"I Got A Fevah...And the Only Prescription....Is More Cowbell"

This has got to be one of the funniest bits ever from Saturday Night Live. From any comedy show. Period. Combine Christopher Walken with Will Farrell and the rest of the crew from SNL and you got magic.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=71770844627024590

The sketch is presented as though it is an episode of VH1's Behind the Music. It begins with what is said to be film from the 1976 recording session that produced the band's biggest hit, "(Don't Fear) The Reaper." The producer (Christopher Walken) introduces himself as "the Bruce Dickinson" and tells the band they have "what appears to be a dynamite sound." The band members are impressed at this compliment because of Bruce Dickinson's supposed high standing in the music industry (note that "the" Bruce Dickinson is not Bruce Dickinson, lead singer of Iron Maiden - see below).

"I Am the Greatest"

I happened to find this pearl while posting Pearl's video last night. It's a cute song. And one yours truly had forgotten due to the passage of time.

The song is from Ringo just after he went solo amidst the breakup of the Fab 4.

P.S. Happy Halloween

When i was a little boy,
Way back home in liverpool,
My mama told me, i was great.

Then when i was a teenager,
I knew that i had got something going,
All my friends told me i was great.

And now i'm a man,
A woman took me by the hand,
And you know what she told me...i was great.

I was in the greatest show on earth,
For what it was worth.
Now i'm only thirty-two;
And all i wanna do, is boogaloo!

Hey!

I looked in the mirror,
I saw my wife and kids,
And you know what they told me...i was great.

Yes, my name is billy shears,
You know it has been for so many years.
Now i'm only thirty-two;
And all i wanna do, is boogaloo!

Hey, hey, hey, (hey, hey, hey) yeah!

(hey, hey, hey)

I'm the greatest and you better believe it, baby!

"Guitar Bands Are On the Way Out, Mr. Epstein" ( Rejection )

Tonite's story is amazing; and it's good to know the two deceased members of the Fabulous 4 were second and fourth respectively. how in the world did Albert Einstein make the list? It's incredible that James Dean, who died in the 50's and only made 4 films is 10th on the list.

The Fab 4 story is amazing in itself, and, of course, I'm prejudiced when it comes to the lads from Liverpool. The famous line from a Decca Records excecutive who rejected while telling Brian Epstein, the Beatles manager, that "guitar bands were on the way out." Crca 1962. What an idiot he turned out to be.

Here's the story. Dead yet still bringing in the moolah.

NEW YORK - Elvis Presley is still the King.

Presley, who earned an estimated $49 million in the past 12 months, has reclaimed the No. 1 spot on Forbes.com's list of Top-Earning Dead Celebrities. He last topped the list in 2005.

John Lennon ranks second with earnings of $44 million, followed by Charles M. Schulz ($35 million), George Harrison ($22 million), Albert Einstein ($18 million), Andy Warhol ($15 million), Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss) ($13 million), Tupac Shakur ($9 million), Marilyn Monroe ($7 million), Steve McQueen ($6 million), James Brown ($5 million), Bob Marley ($4 million) and James Dean ($3.5 million).

P.S. Yours truly googled the line from Decca Records. It wasn't just an executive but the head of the company. Duh!


( Here tis' ) The Beatles had hired Brian Epstein as their manager and he signed them up for an audition with Decca Records. The head of Decca Records told The Beatles manager, "Guitar groups are on their way out Mr. Epstein.". The Beatles were devastated by their failed audition but Epstien secured them a contract with Parlophone Records. George Martin became their A&R Man. In August of 1962, Pete Best was replaced by Ringo Starr.

P.S. Who'd a thunk it? Eh?

P.S.S. Tonite's featured video is one from Pearl ( circa late 60's ) whose backup band was "Big Brother and the Holding Company." Terrific song!

"Red Sox Nation"

 

 

 

 

"Brooms Perplex New Zealand Fans"

Baseball has come and gone for another season. The Red Sox Nation won it all Sunday night. I have a love for baseball that goes back to when I was a kid and cutting out baseball cards on the back of my favorite Post cereal box. They even had cards inside Kahns Hot Dogs. Here are some funny baseball moments- 2 from this weekend and one from 1997.

