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AND ROUND After a 20 year run, the John & Marlena storyline came to an end on Days of Our Lives. Maybe that means something to you, it doesn't to me. Now, if Joey Greco left Cheaters THAT would be news. Watch as FOX News laughs at economist Peter Schiff as he predicts our current economic situation over the last two years. When I read the views of people who turn out to be so spectacularly wrong, I never go to that person again for their view. How Bill Kristol keeps his job is a mystery to me. Do these FOX commentators still have their positions?
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January 25, 2009 - 8:26am
SATURDAY Veronica Mars, for the first two seasons one of my very favorite shows, will be returning, this time on the big screen. I'm guessing the Nancy Drew movie made money? Producer / writer Rob Thomas made the announcement after the order for his new ABC midseason series (Cupid) was trimmed down from 13 episodes to eight. Tom and Jerry are also coming to the big screen, in a live action / animated film ala the new Chipmunks feature that will probably cost upwards of 100 million dollars. Does anyone else find that obscene? The Carol Burnett Show had a bunch of great sketches that became recurring skits that used to put me on the floor with laughter. Can you believe it's been 30 years since the show went off the air? Here's Carol and Tim Conway as Mr. Tudball with his ditzy secretary Mrs. Wiggins in one of the earlier sketches.
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Check
out this AP news story from March of 1973. Mayo Kaan, a bodybuilder from
New York state, claimed to be the original model for Superman. His story
was that he donned a costume similar to what became the look of Man of
Steel and served as the inspiration to cartoonists Jerry Siegel and Joe
Shuster. For a thousand dollars Kaan would show the curious his collection
of photos he claimed were taken in 1936 (the first Superman appearance
was in 1938). The wire service didn't check Kaan's story with Siegel or
Shuster, who were still alive at the time, so it was published in newspapers
all over the country, including my local paper in Greensboro, NC. I clipped
the article because, even at my young age, I didn't buy it. It didn't
make sense to this comic book geek and the story has been met with much
skepticism over the years. According to Wikipedia the Kaan family maintains
to this day that the deceased bodybuilder was telling the truth but a
DC Comics spokesperson stated in 1997 when he reasserted his claim, "Kaan
played no role in creating the superhero's image, Kaan's billing himself
as something he is not." Other problems with the story - one of the
buildings in the photos wasn't built until 1940 and Martin Griem, a noted
fanzine editor, claims to have correspondence from Joe Shuster stating
that the Superman artist never heard of the guy. Kaan died in 2002.
He
can sure dish it out but now celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is taking the
heat amid complaints that the food in his eateries has taken a back seat
to his famous name. His restaurants are falling by the wayside in London,
his extra-marital affairs are causing PR problems, back taxes are dogging
him, and ratings are down for his shows in the U.S. He still hasn't posted
his financial figures for 2007 which may mean prosecution. This has led
to - shudder - discounts. There is a newspaper promotion offering dinner
at Ramsay's restaurants for just $21 a head. SHUT IT DOWN! SHUT IT!!!
(The season premiere of Hell's Kitchen airs Thursday on Fox,
watch it because you feel sorry for Chef. And because it's a really good
episode.) 
