, Michigan, drove Toyotas and Volkswagens. Occasionally, a friend would ask him why he didn’t buy a car that was built in the USA. When that happened, Mr. Moore would have his friend open the hood of his “American” car, and then he’d show his friend that the engine had a sticker saying “MADE IN BRAZIL” and the fan belt bore the lettering “MADE IN MEXICO.” In addition, the radio had a label saying, “MADE IN SINGAPORE.”
• Noted author C.G. Norris developed engine trouble and was standing helplessly by his car on the side of a road when a teenage boy came pedaling up to him on his bike. The teenage boy lifted the hood, fiddled with the engine for about 15 seconds, then started the car right up. Mr. Norris looked at the boy and asked, “Do you know what a split infinitive is?” The teenage boy admitted that he didn’t, and Mr. Norris said, “Thank God!”
• Children’s book author/illustrator David McPhail sometimes writes as he drives. Actually, that’s not quite true. He will think of a couple of sentences while driving, then stop the car and write the sentences down. While he was writing The Cereal Box, a trip that usually took 90 minutes turned into a three-and-a-half-hour trip.
Books
• In 1922, playwright Lillian Hellman graduated from high school, and her Uncle Jake gave her a ring as her graduation gift. Ms. Hellman, however, cared little for rings, so she sold it for $25 and used the money to buy something she really cared for — books. Later, she told her uncle that she had sold his gift to buy books. He looked at her for a moment, then said, “So you’ve got spirit after all. Most of the rest of them are made of sugar water.”
• As a boy, critic Orville Prescott very quickly learned to love books. While attending a dude ranch that was laughingly called a “school,” he was startled by the shout of “Fire!” At first he was pleasantly excited — until he discovered that his own cabin was burning. At that point, he startled everyone by rushing inside the cabin and coming out with an armload of singed books. The astonished onlookers burst into applause.
• During a dinner Cyril Clemens had with G.K. Chesterton, the question of “If one were stranded on a desert island, what book would one like to have?” came up. Mr. Chesterton answered, “If I were a politician who wanted to impress his constituents, I would take Plato or Aristotle, but if I did not want to show off, I would take Thomas’ Guide to Practical Shipbuilding so that I could get away from the island as quickly as possible.”
• In the 1800s, many people did their own doctoring. A book titled Dr. Gunn’s Domestic Medicine even explained how to perform an amputation, saying that “any man, unless he was a fool or an idiot, could amputate an arm or a leg.” First, you needed the book and a few instruments. In addition, since this was in the days before anesthesia, you needed “half a dozen men to hold the victim down.”
• A man had the opportunity to publish Mark Twain’s first book, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Other Sketches, but declined it. Years later, the man chanced to meet Mr. Twain, and told him, “I refused a book of yours and for this I stand without competitor as the prize ass of the 19th century.”
In this song by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Dionne Warwick, not wanting to lose her way, requested directions to a California city and won her first Grammy. What is the title of this song?
This American actress and singer, known primarily for her distinctive, powerful voice and leading roles in musical theatre introduced many standards including "I Get a Kick Out of You", "Anything Goes", and "There's No Business Like Show Business". What is her name?
Ethel Merman (born Ethel Agnes Zimmermann, January 16, 1908 – February 15, 1984) was an American actress, artist, and singer. Known primarily for her distinctive, powerful voice and leading roles in musical theatre, she has been called "the undisputed First Lady of the musical comedy stage". Over her distinguished career in theater she became known for her iconic performances in shows such as Anything Goes, Annie Get Your Gun, Gypsy, and Hello, Dolly!. She is also known for her film roles in Anything Goes (1936), Call Me Madam (1953), There's No Business Like Show Business (1954), and It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963). Among many accolades, she received the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in Call Me Madam, a Grammy Award for Gypsy and Drama Desk Award for Hello, Dolly!.
Among the many standards introduced by Merman in Broadway musicals are "I Got Rhythm" (from Girl Crazy); "Everything's Coming Up Roses", "Some People", and "Rose's Turn" (from Gypsy—Merman starred as Rose in the original 1959 Broadway production); and the Cole Porter songs "It's De-Lovely" (from Red, Hot and Blue), "Friendship" (from DuBarry Was a Lady), and "I Get a Kick Out of You", "You're the Top", and "Anything Goes" (from Anything Goes). The Irving Berlin song "There's No Business Like Show Business", written for the musical Annie Get Your Gun, became Merman's signature song.