"I knew we were in for a long season when we lined up for the national anthem on opening day and one of my players said, 'Every time I hear that song I have a bad game.'" - Forida Marlins Manager (1997-1998) Jim Leyland

Defintition of Sweep: to win (every game, round, hand, etc., of a series of contests): The Yankees swept the three-game series.

Denver, Colorado-True Story: Some New Zealand tourists asked a sports writer why fans wearing caps with "B" on the front were carrying brooms Sunday as they made their way towards Coors Field. The Kiwis wanted to know if those people were going to clean the stadium.

They weren't familiar with the World Series or the concept of a sweep, which Colorado fans hoped their Rockies could avoid Sunday night when they faced Boston in Game 4 of baseball's Fall Classic.

“My Postseason baseball games too slow to keep interest
By Mark Bradley | Sunday, October 28, 2007, 06:19 PM

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution



Mark Bradley Denver — I love postseason baseball — in theory. The reality is rather different. I don’t love nine-inning games that begin at 8:36 p.m. EDT and end 4 hours and 19 minutes later. Saturday night’s Game 3 had a lot of things to keep you interested — a big Red Sox surge, a big Colorado comeback, a clinching Boston countermove — but how many in the Eastern Time Zone (outside New England, that is) stayed up to watch....

The first World Series game I ever attended took 2 hours and 1 minute less than the one I witnessed here Saturday night. Think about that. I’ve been thinking about it all day, and I have to confess: If I hadn’t been getting paid, I wouldn’t have watched Game 3 to the end. Life’s too short. As Lenny Megliola of the Metro West Daily Post said when the official time of 4:19 was announced, "My first marriage didn’t last that long.”

P.S. And whatever happened to Chico Escuela who immortalized the saying: "Baseball been berry berry good to me."

"Repeat From Yesterday"

There's a search engine on each blog. I punched in "Fab 4" and found this post from yesteryear. I thought the picture heading was neat so....here it is.http://vietnamcatfish.blogspot.com/2006/08/one-of-my-first-forays-as-blogger-or.html

"Elvis' Upright Bass" and 'Heartbreak Hotel'"

"Family Man"

 

"Family Man" or "You Can Always Go to Paris."

I consider myself a movie buff. Duh! And this is an audio clip from one of my favorite ones. I have always liked a "time travel" flick. Going back to the past actually.

There are many examples: "Back to the Future;" "Peggy Sue Got Married;" "The Final Countdown" with Kirk Douglas; to name a few.

The audio clip has Nicholas Cage imploring Tea Leoni to have a cup of coffee with him. "You can always go to Paris," he says.

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/mp3clips/newmoviespeeches/moviespeechthefamilyman.mp3

"Hoots"

I tried to leave a comment on H.P. but my computer isn't working too good these days. I had so many problems trying to copy and paste on my Max McGhee post last nite that I got irritated and didn't see your [ tip of the cap ] post until today.

The Cowsills had a couple of good tunes and were the prototype for the Partridge Family which followed later. I even caught myself humming a few bars to "Indian Lake" while stowing away the supper dishes.

I'm watching "Rules of Engagement" on the telly. Right up your alley. Stephen L. Jackson and Tommie Lee Jones. Takes place in Yemin-r.u.y.a. Did he need to fire into the crowd of people who had his marine squadron in harm's way is the jist of the story.

P.S. I liked the video, too. Treat Williams, eh?

P.S.S. Steverino, my old friend from Rowdy High, sent me this, and I thought it was cute. And spot on, as someone would say. The hootster, perhaps?

