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 August
9, 2002
Twice the Man
He Used to Be
When Martin Short took on
the role as rotund reporter, Jiminy
Glick, for Comedy Central's Prime
Time Glick, it was more than his popularity that grew. Hidden
somewhere inside a fat suit and blonde wig, Martin Short hosts
somewhat of a talk show as the character of Jiminy Glick. Glick
is an obese journalist to the stars that Dennis Miller describes
as one of the "Top 100 Hollywood reporters" today. Short,
as Glick, lands interviews with the biggest stars in Hollywood
such as Jerry Seinfeld and Tom Hanks, but always seems to ask
irrelevant questions, spread misinformation and often doesn’t
pay attention long enough to hear his guests answers.
"It's not so much that he doesn't pay attention, it's that
he's just a moron," says Short.
Instead of conducting an interview, he often spends his time attempting
to adjust positions in his chair, or dining from a large bowl
of jellybeans sitting on the table next time him (Usually requiring
the Heimlich maneuver at least once a show). Aside from playing
Glick, Short also gets to display his terrific slapstick comedy
talents and impersonation skills in various commercial spoofs
and behind the scenes skits. Prime Time Glick is back on Comedy
Central in an all new season every Saturday
night at 9:30 EDT.
Short is also taking part in a live stage show in Atlantic City,
August 31, and September 1 "There will be a live band, some
singing, lots of characters, and some standup comedy. It should
be a lot of fun," says Short. Sticking with the stage, Short
is going to be part of an LA production of
The Producers, with costar Jason Alexander.
FACTOID
– Martin Short was named a member of the Royal Order of Canada
in 1994.
FACTOID
– Jimmy Glick is married to wife Dixie, and has four sons,
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 August
9, 2002
Slam-tastic
Pat
Croce is an exemplification of the phrase “success
story.” He is credited as being the first man ever to work
his way from training room to boardroom of an NBA
franchise. His climb began after creating Sports Physical Therapists,
a chain that included over 40 sports-medicine centers in 11
different states. He went on to sell his company and became
President of the bottom dwelling Philadelphia
76ers. After only five years on the job, Croce helped lead
the Sixers from worst place all the way to the NBA finals while
at the same time setting franchise attendance, revenue, merchandise
and consecutive win records. Never content in staying in the
same place for too long, Croce has again moved on to try new
things. "I told everyone when I took over as president
that I would turn things around in five years. And after we
made it to the finals, I walked away, looking for new challenges."
He is now a co-owner of the new extreme sport SlamBall. "SlamBall
is righteous!," says Pat Croce. "It's the NBA, only
a little different."
SlamBall
is a full contact, human video game-like sport where teams of
four run up and down a spring loaded court attempting to dunk
on 15 foot rims while trying not to get killed by opposing players.
"These guys are extreme athletes," says Croce. "These
are the guys who would normally be out skateboarding in the
park. I think this will catch on though... I mean, who would
have thought we'd see snowboarding in the Olympics."
"I tried SlamBall the other day. Of course it was without
all the other guys on the floor, I don't want to get killed,"
says Croce. "Finally, a white man can dunk."
Right now all six SlamBall teams are located in LA, but Croce
hopes that soon at least 20 cities will have their own. Until
then, get in on the action every Saturday night at 8 PM on The
New TNN.
FACTOID
- It probably doesn't surprise anyone, but Croce is also a best
selling author. His motivation book, I
Feel Great and You Will Too is still on the New York Times
Best Seller list. |
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 August
9, 2002
The Triumphant Return
of Dean Friedman!
In the summer of 1977, singer Dean
Friedman struck pop music gold with his surprise hit single
Ariel, about an irresistible,
free spirited, music loving, vegetarian Jewish girl wearing a
peasant blouse. The song was huge, but after Ariel's success,
Dean seemed to disappear from the public eye. This caused many
wonder what ever happened to him? Though he had a few more chart
topping hits in the UK, and became and expert on high-tech video
game technology, Friedman is still known as "the guy who
sang that fun little song, Ariel"..