While rehearsing a guest appearance on The Loretta Young Show, Merman exclaimed "Where the hell does this go?" Young, who was a devout Catholic, advanced towards her waving an empty coffee can, saying "Come on Ethel. You know my rules. That'll cost you a dollar." To which Merman replied "Tell me, Loretta, how much will it cost me to tell you to go fuck yourself?"
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Cal in Vermont replied:
Ethel Merman. Big and brassy, she was born in Astoria, Queens, raised as an Episcopalian, and died in Manhattan. Many people are saying she stood out in the 1963 movie "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" which is saying something given that the cast had everybody in it. Like, everybody.
Kevin in Washington DC, responded:
When I did a search for an Ethyl Merman gif, I got Lucy and Ethyl at the chocolate factory and Ben Stiller as a merman in Zoolander before I found her.
zorch said:
Ethel Merman.
David of Moon Valley wrote:
…coffee just brewed…gonna have to guess as it’s too early to wakeup Ms. WIki…so could it be Sophie Tucker? sorry, gotta go see a man about a dog….
i dunno...
Dave replied:
Ethel Merman was called “the undisputed First Lady of the musical comedy stage," Merman was untrained as a singer, but naturally possessed a “powerful, belting mezzo-suprano voice and precise enunciation and pitch.” Supposedly no lesser authority than George Gershwin advised her never to take a voice lesson
In private life Ethel was notorious for her profanity and dirty jokes, and once told Lorretta Young “go fuck yourself” when the hapless Young had the audacity to attempt to fine the first lady of the musical comedy stage $1 for saying “hell” during a rehearsal for Young’s TV program. Ethel wasn’t about to put up with that amount of cheek from somebody like Loretta Young.
Deborah, the Master Gardener wrote:
Ah, that’s the late, great Ethel Merman. I was a kid toward the end of her career but enjoyed her singing & acting nonetheless. In some ways she makes me miss Bea Arthur even more.
Little by little the air is clearing, and every day we hear another story of heartbreak and tragedy and lost property. Grateful that more lives haven’t been lost.
A guy walks into a bar in New Orleans and orders a Corona and 2 Hurricanes. The bartender serves up the beverages and says,’That’ll be $20.20.” Ba-dum-dum.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, said:
Ethel Merman
Harry M. answered:
Ethel Merman
John I from Hawai`i says,
Ethel Merman
Daniel in The City replied:
Ethel Merman
Kenn B responded:
Ethel Merman
mj wrote:
The was nothing small about her voice
Or her personality. Ethel Merman.
Dave in Tucson said:
That sounds like Ethel Merman. There was a morning DJ at 98KUPD in up
in Phoenix, Dave Pratt, whose sidekick (don't recall her name) had a
character named Heavy Metal Ethel who would sing tunes like Sweet Child
of Mine in an Ethel Merman voice. Now that I've mentioned it, you'll
imagine it and not get it out of your head!
Michelle in AZ answered:
Ethel Merman
DJ Useo replied:
Ethel Merman. I've seen her guest star on lots of past variety shows. I didn't know she used to look like this -
Rosemary in Columbus responded:
Ethel Merman
Barbara, of Peppy Tech fame wrote:
The answer is Ethel Merman.
Joe ( -- Vote Blue, No Matter Who -- ) said:
Ethel Merman, I looked it up (her up) to make sure because I really don't go in for that sort of stuff.
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Music: "Caliente [“Hot”]" from the album RADIO OCEAN
Artist: Radio Ocean
Artist Location: Spain
Info: “Radio Ocean is an instrumental music band founded in the year 2013 by some friends with desires of enjoying making music. Its music is influenced mainly by the sound of classic surf, in which can be appreciate garage touches and psychedelic, you can also find in his compositions brushstrokes to old film soundtracks, as well as other more current sounds.”
Surf record label based in Thessaloniki, Greece and run by Mike Surf.
