Tuesday - December 06, 2005

Reason #489 Not To Watch TV

Oh, how I yearn for the days of Elliot Ness, The Saint, Bullwinkle and yes ... even Gilligan’s Island. It’s a good thing I have HBO and over 800 DVD’s in my collection. Otherwise I’d have to watch this mental pablum and gradually let my brain turn to mush at which point I’d probably have to register as a Democrat since the only major requirement for being a Democrat is the complete lack of rational thought as I’m sure Al will demonstrate in his new show ...

Al Sharpton Wants His Own Sitcom
LOS ANGELES (REUTERS)

He has led civil rights marches, scolded the nation’s leaders and even run for president, but the Rev. Al Sharpton now wants to do something completely different—star in his own television sitcom. Sharpton, in an interview with Reuters on Friday, confirmed a report in Daily Variety that he would soon be filming a pilot for a family show called “Al in the Family” that would revolve around his larger-than-life personality.

“I don’t know if I am a good actor or not but I will be playing myself and I have been practicing that for 51 years,” the New York Democrat and civil rights leader said. He added that in the show, “I am the center of a family with different social and political views and we crack jokes and confront each other but are a family.”

Asked if one of his children was a Republican on the show, the man who ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004 said the producers asked him not to give away too many plot details, “but you can assume something like that.”

- Read more about this waste of airtime here ...

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   Friday - November 25, 2005

Obituary

LOS ANGELES, California (AP)

Actor Pat Morita, whose portrayal of the wise and dry-witted Mr. Miyagi in “The Karate Kid” earned him an Oscar nomination, has died. He was 73. Morita died Thursday at his home in Las Vegas of natural causes, said his wife of 12 years, Evelyn. She said in a statement that her husband, who first rose to fame with a role on “Happy Days,” had “dedicated his entire life to acting and comedy.”

In 1984, he appeared in the role that would define his career and spawn countless affectionate imitations. As Kesuke Miyagi, the mentor to Ralph Macchio’s “Daniel-san,” he taught karate while trying to catch flies with chopsticks and offering such advice as “wax on, wax off” to guide Daniel through chores to improve his skills. Morita said in a 1986 interview with The Associated Press he was billed as Noriyuki “Pat” Morita in the film because producer Jerry Weintraub wanted him to sound more ethnic. He said he used the billing because it was “the only name my parents gave me.”

He lost the 1984 best supporting actor award to Haing S. Ngor, who appeared in “The Killing Fields.” For years, Morita played small and sometimes demeaning roles in such films as “Thoroughly Modern Millie” and TV series such as “The Odd Couple” and “Green Acres.” His first breakthrough came with “Happy Days,” and he followed with his own brief series, “Mr. T and Tina.”

“The Karate Kid,” led to three sequels, the last of which, 1994’s “The Next Karate Kid,” paired him with a young Hilary Swank. Morita was prolific outside of the “Karate Kid” series as well, appearing in “Honeymoon in Vegas,” “Spy Hard,” “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues” and “The Center of the World.” He also provided the voice for a character in the Disney movie “Mulan” in 1998.

Born in northern California on June 28, 1932, the son of migrant fruit pickers, Morita spent most of his early years in the hospital with spinal tuberculosis. He later recovered only to be sent to a Japanese-American internment camp in Arizona during World War II. “One day I was an invalid,” he recalled in a 1989 AP interview. “The next day I was public enemy No. 1 being escorted to an internment camp by an FBI agent wearing a piece.”

After the war, Morita’s family tried to repair their finances by operating a Sacramento restaurant. It was there that Morita first tried his comedy on patrons. Because prospects for a Japanese-American standup comic seemed poor, Morita found steady work in computers at Aerojet General. But at age 30 he entered show business full time.

“Only in America could you get away with the kind of comedy I did,” he commented. “If I tried it in Japan before the war, it would have been considered blasphemy, and I would have ended in leg irons. “ Morita was to be buried at Palm Green Valley Mortuary and Cemetery. He is survived by his wife and three daughters from a previous marriage.

