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 July
3, 2002
Crikey! Steve Irwin is Making a Movie!
Steve Irwin has developed into a pop
culture icon since debuting his unmatched animal handling skills
and total disregard for personal safety on the Animal Planet's
The
Crocodile Hunter. The Huge success of this
show has everyone wanting more of the amazing aussie, and this
summer fans will get their wish when he takes his adventures
to the big screen in The
Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course.
The film follows Steve and his wife Terri as they try to save
a beauty of a croc who is being chased by poachers. What Steve
doesn't know is that those poachers are actually American secret
agents who are chasing the croc because it swallowed a top secret
satellite beacon. If Steve can jump into a lake filled with
snakes, crocs, and piranhas and come out alive... some American
super agents should be no problem at all.
Apart
from his Hollywood duties, Irwin is the director of the Australia
Zoo in Queensland, Australia. The
son of naturalists Bob and Lyn Irwin, Steve has spent his entire
life studying, living and working with animals. He grew up at
the Queensland Reptile and Fauna Park, where he took part in
the daily feeding, care and maintenance of the park's many animal
inhabitants.
He soon became an expert on local wildlife, particularly reptiles.
And (as anyone who has ever seen Steve will easily believe),
by the time he was 9, his dad had taught him to jump in and
catch crocodiles in the rivers in North Queensland.
Together, this father-and-son team can boast that every crocodile
at the Australia Zoo (numbering over 150) was either caught
with their own hands, or bred and raised at the zoo.
Steve made his name in the Queensland government's rogue crocodile
relocation program, where he was one of the most successful
participants in this government-sponsored program, safely catching
and relocating dozens of troublesome crocodiles without harm
to them (or him, for the most part).
Irwin's unique talents first came to the attention of the world
television audience with the premiere of the first installment
of The Crocodile Hunter.
Before long, a star was born ... or "hatched" to be
more reptilian about it. Today Steve has an international following.
In 1992, Steve married Terri Raines, a young American whom he
met when she visited the zoo. Terri co-stars with Steve in The
Crocodile Hunter, and travels with
him to help educate the public about the care and responsibility
we all have to the natural world.
Steve and Terri are making the huge leap from small screen to
film this summer when they both star in The
Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course.
The movie is a mix of what you've come to expect from Steve,
featuring wild adventures and lots of dangerous animals, with
just enough plot mixed in to make it more than just a longer
version of the popular television program.
FACTOID
- "Crikey" is an Australian phase used to express
a state of surprise. If this or any other of Steve's utterances
leave you a bit confused, check out the quick reference Aussie
Glossary .
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July
3, 2002
It's a Dirty Job, But Someone Has to Do
It
In cop shows and police dramas, they never
really show you what actually happens after a murder is committed.
They may focus on the detective work of the police finding clues,
or following the lives of the criminals once they go to court,
but there is one aspect of the whole ordeal that is often overlooked
by Hollywood... clean up. You don't think the detectives get
down on their hands and knees to get those stains out of the
carpeting and off the walls, do you? That's where the Crime
Scene Cleaners come in. They've made it their sworn duty
to clean up the messes that criminals and cops leave behind,
restoring order to any crime scene once all the evidence has
been collected and filed away. They may not be out there catching
the criminals, but they sure are cleaning up the streets.
FACTOID
- Though this may sound like a dream come true for people who
have just committed a crime, this is not a service used to get
rid of incriminating evidence. The Crime Scene Cleaners only
do their dirty work after the cops have had a look around.
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July 3, 2002
He's
Just Like You... Only Different
He may be tall, dresses all in black, wears dark rimmed glasses,
lives alone with a cat, has a thing for redheads, grew up in
Ohio with an English mother, sports a shower cap while bathing,
and Bob & Tom sometimes question his sexuality... but other
than that,
comedian Drew Hastings
is just like you. And that just so happens to be the title of
Drew's long anticipated comedy album. Just
Like You features Hasting's unique takes on every day life
and very humorous standup, live on CD for fans to enjoy over
and over and over again.
There's always a chance when Drew
stops by that his good buddy, "Success Guru," Jack
Freeman might tag along. Jack's got his own album out, The
Business of Living, in which he attempts to help everyone who
wants to, become a winner.
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July
3, 2002
Gentlemen: Stuff Your Faces!
Since 1916, people have been flocking
to Coney Island, NY every 4th of July to see the annual display
of gluttony known as Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest.
Hundreds of competitors from around the world fight for the
rights to walk away with the coveted Mustard Yellow Championship
Belt. It's the world cup of competitive eating, and what's even
better is that it's recognized by the
International Federation of Competitive Eating (IFOCE).