When my other computer died I lost the ability to preview the page before it's uploaded, so now it's proofed after its online. Yikes!
Tonight, Wednesday:
CBS starts the night on the East Coast with a FRESH'Big Brother', then a FRESH'Tough As Nails', followed by LIVE'Fluffing Lumpy'.
CBS starts the night extra early on the left coast with LIVE'Fluffing Lumpy', followed by a FRESH'Big Brother', then a FRESH'Tough As Nails', followed by the local crap that usually airs at 7pm.
Scheduled on a FRESHStephen Colbert is Rep. Nancy Pelosi.
Scheduled on a FRESHJames Corden, OBE, are Tracee Ellis Ross and Madison Beer.
NBC opens the night on the East Coast with a FRESH'America's Got Talent', then a RERUN'Ellen's Game Of Games', followed by LIVE'Fluffing Lumpy'.
NBC opens the night extra early on the left coast with LIVE'Fluffing Lumpy', followed by a FRESH'America's Got Talent', then a RERUN'Ellen's Game Of Games', followed by the local crap that usually airs at 7pm.
On a RERUNJimmy Fallon (from 8/18/20) are Hugh Jackman, Lili Reinhart, and Buju Banton.
On a RERUNSeth Meyers (from 8/4/20) are Jake Tapper, Matthew Macfadyen, and Foster the People.
On a RERUNLilly Singh (from 11/26/19) are Jillian Bell and Utkarsh Ambudkar.
ABC begins the night on the East Coast with a FRESH'United We Fall', followed by a RERUN'The Goldbergs', then a RERUN'The Conners', followed by a RERUN'American Housewife', then LIVE'Fluffing Lumpy'.
ABC begins the night extra early on the left coast with LIVE'Fluffing Lumpy', followed by a FRESH'United We Fall', then a RERUN'The Goldbergs', followed by a RERUN'The Conners', then a RERUN'American Housewife', followed by the local crap that usually airs at 7pm.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel, with guest host Jason Derulo, is Luke Bryan.
The CW offers the FRESH'Women In Film Presents: Make It Work!', followed by a FRESH'Coroner'.
Faux has a RERUN'MasterChef', followed by another RERUN'MasterChef'.
MY recycles an old 'Dateline', followed by another old 'Dateline'.
AMC offers the movie 'The Rock', followed by the movie 'GoodFellas'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - The Ship
[7:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - Looking for Par'Mach in All the Wrong Places
[8:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - ... Nor the Battle to the Strong
[9:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - Trials and Tribble-ations
[10:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - The Assignment
[11:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - Let He Who Is Without Sin ...
[12:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Force of Nature
[1:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Inheritance
[2:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Parallels
[3:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - The Pegasus
[4:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Homeward
[5:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Sub Rosa
[6:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Lower Decks
[7:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Thine Own Self
[8:00PM] 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS
[10:30PM] 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS
[1:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Inheritance
[2:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Parallels
[3:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - The Pegasus
[4:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Homeward
[5:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Sub Rosa (ALL TIMES ET)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of BH', followed by a FRESH'Real Housewives Of BH', then another FRESH'Real Housewives Of BH', and 'Real Housewives Of BH'.
Comedy Central has all old 'South Park' all night.
Scheduled on a FRESHThe Daily Show it's The Daily Social Distancing Show.
FX has the movie 'Sicario: Day Of The Soldado', followed by the mvoie 'Pacific Rim: Uprising', then the movie 'Pacific Rim: Uprising', again.