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   Thursday - November 24, 2005

Barking Moonbat Of The Week

He has won this award so many times that if Michael Jackson wins this award again, it will be Platinum. Yes, the gloved one picks up another trophy today. This time for his latest attempt to blame someone other than himself for the mess his life is in. Give it up, Michael. You ain’t been hot since “Thriller”, babe!

Michael Jackson Blames Jews for Cash Woes
“They suck, they’re like leeches.”
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
United Press International

ABC News has acquired voice mail messages from Michael Jackson in which the pop star blames a Jewish conspiracy for his financial woes. “They suck ... they’re like leeches ... I’m so tired of it,” Jackson told former adviser Dieter Wiesner in one of the messages. “The Jews do it on purpose.”

The message recorded by Jackson two years ago aired Tuesday on Good Morning America, The New York Daily News reported Wednesday. This is not the first brush with anti-Semitism for Jackson who, a decade ago, sang Jew me/Sue me/Everybody do me/Kick me/Kike me on the song They Don’t Care About Us.

The tapes were provided to ABC by attorney Howard King, who is representing Wiesner in a lawsuit with Marc Schaffel seeking to recoup millions of dollars they are allegedly owed by Jackson, who moved Bahrain after his acquittal in California of child molestation charges.

Jewish Group Seeks Jackson Apology Over Remark
Thu Nov 24, 2005 8:26 AM ET7
NEW YORK (Reuters)

The Anti-Defamation League demanded an apology from pop star Michael Jackson after a report he referred to Jews as “leeches” in a telephone message to a former business adviser. “Michael Jackson has an anti-Semitic streak, and hasn’t learned from his past mistakes. It seems every time he has a problem in his life, he blames it on Jews,” Abraham Foxman, the group’s national director, said in a statement on Wednesday.

The ADL statement cited tapes of a 2003 voice mail message aired on Tuesday on ABC’s “Good Morning America” in which Jackson was heard saying: “They suck ... . They’re like leeches. ... I’m so tired of it. ... It is a conspiracy. The Jews do it on purpose.” ABC News said it obtained the messages placed by Jackson to a former adviser who has filed a lawsuit against the singer.

The ADL castigated Jackson in 1995 over lyrics in his song “They Don’t Care About Us”: “Jew Me, sue me, everybody do me. Kick me, kike me.” The pop icon apologized and changed the lyrics. “We had hoped that Jackson would have learned from his mistakes,” Foxman said. “It is clear now that he never was able to completely remove the bigotry from his own heart.”

The statement demanded an apology to Jews everywhere and fans who have been offended by Jackson’s words.

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   Saturday - November 19, 2005

Two Singers, One Award

In last year’s election, Bruce Springsteen backed the wrong horse. Now he’s paying the price for his ignorance ...

Republicans Refuse to Honor Springsteen
WASHINGTON (AP)

Bruce Springsteen famously was “born in the USA,” but he’s getting scorned in the U.S. Senate. An effort by New Jersey’s two Democratic senators to honor the veteran rocker was shot down Friday by Republicans who are apparently still miffed a year after the Boss lent his voice to the campaign of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry.

The chamber’s GOP leaders refused to bring up for consideration a resolution, introduced by Sens. Frank Lautenberg and Jon Corzine, that honored Springsteen’s long career and the 1975 release of his iconic album, “Born to Run.”

No reason was given, said Lautenberg spokesman Alex Formuzis. “Resolutions like this pass all the time in the U.S. Senate, usually by unanimous consent,” he said. Telephone calls to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist’s office seeking comment were not immediately returned.

Lautenberg said he couldn’t understand why anyone would object to the resolution. “Even if the Republicans don’t like (Springsteen’s) tunes, I would hope they appreciated his contributions to American culture,” Lautenberg said. Corzine said he, Lautenberg and other Americans appreciated Springsteen’s contributions to American culture.

“We’ll never surrender looking for ways to honor our local hero who made it big in this land of hopes and dreams,” Corzine said. Springsteen endorsed Kerry last year, and made campaign appearances that drew huge crowds who came to hear music described in the resolution as “a cultural milestone that has touched the lives of millions of people.”