Richard Shea,
president of the IFOCE says that the "sport" of competitive
eating has been growing in popularity for years, and this event,
the first of its kind, still ranks among the biggest competitions.
Earlier this year, an American was able to put away 28 hot dogs
to set a new US record, but that is still well short of last
year's winner, and dominator of the sport Takeru Kobayashi of
Japan, who can polish off 50 dogs and buns in a mere 12 minutes.
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July 2, 2002
Ted Nugent To Rock Bob & Tom Show Tuesday!
Ted
Nugent and his entire band plugged in and rocked out live
on The Bob & Tom Show Tuesday July 2nd! After just returning
from Europe, having kicked off his 2002 tour in England and
Sweden, Nuge joined the cast for a special live day version
of the show from Saga studios where he played some classic tunes,
cover songs, and answered listener questions.
"This is a little early for us, but I think it's sounding
pretty good," said Nugent as he started practicing to go
on around 7am EDT. "I'll always get up for the Bob &
Tom show."
Along with the music, Ted talked like only he can about topics
ranging from the thrill of the hunt to his new found love for
his tiny kitten. A few of his more memorable quotes from the
day included:
"If I hear one more animals rights person talk, I am going
to go kill three of something,"
"I've never killed anyone, but I am still young so there
is time."
"I still play with all the energy of a 12 year old kid
in the garage with his first guitar."
"Years ago I was invited to the Blues Brothers party and
while I was there I grabbed Jim Belushi and told him he was
going to kill himself with all those drugs."
The US leg of the tour begins in Clinton, IA July 3rd, and along
with selling out venues around the country, Ted will be doing
signings of his new book, Kill
It & Grill It,, which he authored
along with his wife Shemane. The book is a New
York Times bestseller, and features
many of the recipes that the "tribe" back at "Camp
Nuge" use after a long day on the hunt.
"I love doing signings, and I have been known to stay at
those things till the last minute, but I just ask that people
be courteous to all the others waiting in line." says Nugent.
"If you come with fifty things like bones, arrows, skulls,
books, hats, and albums, I can't get to everyone. But I love
signing things for people, so come on out, just be courteous.
Coming up for the Nuge
• New CRAVEMAN
CD, coming soon, on the Spitfire label!
• Upcoming MTV CRIBS show, featuring the Nugent Ranch!
• Ted Nugent has recently been reelected to his third term
on the NRA's Board of Directors.
• The KISS/NUGENT Tour was one of the top grossing
rock tours of 2000.
• Ted Nugent has been profiled on A & E's BIOGRAPHY,
and on VH1's BEHIND THE MUSIC.
• Ted was recently named Michigan Conservationist of the
Year.
FOR ALL THINGS NUGE, VISIT
Tednugent.com
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 July
1, 2002
Hello Dolly!... and Other Jokes She's Never Heard Before
The artist with one of the greatest country
voices of all time says that throughout her life she's been
driven by three passions: God, music and sex. Those passions
seem to be getting the job done because Dolly
Parton is one of the most successful country music singers
of all time. Not only did she help revolutionize the sound of
the industry during the 60's, she is a four time Grammy winner,
movie star, and owns her own theme park, Dollywood,
in Pigeon Forge, TN. With all the success she has enjoyed in
each direction her career has taken, Dolly Parton has undeniably
become an American pop icon.
Country music had never witnessed such a
display of high energy, lyrical wit, arresting vocal style and
outrageous glamour as Dolly
Parton brought to the format in the late 1960s. The bubbly
Sevier County, Tennessee, native drew heavily on her Smoky Mountain
childhood for musical inspiration; but she differed from most
other tradition-oriented women singers of the day by exhibiting
a wide streak of independence that was simultaneously unyielding
and good-natured.
In time, Parton's spirit of self-determination would manifest
itself into sassier and more assertive song topics and in her
push into movies and toward a more pop music sound.
Born into a poor family that would eventually include 12 children,
Parton learned early on to escape the hardships of life through
her vivid and far-ranging imagination. Before she learned to
read and write, she was "making up" her own songs.
Parton got her first guitar when she was only eight and began
singing on a Knoxville radio station when she was 11. That same
year, she made her first recording on Gold Band Records, a tiny
custom label.
"I still remember my first song," says Dolly. "My
mamma got me this little doll I named Tassel Top, and I wrote
a little song in a little doll voice about her. My family was
always amazed at how I was able to rhyme words, so my Mom had
started keeping notes on my songs before I was even able to
write."
From these humble beginnings, she would go on to make a name
for herself locally while still in high school, but still she
dreamed of a bigger stage. Hoping to fulfill her dream, in 1964
the day after she graduated,
she moved to Nashville. Only three years later she had her first
charting records Dumb Blonde and
Something Fishy, both released in
1967.
