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February 14, 2003
What’s
Left for the Honeymoon?
This Valentine's Day, 40 blushing brides are ditching their
wedding dresses to have a ceremony in the buff. Sporting only
the bare essentials, men and women will wed under the tropical
sunshine in Jamaica in hopes of setting set a Guinness World
Record for "The World's Largest Nude Wedding." Zein
Nakash, the brains behind these naked nuptials, and SuperClubs
is bringing together 100 lovebirds to simultaneously tie the
nude knot amid fig leaves, exotic flowers and the gentle breezes
off the Caribbean Sea.
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 February
14, 2003
Record Setting Comedy
Mike
Hessman, or “Chainsaw Mike,”
as he’s known by his friends, holds the Guinness World
Record for most jokes told in 24 hours. Maybe not all of them
were good ones… but that wasn’t part of the deal.
With a name like Chainsaw, you’d figure he knows a lot
about relationships, which is why many of his jokes range from
dating to having kids. He’s appeared on HBO’s Best
of the Midwest and is a regular on
USA’s Up All Night.
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 February
14, 2003
Melissa Rivers on ABC's
Newest "Reality" Show
Ten celebrities will leave behind their pampered
lives for weeks of roughing it in a remote camp in the Australian
rain forest, on the premiere of
“I’m a Celebrity – Get Me Out of Here!,”
the fresh, interactive series to be broadcast live, WEDNESDAY,
FEBRUARY 19 (10:00-11:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC
Television Network. The series will continue to air live
for 15 consecutive nights on the Network. The all-star cast
will be helicoptered in to a dense rain forest outpost in the
interior of Australia’s Gold Coast, live, as viewers in
the U.S. watch. Standup comic/improv performer John
Lehr is host. In week one, they will be at the mercy of
television viewers who single out a celebrity a night to undertake
a dare -- “The Bush Tucker Trial” -- in order to
win extra food for the rest of the group.
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 February
13, 2003
Congratulations Dale Jr.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. won Thursday's
125-mile Daytona qualifying race which made him even more of
a favorite for this years biggest race. The qualifying race
was one of two 50 lap races run on Thursday to determine positions
3-30 in Sunday's 43-car field. Unlike other sports, NASCAR puts
its "Super Bowl" at the beginning of the season, and
so far, Dale
Earnhardt Jr. is the projected winner. Dale Jr. is
continuing the Earnhardt family's winning ways with seven victories
and more than $13.7 million dollars in prize money in just 111
career starts. At the end of the 2002 season, he had started
107 consecutive Winston Cup races, all with the same DEI / Budweiser
No. 8 team
FACTOID
– Dale Jr. and the Budweiser team swept the races at Talladega
(April and October) in 2002 so they now hold the longest current
winning streak at one track (three consecutive wins) of any
Winston Cup team.
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 February
13, 2003
Who's In Your Fridge?
Valentine's Day, a day of romance and an opportunity to express
your love for that one special person. Sure it looks good on
paper, but is it healthy? Not necessarily, according to cultural
analyst Dr.
Will Miller, author of Refrigerator
Rights. Miller believes our culture has idealized the concept
of “one significant other” so much that we've eliminated
others from our intimate inner emotional circle. So, this Valentine's
Day, go ahead and buy that card and those flowers for your love,
but don't stop there? Reinforce the other relationships in your
life at the same time and make it cards and candy for everyone!
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February 13, 2003
He
Sees Dead People
Known as “detectives of death,” forensic pathologists
serve as living interpreters for the voices of the dead, unlocking
secrets of mysterious crimes that might otherwise go unsolved.
These unsung heroes of the deceased have been brought to life
in HBO's America Undercover
"Autopsy" documentaries. Autopsy
9: Dead Awakening explores the world of forensic pathology
through the words and case studies of several experts in the
field and once again features the insights of pathologist
Dr.
Michael Baden (subject of the
original “Autopsy: Confessions of a Medical Examiner”).
The all-new special debuts Sunday,
February 16 on HBO.
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February 13, 2003
Don't
Goose Gossling
The majority of his original act focused on his large size,
but after many years of experience, serving as an emcee and
later playing comedy clubs all over the country, comedian Eddie
Gossling's has become a well rounded comic. His act now
features any and everything from his past job experiences to
animals mating habits. Gossling's humor is said to be at his
best when he isn't so blue, but if need be, he can get down
and dirty with the best of them.
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 February
12, 2003
The Battle Of The Sexes Takes
To The Jungle
Jeff Probst and Survivor
return to CBS
for the sixth edition of the show, and we all know Bob couldn't
be happier. The show that started the reality TV craze is back,
but this time with a new twist. The game is still made up of two
tribes of eight, battling each other in competitions until there
is one sole survivor, but this time around, those teams are gender
specific. It will be the Men Vs the Women in one of the most extreme
battle of the sexes ever. The fact that this little competition
takes place in the Amazon just makes it that much more exciting.
"It still amazes me that people come up to me and
tell me that this is one of the few shows that families watch
together," says Probst. "We never imagined the going
in."
Though this is the sixth edition of the show, Probst still gets
excited for the start of each season. "This thing goes in
cycles. I get there a week before the contestants to kind of feel
out the land which is a lot of fun. Then we have the first day,
and the first tribal council, and it's all new and exciting...
but thing around day four, you're like, is this almost over yet.