You know you are too old to Trick or Treat when:

10. You get winded from knocking on the door.

9. You have to have another kid chew the candy for you.

8. You ask for high fiber candy only.

7. When someone drops a candy bar in your bag, you lose your
balance and fall over.

6. People say: "Great Boris Karloff Mask,"
and you're not wearing a mask.

5. When the door opens you yell, "Trick or " and can't remember the rest.

4. By the end of the night, you have a bag full of restraining orders.

3. You have to carefully choose a costume that won't dislodge your hairpiece.

2. You're the only Power Ranger in the neighborhood with a walker.

And the number one reason Seniors should not go Trick Or Treating...
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1. You keep having to go home to pee.


No matter, have a HAPPY HALLOWEEN anyway.

"First Super Bowl Hero Max McGhee Dies After Falling Off The Roof Of His House"

Max McGhee loved to imbibe; he wasn't supposed to play in the first Super Bowl, circa 1967, after staying out past curfew and well, imbibing. But as fate would have it, Boyd Dowler sustained an injury and fate stepped in. And so did Max...onto the field, that is.

His first catch was for a touchdown. And before it was over, he caught 7 passes, two for touchdowns. An instant hero as the Packers drubbed the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10.

"When it's third and ten," McGhee once said, " You can take the milk drinkers, and I'll take the whiskey drinkers every time."

"Favorite Tune From Back In The Day"

 

"920 Calories-60 Grams of Fat-Yummy! Hardees New Breakfast Burrito"

ST. LOUIS - The people who brought you the Monster Thickburger and the 1,100-calorie salad are at it again _ this time for breakfast.

Hardee's on Monday rolled out its new Country Breakfast Burrito _ two egg omelets filled with bacon, sausage, diced ham, cheddar cheese, hash browns and sausage gravy, all wrapped inside a flour tortilla. The burrito contains 920 calories and 60 grams of fat.

Brad Haley, marketing chief for the St. Louis-based fast-food chain, said the burrito offers the sort of big breakfast item normally found in sit-down restaurants with an added advantage.

"It makes this big country breakfast portable," he said.

There you have it. More gams of fat we can ingest. I saw on the telly where even the French are gaining weight. So much for slim and chic, eh?

P.S. You have to love the sentence in paragraph 2: Hardee's on Monday rolled out its new Country Breakfast Burrito. Rolled out is definitely what will happen. In more ways than one. Selah, v.c.

P.S.S.

"Fired" I Can Relate!

ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel's career as a color commentator on ESPN's Monday Night Football lasted for only two Mondays. According to the New York Times, Kimmel was relieved of his duties following his second MNF appearance after making a jocular remark about Joe Theismann, who was fired last season, "watching from his living room with steam coming from his ears." The remark was greeted with dead silence by the other MNF broadcasters, Ron Jaworski, Tony Kornheiser, and Mike Tirico. On Tuesday, Monday Night Football producer Jay Rothman called Kimmel's comment "classless and disappointing. It was cheap." He said Kimmel will not return.

P.S. The game in question-Falcons vs. the Giants-is the lowest viewed game-ever-on MNF. Maybe they should bring back Joe Theisman, who when in college at Notre Dame, changed the pronunciation of his name to rhyme with Heisman, as in the Heisman Award, for which he wanted consideration.

BTW: Joe is 57 years old.

"Rockies for Coolbaugh"

As the umps discuss whether or not Manny Ramirez just hit a home run in tonite's ALCS, here's a heart warming, yet tragic, story from the baseball world.

It was the ninth inning that day. The Drillers had a runner on first and a 28-year-old utilityman, Tino Sanchez, a left-handed hitter, at bat. Mike was busy, concentrating on the baserunner and his lead. According to reports, Mike told him, “If you’re going from first to third, you’ve got to be sure,” and those were his last words. Sanchez pulled an inside pitch and it traveled like an arrow straight at Mike, struck him behind the left ear, and in the words of an attending doctor, he was dead by the time he hit the ground. It was a freak. An inch either way or the other, the doctor said, and he’d still be alive.