In a related news story, up North the Canucks decided to honor their music star. Could it be because she stayed out of politics? Or maybe it’s because she’s so much better looking than Springsteen. We report, you decide ...

Shania Twain Receives Order of Canada
OTTAWA (AP)

Shania Twain received the Order of Canada on Friday, the country’s highest honor. The citation said the Canadian-born singer’s journey from poverty in a small Ontario town to the pinnacle of the entertainment industry has inspired countless other emerging musicians.

“I was surprised, and I was very humbled,” Twain said. “I’m not sure it’s somewhere I belonged. I’m not even sure I’m quite deserving.” Governor General Michaelle Jean, Canada’s ceremonial head of state, pinned the Order of Canada medal on Twain’s lapel during a ceremony in Ottawa.

The citation commended Twain for her efforts in eliminating child hunger, including support of several food distribution agencies. “Today, she enjoys enormous success, yet she remains true to her roots,” said the citation.

The Order of Canada is the country’s highest honor for lifetime achievement. The appointments were established in 1967 and are made on the recommendation of an advisory council, headed by the chief justice of Canada.

Twain’s music has become a staple on country, pop and adult contemporary stations. At least three of her albums have topped the 10 million mark, with 1999’s “Come On Over” reaching 20 million.

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   Saturday - September 17, 2005

Kate Moss: Coke-Head

Supermodel Admits Cocaine Use
London (CNN)

Supermodel Kate Moss acknowledged to the Hennes & Mauritz clothing chain that tabloid allegations that she recently used cocaine are true, an H&M spokeswoman said Saturday. Moss, who is to model one of H&M’s upcoming clothing lines, has apologized for her drug use and promised in writing to abide by a company policy that models be “healthy, wholesome and sound,” spokeswoman Liv Asarnoj said.

H&M had decided to keep Moss on, Asarnoj told The Associated Press in a phone interview from the company’s headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden. “We strongly disapprove of her action,” Asarnoj said. “We feel that this is very unfortunate.” Asarnoj said Moss had acknowledged the allegations of drug use were true. “That’s why she was so regretful,” Asarnoj said. “We are giving her a second chance.”

Noelle Doukas, who answered the phone at the Storm modeling agency in London, which represents Moss, 31, said no one there was available to comment on the allegations, which have filled Britain’s newspapers. The Daily Mirror tabloid printed images from a video which it said showed the model doing five lines of cocaine in 40 minutes at a late-night music recording session, preparing them with a credit card and snorting the drug through a five-pound note.

The tabloid said the video was made at a West London recording studio last week during “a Mirror undercover investigation,” but gave no further details. The newspaper said Moss had taken a large amount of cocaine out of her handbag. Her boyfriend Pete Doherty, the musician whose alleged drug problems and brushes with the law have made headlines for months, was also present, the paper reported. The Mirror said Moss had shouted obscenities when one of its reporters asked her for comment on the allegations outside a restaurant in New York, where she was attending the city’s Fashion Week shows.

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   Thursday - September 15, 2005

Almost Totally Useless News

Today’s Almost Totally Useless News report is courtesy of Britney Spears ....

Britney Gives Birth to Preston Michael Spears Federline
(EITB24)

Britney Spears has given birth to a baby boy. The baby was born Wednesday shortly before 1 p.m, by Caesarean section at the Santa Monica UCLA Medical Centre in California, the magazine said. No other details were available.

A call to Spears’ publicist by The Associated Press wasn’t immediately returned. It is the first child for the 23-year-old pop star and her husband, Kevin Federline. Federline, 27, has two children with ex-girlfriend.

Husband/aspiring rapper Kevin Federline, 27, arrived at the hospital with a police escort shortly before 6 a.m. and medical staff whisked Spears into a birthing suite.

According to hospital sources, Spears was wheeled into a delivery room about 12:15 p.m. and within minutes the first-time mother had delivered via C-section with Federline by her side.

Spears experienced early labour contractions on Sept. 9 and then spent the next several days in much physical discomfort. “Pregnancy has not agreed with her,” a Spears pal said. “She has been sick a lot.... She couldn’t get out of bed all weekend.”