In 1968, Dolly Parton joined RCA Records and the following year
became a member of the Grand Ole Opry. As half of a duet with
singer Porter Wagoner (also her producer), Parton had one of
the most distinctive and most-awarded sounds in country music.
Together, they had 14 Top Ten hits between 1967 and 1980. Moreover,
they were twice the Country Music Association's Vocal Duo of
the Year.
As
a solo artist, Parton also snared the CMA's Female Vocalist
of the Year Award two years in a row, and in 1978, the association
voted her its Entertainer of the Year Award.
It was after this success that Parton became more deeply involved
in movies and television. Her acting credentials include starring
in such blockbuster movies as Steel
Magnolias, 9 to 5 and
The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas.
"Working on
9 to 5 was one of the most fun times
I have ever had in my life. Dabney Coleman played the greatest
bad guy. He was a lot of fun, but he would stay in character
even when we weren't filming, so we really enjoyed tying him
to chairs and stuff," Dolly said.
Though she had broken into the film industry, she maintained
her country recordings and touring activities. Parton and her
pals Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris released their long-awaited
Trio album on Warner Bros., which in 1987 soon became a million-seller.
The four-time Grammy winner's string of hits is far too long
for a single album to cover. But the first of two Essential
Dolly Parton collections offers a close look at her best work
over the years. The collection includes such hits as
Two Doors Down, 9 To 5, I Will Always
Love You, Coat Of Many Colors, To Daddy, Jolene and
her duet with Kenny Rogers, Islands
In The Stream.
In addition to now owning her own record label, television/film
production company, Dolly Parton is also the owner of the her
namesake theme park in Pigeon Forge, TN, Dollywood.
Since taking over the small park known as Silver Dollar City
in 1986, Dollywood has doubled in size and now boasts about
2.5 million visitors a year.
"A lot of people don't know this, but
the Smokey Mountains are the most visited state park in the
country. I thought opening a park there would be fun, and I
could make a lot of money... and I did," says Parton. "But
it is also good for the area, and it helped a lot of people
find jobs. You'll even see a lot of Dolly's walking around the
park, but most of them are guys."
Dolly Parton isn't finished making music
either. Her upcoming bluegrass album, Halos
And Horns, will feature the country
legend doing a cover of Led Zeppelin's Stairway
To Heaven. The album, which Dolly
produced herself, will also feature a cover of Bread's
If. To promote
the new project, which is set for a July release, Dolly will
actually do a tour, which she has not done for ten years.
FACTOID - Dolly's
Song The Coat of Many Colors was inspired by a real life coat
that her mother made for her out of material from old clothes.
FACTOID - Very few people can
make her laugh as hard as the Italian stallion, Sylvester Stalone.
FACTOID - On September 22, 1999,
Parton was inducted into the Country Music Hall Of Fame. The
creator of such enduring classics as "I Will Always Love
You," "Jolene," and "9 to 5" says she
does not feel worthy.
FACTOID
- Dolly Parton's first top-10 hit as a solo artist was "Muleskinner
Blues" in 1970.
FACTOID
- Parton's song "I Will Always Love You" has hit #1
on the charts on three separate occasions. She recorded the
song twice (in 1973 then in 1982), making her the only artist
to hit #1 twice with the same song. Later in 1992, Whitney Houston's
version of the song hit #1 and stayed there for 14 weeks.
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July 1, 2002
We Love Jimmy Pardo
Very few comedians take more abuse
while on the Bob & Tom show than Jimmy
Pardo. That was made very clear the last time he was in
the studio. Between Bob's short jokes (Pardo stands 5'4"),
Chick's feminine hand model jokes, and fellow guest comedian
Geoff Brown saying Jimmy would make a good prison bitch, we
were surprised he didn't walk off the show again... just like
he did in the Bahamas. All this abuse has been good for Pardo
though, spawning such creative ideas as a pitch for a television
series called Pardo & the
Pigeon and the famous "I Hate
Jimmy Pardo" bumper stickers. If you'd like to get in on
the Pardo bashing from your very own home, buy his new album
Uno
and a bumper sticker, then write him a nasty e-mail... he would
absolutely love that.
You can also check out Pardo on his brand new Comedy
Central special Comedy Central
Presents... Jimmy Pardo. "This
is 21 minutes of solid gold," says Pardo about his set.
He couldn't even pick out a bit to talk about while on the show
because he said it was too hard to choose something out of his
fabulous material. "A lot of my set is about the crowd
not being into my act, but that's hard to do when you have the
place rolling with laughter... I've got nothing to do with the
editing though, I just bring the laughs."
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