IFC -
[6:00A] The Three Stooges - Mummy's Dummies
[6:25A] The Three Stooges - No Dough Boys
[6:50A] The Three Stooges - Out West
[7:15A] The Three Stooges - Three Missing Links
[7:30A] Blow
[10:30A] Juno
[12:30P] Coneheads
[2:30P] Zookeeper
[4:45P] Semi-Pro
[6:45P] The Dukes of Hazzard
[9:00P] The Matrix
[12:00A] Parks and Recreation
[12:30A] Parks and Recreation
[1:00A] Parks and Recreation
[1:30A] Parks and Recreation
[2:00A] Parks and Recreation
[2:30A] Parks and Recreation
[3:00A] Parks and Recreation
[3:30A] Parks and Recreation
[4:00A] South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (ALL TIMES ET)
Sundance -
[6:00am] the andy griffith show
[6:30am] the andy griffith show
[7:00am] the andy griffith show
[7:30am] the andy griffith show
[8:00am] the andy griffith show
[8:30am] the andy griffith show
[9:00am] the andy griffith show
[9:30am] the andy griffith show
[10:00am] the andy griffith show
[10:30am] the andy griffith show
[11:00am] columbo - A Deadly State Of Mind
[12:45pm] columbo - Forgotten Lady
[3:00pm] criminal minds
[4:00pm] criminal minds
[5:00pm] criminal minds
[6:00pm] criminal minds
[7:00pm] criminal minds
[8:00pm] criminal minds
[9:00pm] criminal minds
[10:00pm] criminal minds
[11:00pm] criminal minds
[12:00am] criminal minds
[1:00am] criminal minds
[2:00am] criminal minds
[3:00am] close up with the hollywood reporter - Drama Actresses
[4:00am] perry mason
[5:00am] perry mason (ALL TIMES ET)
SyFy has the movie 'RIPD', followed by the movie 'Rush Hour 2', then the movie 'Lake Placid'.
Aaron Sorkin is getting The West Wing gang back together for the first time in 17 years with a special for HBO Max.
Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff and Bradley Whitford are reuniting with Sorkin and Thomas Schlamme for A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote.
Michelle Obama will make a guest appearance in the special, while additional cast members and special guests from the worlds of public service and the arts will be announced in the coming weeks.
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote will shoot over multiple days at the Orpheum Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles in early October. Sorkin will write original exclusive material for the special, while Schlamme will serve as director of the production. It will be produced by Casey Patterson Entertainment in association with Warner Horizon Unscripted Television. Aaron Sorkin, Thomas Schlamme and Casey Patterson are the executive producers. Rob Paine is co-executive producer.
The first night of the Republican National Convention drew 15.8 million viewers across six networks, a significant falloff from the 18.7 million who tuned in to the Democratic National Convention’s debut evening.
Fox News was way ahead of its rivals in coverage during the 10 PM ET hour, with 7.1 million total viewers, followed by CNN with 2.01 million, ABC with 1.98 million, NBC with 1.74 million, MSNBC with 1.6 million and CBS with 1.5 million. In the 25-54 demographic, Fox News led with 1.6 million, followed by CNN with 606,000, NBC with 541,000, ABC with 521,000, CBS with 424,000 and MSNBC with 308,000.
The Fox News viewership was the highest rated for Night 1 of a Republican convention, and the network also topped the other broadcast networks combined and the cable networks combined.
The figures are early numbers from Nielsen and were released by Fox News and CNN. The total viewership number also is a drop of about 30% from the viewers who tuned in to the first night of the Republican convention in 2016.
Former James Bond star Pierce Brosnan has sent birthday wishes to Sean Connery, the first big-screen 007, who is celebrating his 90th birthday on Aug. 25.
In a post on Brosnan’s Instagram, the Irish star, who retired as Bond after 2002’s Die Another Day, said he watched Connery play the secret agent in 1964’s Goldfinger as an 11-year-old boy, hailing him as “my Bond of inspiration.”
The post showed the pair of Bond icons enjoying a drink together at some point in the past.
It’s not the first time Brosnan has paid tribute to Connery. In 2006, he spoke movingly at the American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement Award event for the Scottish star, saying, “Sean, I have walked in your footsteps, and danced in the shadow you have cast on film history. As an actor I carry you both in my head and in my heart.
A former TMZ production assistant and on-air contributor filed a federal discrimination and retaliation complaint Tuesday against Harvey Levin and Warner Bros Entertainment that could lead to a lawsuit down the line.
“Ms. Zilio, along with her female colleagues, was belittled and abused, held to different and more stringent standards, excluded from business and social interactions in which only male employees participated, denied advancement opportunities, and retaliated against when she resisted the sexist and misogynistic ways,” claims the action (read it here) from the former employee, Bernadette Zilio, with the the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing.