And what makes this story ALMOST totally useless, you ask?

The poor kid will be known as PMS for the rest of his life.

Now that is entertainment.

Posted by The Skipper     on 09/15/2005 at 01:47 PM   
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   Monday - July 25, 2005

Mad As Hell

This is it! I’ve had it with this beeyatch. Once was enough but not again. NO, DAMMIT! I mean it! Jane Fonda is starting a cross-country tour on a frikkin’ bus that runs on vegetable oil to protest the Iraq war. NO! DAMMIT! Please, Dear God! Stop this madwoman!

(MYWAY NEWS)—SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Actress and activist Jane Fonda says she intends to take a cross-country bus tour to call for an end to U.S. military operations in Iraq.

“I can’t go into any detail except to say that it’s going to be pretty exciting,” she said. Fonda said her anti-war tour in March will use a bus that runs on “vegetable oil.” She will be joined by families of Iraq war veterans and her daughter.

They plan to return to the Santa Fe area, where she was promoting her book, “My Life So Far” on Saturday. Prompted by a question from the audience, Fonda said war veterans that she has met on a nationwide book tour have encouraged her to break her silence on the Iraq war.

“I’ve decided I’m coming out,” she said. Hundreds of people in the audience cheered loudly when Fonda announced her intentions to join the anti-Iraq war movement. “I have not taken a stand on any war since Vietnam,” she said. “I carry a lot of baggage from that.”

Fonda incited controversy in July 1972 when she was photographed sitting on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun while on a tour of the country to drum up support to end the war.

Posted by The Skipper     on 07/25/2005 at 02:50 PM   
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   Tuesday - July 05, 2005

M Diddy Raps With Her Posse

It’s lunchtime. Take a break and read how the rich criminals are so mistreated. Criminals like Martha Stewart, aka “M Diddy”. Yo Whazzup, M ....?

NEW YORK - Martha Stewart says in a new interview that her nickname in prison was M. Diddy, that house arrest is “hideous” and that her prosecution was about bringing her down “to scare other people.”

In the interview, Stewart tells Vanity Fair magazine she agrees with those who say her crime — lying about a personal stock sale — is far different from massive corporate scandals such as Enron, WorldCom and Tyco.

“Of course that is what it’s all about,” Vanity Fair quotes Stewart as saying. “Bring ‘em down a notch, to scare other people. If Martha can be sent to jail, think hard before you sell that stock.”

Stewart, 63, is serving a five-month term of house arrest at her Bedford, N.Y., estate that followed five months in a West Virginia federal prison. She is scheduled to go free early next month.

“I hate lockdown. It’s hideous,” Stewart tells the August issue of the magazine, on newsstands July 12.

Asked about the electronic monitoring device she must wear on her ankle — she has complained repeatedly that it irritates her skin — Stewart says she knows how to remove it.

“I watched them put it on. You can figure out how to get it off,” she is quoted as saying. “It’s on the Internet. I looked it up.”

Posted by The Skipper     on 07/05/2005 at 12:03 PM   
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   Thursday - May 19, 2005

Skipper’s Little Buddy Has Bypass Surgery

Gilligan (AKA Bob Denver) has undergone a quadruple bypass operation. It is a good thing that it didn’t happen on the island, or the professor would have had to build the heart/lung machine out of seaweed and old coconut husks. He could have done it too. Too bad he never figured out how to patch a hole in a boat.

Who would you rather have for a nurse Mary Ann or Ginger? Speaking of operations has anybody got an update on Oldcatman?

Memo To Stan: The 11th Commandment - Thou Shalt Not Use The Skipper’s Image In Vain.

Update: The hands down winner for our favorite Gilligan’s Island nurse is Mary Ann (AKA Dawn Wells.) An excellent choice. If you want to send Gilligan a get well message, visit here.