which is by no means a bad thing. How many hit records do you
have? |
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August
9, 2002
Stars
Caught Waxing Off
While Tanya
Memme was guest on the show, she revealed that she enjoyed
the occasional bikini waxing. And according to her, she's not
alone. For those in Hollywood looking to have hair removed, "south
of the border," the only place to go is Pink
Cheeks. Waxer of the stars, Dana
Derrick, will be giving us the down and dirty on the popular
stylized looks for today’s premiere privates, as well as
the inside scoop on who among Hollywood’s elite (male and
female) dare to go bare... downstairs. |
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 August
8, 2002
Daddy's Little Girl
It’s hard enough facing the trials and tribulations of every
day college life, but add on the pressure of having a Mob Boss
for a father, and now you’ve got a taste of what it's like
to be Meadow Soprano. Jamie-Lynn
Sigler is the lovely young actress who gets to live under
the watchful eye of Tony Soprano on the HBO
smash-hit original drama, The
Sopranos.
"When we first started, I don't think any of us thought this
show would be the huge success that it has become," says
Sigler. "We were all proud of our work, but this took us
totally by surprise."
Beyond her role as Meadow, Sigler is also the author of her autobiography,
Wise
Girl, in which, the talented 21-year-old actor, dancer,
recording artist and magazine cover model talks about everything
from her serious bout with an eating disorder to life behind the
scenes of The Sopranos.
"Some people criticized me for writing the book because I
am so young, and thinking I was just going to talk about how great
my life has been. But that's not the case. I have been through
a lot, and I want to use this to be able to help other girls like
that. I have been very active in the fight against eating disorders,"
says Sigler.
"The book is not all about the eating disorder though,"
she says. "The Sopranos takes up about 25% of my life, so
of course that stuff is in there too. I got some help with how
to write a book from people who had done it before, but all the
writing was done by me."
It's been almost two years since season three signed off, and
fans of the series have been anxiously  awaiting
their ticket back to the world of organized crime. The wait is
almost over. Jamie-Lynn Sigler and the rest of the "family"
return for season four of The Sopranos,
September 15 on HBO.
"I am not allowed to talk about what happens on the show
this season because we had to sign a contract saying we wouldn't.
They couldn't wack me in real life for talking," says Sigler,
"but they could easily kill off Meadow." And nobody
wants that to happen... just look at these pictures. Thanks to
Sigler and The Sopranos, Sunday
night television will finally be worth watching again.
FACTOID
- Jaime says that the cast is only signed on for one more season
after this one, so it looks like Season Five could be the end
of The Sopranos. However, if they take as long in-between seasons
as they have in the past, that could be four or five years from
now.
FACTOID
- Originally, HBO wanted to replace Sigler with a blonde after
the first four episodes, but it was deemed to expensive to re-shoot
all of those scenes.
FACTOID
- Though she plays an Italian, Jamie's true heritage is Cuban,
Jewish-American and Greek. |
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 August
8, 2002
Toby Keith:
The Angry American
Toby Keith,
country star and reigning CMA Male Vocalist of The Year, made
headlines recently when World
News Tonight anchor, Peter
Jennings heard the lyrics of Keith's
song, Courtesy of The Red, White
& Blue (The Angry American), and
canceled the singer's performance at a patriotic 4th of July
tribute show. Turns out, very few people agreed with Jennings'
views of the song, because just one week after its release,
The Angry American
climbed the charts all the way to #1. Read
the full story
Toby Keith and guitarist, Scott Emerick joined Bob & Tom
in the studio to share his controversial, yet extremely popular
song as well as a few other "silly tunes" that have
yet to appear on one of his albums.
"We have quite a few of these songs that Scott and I make
up while just sitting on the bus," says Keith. "It's
nice to be able to play them in a place where people besides
us to get to hear them. They probably wouldn't go over too well
in a concert."
Keith and Scott played "fake" songs (As Mr. Griswold
referred to them) about the Taliban, smoking weed with Willie
Nelson, and not letting a fat women into his trailer after a
show. "Those are about all of the ones we could play on
the air," says Keith. "The other ones are pretty much
only safe on the bus."
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August 8, 2002
Titanic
Revisited
The
Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago is extending its
popular Titanic:
The Exhibition though Oct. 31
in order to feature newly
recovered items, including the main wheel and bridge telegraph.