Zilio was an employee of Levin’s EHM Productions from 2015 to February 28 of this year.
In the complaint, Zilio and her Wigdor LLP and Girard Bengali Apc attorneys detail the culture at the celebrity gossip outlet and sister site TooFab, where Zilio served as an associate producer, as a “boys’ club,” “100% a bro fest” and a “[f]reaking frat house.” And, they say when Zilio tried to go through corporate channels to do something about how she and other women were being treated, she was punished, pink-slipped and threatened.
Seen on TMZ up until her last days, Zilio was walked out the door at the end of February after refusing to sign a separation agreement. The perp walk of sorts came just a few days after the supposed probe by WB Employee Relations Experts into her claims was suddenly wrapped up. The conclusion of Zilio’s second discussion in as many years with WB HR reps over conditions at EHM was also the day she had a run-in with TooFab’s managing editor Shayam Dodge, who accused Zilio of “plagiarism and misquoting” in an article of hers – the official catalyst for her termination later that day.
California’s popular Squaw Valley Ski Resort will change its name because the word “squaw” is a derogatory term for Native American women, officials announced Tuesday. The site was the scene of the 1960 Winter Olympics.
The decision was reached after consulting with local Native American groups and extensive research into the etymology and history of the term “squaw,” said Ron Cohen, president and COO of Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows.
The word “squaw,” derived from the Algonquin language, may have once simply meant “woman.” But over generations, the word morphed into a misogynist and racist term to disparage indigenous women.
“While we love our local history and the memories we all associate with this place as it has been named for so long, we are confronted with the overwhelming evidence that the term ‘squaw’ is considered offensive,” Cohen said.
Conservative activist Tomi Lahren inadvertently called Donald Trump (R-Grifter) a “jackass” in a message thanking members of the Indian community for supporting the president.
In a video shared on Twitter, Ms Lahren, a political commentator and Fox News "Nation" contributor, can be heard praising the Indian diaspora for apparently getting behind the “Make America Great Again” campaign.
“Because President Trump is wise like an owl, or as you guys would say in Hindi – I hope I’m pronouncing this right – President Trump is wise like an ullu. I hope I said that right,” Ms Lahren told her followers.
In Hindi, ullu does indeed mean owl. But unfortunately for Ms Lahren, to compare someone to an owl in India is to label them “a fool” or a “jackass”.
Just before a tiny pup died during the last ice age, it ate a piece of meat from one of Earth's last woolly rhinos.
Researchers made this discovery while doing a necropsy (an animal autopsy) on the mummified remains of the ice age puppy. After finding an undigested slab of skin with yellow fur in the puppy's stomach, researchers initially thought the puppy had chewed off a hunk of cave lion meat for its last meal.
But a DNA analysis of the slab revealed that it wasn't a cave lion (Panthera spelaea), but a woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis), which went extinct around 14,000 years ago, right about the time that this pup had its last meal.
That means this puppy ate one of the last woolly rhinos to ever exist, said Edana Lord, a doctoral student at the Centre for Palaeogenetics in Sweden, a joint venture between Stockholm University and the Swedish Museum of Natural History. Lord co-authored a study published Aug. 13 in the journal Current Biology on the extinction of the woolly rhinos.
The mummified puppy was discovered in Tumat, a rural locality in northeastern Siberia, in 2011. An analysis revealed that the puppy was likely between 3 and 9 months old when it died, but it's unclear whether the pup was a dog or a wolf, Lord noted, a mystery that also surrounds an 18,000-year-old puppy found in Siberia in 2018, Live Science previously reported.
A pair of female penguins at an aquarium in Spain have welcomed a baby chick, the Oceanogràfic València aquarium announced this month. The two penguins, Electra and Viola, adopted an egg from another penguin couple, incubated and hatched it, and will now raise the chick, the aquarium said in a press release.
Of the 25 Gentoo penguins at the aquarium, three couples have welcomed babies so far this breeding season, Oceanogràfic València said.
Electra and Viola's adoption is a first for the aquarium, which called the couple "an exceptional pair."
Same-sex penguin couples are not unusual. In fact, more than 450 species of animals form same-sex partnerships, according to Oceanogràfic València.
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