Then it all ends, and you wonder where all the time when."
Survivor: The Amazon premiers on
CBS Thursday, February 13.
SIDE NOTE
- Jeff says that his favorite location
was also the worst one in the series. He loved Africa, but that
was the worst cast.
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 February
12, 2003
Diane Ford
As evidenced by her seven nominations for "Best Standup Female
Comedian" from the American Comedy Awards, Diane Ford is
undoubtedly a recognized comedic talent. Diane exhibits a dangerous
and decidedly opinionated style that can catch an audience by
surprise. Her television credits include her HBO performances
"Women of the Night", "One Night Stand", and
"Command Performance", as well as a resume full of appearances
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 February
12, 2003
Big Bully
The
Sopranos season my be over, but
that doesn't mean actor/author and former entertainment director,
Steve
Schirripa is taking a break from TV. He portrays Uncle Junior's
right hand man, Bobby Bacala, on the HBO hit series, but when
he visits network television, it will be as George Lopez's very
large, school bully on the ABC sitcom, George
Lopez.
"Working with George was great, it is a really fun show,"
says Schirripa, who is no stranger to network television guest
spots. He's also appeared on Angel,
Chicago Hope and
The King of Queens.
"I never pictured myself as being an actor. I had a full
time job and a wife and kids at the time I got my first little
part in something. But I had such a fun time doing it, and kept
getting asked to do other things that it just kind of grew.
Then I auditioned for the Sopranos and things really took off
from there."
Speaking of the mob drama, Schirripa says that there are rumblings
that this might not be the last season of the show. "At
first everyone thought that season five was going to be the
last one, but now we don't know for sure. We just get the scripts
and pray that we don't get killed off. It's like really being
in the mob.
Schirripa's book, A
Goomba's Guide to Life, can be
found on the BOB&TOM bookshelf.
FACTOID
- Though Steve Schirripa is a big man to begin with, he was
asked to wear a fat suit for the first two seasons of The Sopranos.
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 February
12, 2003
Back to School
George
Lopez is going back to school in an upcoming episode of
his sitcom, George
Lopez. Guest starring Sopranos
star, Steve Schirripa, as the man
who used to be George's school bully, this episode also features
the return of the shows favorite staples, the super imposed
head of Lopez on a young boy version of himself. A big head
on a little body is always funny and to see for yourself, check
out George Lopez
every Wednesday on ABC.
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February 11, 2003
Getting
Dumped Has Never Been More Fun!
Whether you've been dating for two weeks or married for 20 years,
THE MALE INTELLECT: AN OXYMORON? wonderfully portrays just how
ludicrous men and women behave in relationships! THE MALE
INTELLECT is hilarious and at times slightly embarrassing...but
only because everything Robert Dubac says on stage is completely
TRUE! For more than ten years, the artistic Dubac has successfully
bridged a career between acting, comedy and writing. THE
MALE INTELLECT grew out of his desire to bring these three genres
into one arena. In addition to THE MALE INTELLECT, Dubac is
currently working on his next solo play titled PISS & MOAN.
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 February
11, 2003
Game Shows Gone Wild
Because you loved it so much the first time
around, it’s back again for a bonus round. The
Most Outrageous Game Show Moments
special returns to television, and is once again hosted by legendary
game show icon, and former Newlywed
Game host, Bob Eubanks.
"I wanted to host a new version of the Newlywed Game after
the year 2000 because I wanted to be the only host to do the
same format in five decades," says Eubanks. "But I
have kind of reinvented myself recently. I am now a speaker
for corporate America."
Eubanks doesn't know if he likes the way game shows are going
today, which is why he is glad to have taken part in them during
the golden age of game shows. "It is hard for people to
break into game show today because they are so mean spirited,"
says Eubanks. "Now they have a lot of standup comedians
host shows, and they don't do it very well because they laugh
at contestants instead of laugh with them. But then again, game
show hosts don't make very good comedians."
This one hour spectacular takes a look at the most hilarious
and memorable moments in game show history. You’ll see
 all
your favorite shows and hosts of past and present when the second
edition of this popular special airs on NBC
Tuesday, February 11.
FACTOID
- Bob Eubanks son is a professional stunt driver that has appeared
in many different high profile movies and commercials.
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February 11, 2003
Zany
Moments
It's time again for that fabulous
feature, The Zany Report,
as brought to you each week by
Bob Zany. Last week Bob put together a stellar report, but
the big question is, can he deliver the goods two weeks in a
row? America's Favorite game show "Fix the Joke Baby (Live)"
returns as well, and some lucky fan will win a a few T-shirts
and Zany's chart topping CD,
I Just Can't Win Baby.
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 February
11, 2003
Ball Talk With Dickie V
We're past the halfway point in the college basketball season
and many teams are starting to pull away from the pack in an
effort to impress the committee into letting them into the big
dance. There are still no absolute locks for the field of 64,
which is why we need Dickie V to tell us who's hot and who's
bubble might burst. Dick
Vitale is back with his weekly report to talk some hoops,
plug The
Broken Egg, and help the kids of the Boys
and Girls Club of Sarasota raffle off a killer 2003
Mercedes-Benz.
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