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   Monday - April 25, 2005

There Goes The Neighborhood

As if we don’t have enough to worry about in the blogosphere, now we have to contend with a full frontal assault from the Hollyweirdo Left. Arianna Huffington is going to start her own blog site and is inviting her Kalifornia & Hollywood friends to join in. I guess since Air America was such a flop these people have decided to attack America through the internet. Will they ever learn that we don’t need Leftists telling us how to live our lives and trying to force their agenda down our throats? Probably not, it seems. I still remember Huffington in the debates in Kalifornia when she ran against Schwarzenegger for governor. Never was a more shrill voice heard (except from Shrillary Clinton). I can’t wait to see what her blog looks like. It should be .... interesting.

Having prominent people join the blogosphere, Ms. Huffington said in an interview, “is an affirmation of its success and will only enrich and strengthen its impact on the national conversation.” Among those signed up to contribute are Walter Cronkite, David Mamet, Nora Ephron, Warren Beatty, James Fallows, Vernon E. Jordan Jr., Maggie Gyllenhaal, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., Diane Keaton, Norman Mailer and Mortimer B. Zuckerman. “This gives me a chance to sound off with a few words or a long editorial,” said Mr. Cronkite, 88, the longtime “CBS Evening News” anchorman. “It’s a medium that is new and interesting, and I thought I’d have some fun.”

Posted by The Skipper     on 04/25/2005 at 07:28 AM   
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   Wednesday - April 20, 2005

Jane Fonda, Spitoon

*spit*

At about 9 p.m., police said, a man who had been waiting in line for about 90 minutes, passed a book to Fonda and then spit a large amount of tobacco juice into her face.

Posted by Yellow Dog     on 04/20/2005 at 11:18 AM   
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   Tuesday - April 19, 2005

Dog Abuse

"American Pie” actress Natasha Lyonne is in trouble because she wants to copulate with her neighbor’s dog. The article also said she broke a mirror, probably by looking at it. My God look at that makeup! I wonder if Emperor Misha at the Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler knows about this. Disturbing news…

Update: Steel just contacted me about this post. He said that my use of the word “copulate” might be a bit over the top.

...that ‘copulate ...’ thing MIGHT be a bit over the top as far as legals go. She is already having troubles ... you don’t want to be the focus of more que no? I think I’d stick to the quote in the paper re that.

Steel

I will defer to his wisdom. This is the quote as I pulled it off of the web site.

Lyonne racked up charges for criminal mischief, harassment and trespassing after she purportedly went postal on her New York neighbor, ripping a mirror off the woman’s wall and threatening to sexually molest her dog.

If she wasn’t planning to copulate with it, what was she planning to do to that poor little puppy? I want all the details. Weigh in on this…

Posted by Yellow Dog     on 04/19/2005 at 01:47 PM   
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   Monday - April 18, 2005

Ann Coulter on the Cover of Time?

Ann Coulter, everyone’s favorite pistol packing mama, may be on the cover of Time. I wonder if I could get her to walk on me with those heels.

*throws himself on the floor, licks her shoes and grovels*

Drudge says…

SOURCES: COULTER TO BE ON COVER OF TIME MAG
Sun Apr 17 2005 06:38:51 ET

Ann Coulter epitomizes the way politics is now discussed on the airwaves, where opinions must come violently fast and cause as much friction as possible, TIME’s John Cloud claims in this week’s cover story.

No one, right or left, delivers the required apothegmatic commentary on the world with as much glee or effectiveness as Coulter, Cloud writes (on newsstands Monday, April 18).

It is almost impossible to watch her and not be sluiced into rage or elation, depending on your views. As a congressional staff member 10 years ago, Coulter used to help write the nation’s laws.

Now she is far more powerful: she helps set the nation’s tone. TIME’s Cloud had unprecedented access to Coulter.

He goes more than 6,000 words.

And he appears to come away liking her.

“On TV or in person, you can trust that Coulter will speak from her heart. The officialdom of punditry, so full of phonies and dullards, would suffer without her humor and fire. Which is not to say you don’t want to shut her up occasionally,” Cloud notes.

Developing…

Posted by Yellow Dog     on 04/18/2005 at 11:35 AM   
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   Sunday - March 20, 2005

Relief!

^{Bob Gorrell, Nationally Syndicated}

Posted by Dan Rather     on 03/20/2005 at 07:53 PM   
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