A team from RMS
Titanic, Inc., including the exhibit’s lead designer
Mark Lach, completed its sixth
expedition to the wreck site last month. The 25,000-square-foot
exhibit in Chicago includes more than 400 artifacts, recreations
of a first-class stateroom, third-class cabin, engine room and
grand staircase as well as a 13-ton piece of the Titanic hull.
"A lot of people don't know this, but the Titanic wreck site
is actually in international waters, but ruled over by a court
in the US," says Lach. "You aren't allowed to remove
anything from the actual ship, but when the boat snapped in half
on the surface, and then fell two miles to the bottom of the ocean,
the two halves landed a mile apart. This means there is debris
all over the ocean floor, and we are free to take any of that."
So far, nearly 750,000 people have passed through the museum’s
exhibit, and the date has been extended to accommodate more people.
"This has been a very popular exhibit, and a lot of it is
because this stuff is in such good shape. Things don't really
wear away down there as much as they decay. It's not eroding,
it's being eating by little bacteria. Thanks to this exhibit,
we will be able to enjoy this stuff for years to come," says
Lach.
FACTOID
- Though this was Lach’s first trip down to the famous shipwreck
site, RMS Titanic, Inc. had been down 5 times before, recovering
almost 5,000 artifacts over its years of diving. |
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 August
7, 2002
Mr. Glass is Back
After taking time off to pursue other interests such as television,
films, and the occasional one-man show (which ironically, usually
starred more than one man), Todd
Glass is back on stage doing the job that made him famous,
standup comedy. He’s been featured on Late Night with
Conan O’Brien, The Late, Late Show with Craig Kilborn, Dennis
Miller Live and starred in a season finale episode of Friends,
but fans still wanted more. We’re not sure that’s the
reason he’s returned, but Todd is bringing his brand of comedy,
which laughs in the face of traditional standup, back to clubs
and college campuses all over the country. You’d better catch
him live while you can - he could easily change his mind and head
back to LA at any time!
FACTOID
- Todd Glass has admitted to hating
his laugh, hating bumper stickers, constantly coming up with "what
if "situations," and desperately wants to join Bob &
Tom for the Bahamas trip. |
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August
7, 2002
Attention Must Be Paid
Comedian Jimmy
Pardo commands respect, and maybe some day he’ll get
it. Even though he’s a well accomplished comedian, with
a number of impressive credentials on his resume, the cast of
The Bob & Tom Show still love to give Pardo a hard time.
The abuse can, and often does take many forms, whether it be
his petite 5’4” frame, the fact he likes his haircuts
“high and tight,” the pet name shared by he and his
girlfriend (who once dated comedian Matt Weinhold), or his bombing
on The Tonight Show. Pardo’s not one to sit back and take
it, he gets his share of shots in using that trademarked high-energy
sarcasm, and improvisational wit of his. If that doesn’t
work, he just walks off the show. It’s not that we don’t
love Pardo (as opposed to what our bumper stickers say) we just
have to much fun pushing his buttons.
FACTOID
- Unafraid to tackle any medium, Jimmy Pardo recently starred
in an award-winning short film, "Some Kinda Joke"
and in his one-man show, aptly titles, "Attention Must
Be Paid: The Jimmy Pardo Story." He also enjoyed success
with his standup special "Comedy Central Presents…
Jimmy Pardo."
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August
7, 2002
Ready... Aim...
Just when you think your life is complete, and things couldn’t
possibly get any better, something comes along and makes you wonder
how you ever got along without it. If any invention 
exemplifies this point, it's Johnny
Glow, the glowing toilet bowl strips that help you find and
hit your mark... even in the dark.
Thanks to co-creator Jonathan Bell, there is no need to turn on
the bathroom's blinding lights in the middle of the night while
wondering around in a slumber-induced stupor. Johnny Glow illuminates
the bowl with an eerie, yet strangely calming, glowing green ring,
so you know exactly where to aim (hitting the target is still
up to you.) Stop walking back to bed with wet feet, or accidentally
letting go with the lid down, get Johnny Glow. Just 15 minutes
of charging yields 10 hours of unadulterated fluorescent fun for
the whole family.
FACTOID
- Johnny Glow is so hip, it even has it's own theme
song!
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August
6, 2002
Seriously Funny
If
you didn't listen closely to the lyrics, you might think Henry
Phillips was sweetly serenading you with heart felt melodies.