Help Wanted"

Working Condition Requirements

• Ability to walk/stand on hard surfaced floors for long periods of time • Ability to evaluate product quality through taste, texture, color and odor
• Bend and reach to demonstrate such activities as stocking shelves, serving customers, or cleaning
• Lift 25 lbs to demonstrate such activities as putting away stock or lifting large measures of product.
• Tolerate up to 5-10 minutes in the walk in freezer at a temp of 10 degrees F • Tolerate up to 15-20 minutes in walk-in cooler at a temp of 40 degrees F
• Tolerate exposure to various weather conditions (i.e. walk up window). • Valid driver’s license and must be insurable on rental vehicles
• Ability to work hours ranging from 5:00am – 10:00pm including weekends

I was perusing Career Builder just now and saw these requirements for a Manager's job in the food biz. The ones highlighted are my favorites.

The next one is interesting. Perhaps the proprietor at H.B.'s place may be interested. If he's willing to move to Columbus. You may be welcome back, but seems I burned my bridges. Alas.

Asst Managers
Company: Piccadilly Rest.

Description
Piccadilly Restaurant Management Interviewing Assistant Managers in Columbus. Fax/Email resume 972-318-7135 or [Click here for email] Questions 800-594-7036

Source - Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

P.S. Hoots, For auld times sake, how 'bout a reprint of your classic post detailing your exit fom the firm. Apologies to John Grisham. It was entitled "Help Wanted" or something like that. Apologies to John Grisham.

"Paul McCartney: 'Divorce is Hell'"

Even Paul McCartney is not to immune to life's problems. His wife, Linda, died in the 90's from breast cancer. And now he is going through a divorce. He was so much in love, that he didn't bother to get a pre-nuptial agreement. Seems his ex wants a couple of hundred million. Moving forward, that is.

In the following article Paul says he would like to tour again when he and his ex can work things out. I'm all for that, of course.

Calling his divorce a hard day's night is an understatement as far as Paul McCartney's concerned.

Making rare public remarks on his split from Heather Mills to the U.K.'s Radio Times magazine Tuesday, the former Beatle compared the ongoing proceedings to "going through hell."

"Going through divorce is a very painful thing," the 65-year-old McCartney told the publication. "As Winston Churchill once said, 'If you're going through hell, keep going!' The only solution is to remain dignified. If I don't keep a silence about it, I lose this idea of being dignified. But I've a wonderful baby. She's a great joy to me, as are my elder children, so I'm a lucky man."

P.S. "We Got Married" is the name of the video. And one of my favorite songs from Paul "Post Beatle."

"Fear Strikes Out" [ Jimmy Piersall ]

My TCM newsletter arrived today via the internet. And, of course, there's a lot of vintage stuff in it. One movie mentioned is "Fear Strikes Out," starring Anthony Perkins as the demented Jimmy Piersall, whose stern father pushes and pushes him until he snaps.

They tried to put me into a small sanitarium and I ran away. I had just gotten so wound up that I lost all control of my memory," says Jimmy Piersall on ESPN Classic's SportsCentury series.

I have always been a HUGE baseball fan, and I remember seeing the movie as a youngster on the now defunct "Saturday Night at the Movies" on NBC. And I remember the "real" Jimmy P. playing for the BoSox. [ Boston Red Sox for the uninitiated ] I saw it a few years ago, and it's hard to picture Anthony Perkins as a ballplayer. He's a bit too feminine to me to register any believability. But it's still a good flick about mental illness. And baseball, even tho' Anthony Perkins was picked for his acting prowess [ ? ] and looks rather than for his athletic abilities. I don't think the boy could have batted his way out of ye olde paper bag, much less stroke the ball past the pitcher's mound.

He's great, but you have to play him in a cage," said Casey Stengel, his manager with the New York Mets.

Piersall was born on Nov. 14, 1929 in Waterbury, Conn. He became a local legend at 14, playing and starring in a league featuring men twice his age.

Piersall's mother, Mary, suffered from mental illness. From 1936-46, she was often committed to a sanitarium. "If my father was preparing supper when I got home, it wouldn't be necessary for us to exchange a word," Piersall said. "I knew that meant my mother had gone away again."

Submitted for your approval is the original trailer for "Fear Strikes Out." And if Karl Malden was yer daddy, you'd probably whiff as well.

"Potpurri"