But upon closer examination, you realize his innocent sounding
tunes are actually sprinkled with clever, off beat, and sometimes
psychotic lyrics that are laugh out loud funny. Songs like She’s
Talkin’  Again,
The First Time I Saw You, and When
We Were Young, have become favorites on the comedy circuit,
as well as those of Bob & Tom listeners. Henry’s bizarre
mix of a straight delivery and “taboo-smashing” refrains
stem from his attempts as an early musician to write serious love
songs that nobody wanted to listen to. He discovered his comic
capabilities while reading the paper to his buddy one day, and
delivering it while playing one of his folk tunes. He ended each
calamity filled story with the line “So what do you want
me to do about it…” and that became Phillips'’s
first comedy hit. And now you know the rest of the story. |
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 August
5, 2002
Graham Nash Reinvents Himself Again
After almost a decade, Graham
Nash of Crosby, Stills &
Nash fame has released a solo album.
The record’s title is Songs
for Survivors, and that seems
fitting seeing as how Nash’s career has survived countless
trends and changes in music over the 30 plus years since CSN
first hit the music scene. This album is Nash’s fourth
solo project, and he says it’s a unique mixture of songs
written just a few days before recording as well as tunes he’s
had with him his entire life.
"I wrote and rehearsed a lot of these things right before
we started, and then recorded them in groups of six," says
Graham. "I wanted this to be a beautiful and simplistic
album that people could just sit and listen to."
Though Nash hasn’t been frequenting the recording studios,
he's been keeping busy touring with band mates Crosby, Stills
and Young. CNSY, as a whole, was inducted into the Rock ‘n’
Roll hall of fame back in 1997, and their 2002 tour is still
getting rave reviews.
"We are going to all get together and put out a Crosby,
Stills, Nash & Young album very soon," says Graham.
"But before that I am going to go on tour for Songs
For Survivors."
Aside from music, Nash is also an avid photographer. His upcoming
book, From
Eye to Eye, will feature over
150 of Nash’s black & white photographs taken over
the years. In choosing the images for the publication, he painstakingly
went through over 20,000 of the other pictures he’s taken
during the past four decades.
"I want a lot of the money raised by this book to go to
children's charity. The book should be out in early October,"
says Graham. "I can't wait to see it on shelves."
FACTOID
- The cover of the book Shakey, the biography of Neil Young,
is actually a photo taken by Graham Nash.
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 August
5, 2002
TOP SECRET: Defibrillators Are Standing By
Tanya
Memme is making a super secret surprise visit to
The Bob & Tom Show, and this may just be the trigger for
the Chickster's next heart attack. Miss Memme may not be a mainstream
celebrity (yet), but she's sure been causing a stir in the McGee
household. If Tanya spent any more time on Chick's television
screen she'd be paying rent. It seems as though his obsession
for her has reached biblical proportions, but with only one
look at this captivating Canadian beauty, it's easy to see why
Tanya's number one on Chick's chance celebrity "encounter"
list. Tanya is a former Miss World Canada (she gave back her
crown after a five month reign) and can be seen Co-hosting TLC’s
Robotica, But no matter what she accomplishes in her career,
to Chick, Tanya will always be known as the face of DIRECTV's
information Channel 201.
FACTOID
- Though Tanya doesn't have a special voice she uses to talk
to her pet cat Oscar, she does have a "dolphin" voice
that comes out after dating a guy for awhile. "If I can
do that in front of a guy, I know we can move to the next level."
Chick asked if the next level involved the "beaver"
voice. Tanya had no comment.
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August
5, 2002
Sounds Like Fun
The undeniably lovable, and always funny Tim
Cavanagh is on his way to help you start the week off right.
We know that the weather has been beautiful, the days have been
getting longer, and the kids are out of school (check local
listings), but aren't you much less likely to have a case of
the "Mondays" when you wake up and drive to work while
listening to little Timmy C. and his ever-tuned guitar, singing
comically clever tribute tunes that you never thought would,
could (or sometimes should) be written. But wait, there's more...
as an added bonus, we'll even throw in a possible appearance
by the world famous backup singers, the Cavanettes!!! Now that
sounds like fun. |
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