Monday, December 4, 2006

"...I'm sorry, so sorry, please accept my apology" - from the Brenda Lee oldie...

This is the year of the apology and with that in mind perhaps I should apologize for not including Florida as a real possibility for taking on Ohio State in the BCS Championship game on January 8th, especially in light of the Gators replacing Michigan as the #2 team and booked for the game. I mean Michael Richards is still apologizing for his derogatory comments. The kooky Kramer practices his latest apology in the mirror while brushing his teeth every morning. What he should really apologize for is not being funny without a Seinfeld script...

The year of the apology will not be complete until a top ten list of apologies is compiled. Here's where you come in. E-mail your top 5 apologies of the year. You can just use the names of those that apologized or the apology itself, any field except politics, please. From your list I will compile a top 10 and include it in an MPR within the next couple of weeks. When submitting your top 5, e-mail me at: mphillips1675@yahoo.com only...It should be fun... Our video link today is a live performance by Roy Orbison who played his final show on this date in 1988 at The Front Row Theater in Highland Heights (OH). The performance is not from that show as there is no footage available. Orbison would pass away 2 days later: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeWYSmnrdKg ... Timeline Memories... [1783] General George Washington gives his farewell to his officers at Fraunces Tavern (still doing business in lower Manhattan). The troops immediately break into "We hate to see you go...we hate to see you go. We hope the heck you never get back, we hate to see you go"... [1956] Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash record together at Sun Records (the session that featured the "Million Dollar Quartet" will not be released for 25 years)... [1978] Diane Feinstein becomes San Francisco's 1st woman mayor when she's named to replace George Moscone who was murdered... [1990] Due to the Persian Gulf crisis gas hits $1.60 a gallon in New York City (oh, to see those prices again)... [1991] AP correspondent Terry Anderson is released as a hostage in Lebanon after nearly 7 years in captivity... [1995] Michael Jackson appears with legendary mime Marcel Marceau at a New York press conference promoting an upcoming Jackson special on HBO (the press conference will be the inspiration for the writing of the script for "Dumb & Dumber")... Released on this date: 1961] "The Duke of Earl" - Gene Chandler... "Happy Trails": 1993] Frank Zappa dies at 52 of prostate cancer... "He loves me...he loves me not": 1987] Madonna files for divorce from Sean Penn but changes her mind. She files for good in January, 1988, ending their love-hate marriage... [To ensure accuracy of dates and content, multiple reference sources are used in each timeline]... Commentary... If you'd like to learn the behind-the-scenes moves being made by media and entertainment companies to capture the Internet audience, a boot camp will be held on Friday, December 8th. For more information, contact Mike Vallone, Deputy Director-Head of Marketing for Telehouse. Mike's e-mail address is: vallone@TELEHOUSE.com "Happy Birthday...happy birthday": Tyra Banks (33), Jay-Z (37), Marisa Tomei (42), Jeff Bridges (57), Southside Johnny (Lyon) (58), Freddy Cannon (66), Max Baer Jr. (69), Wink Martindale (72) and Deanna Durbin (85)... Timeline Countdown: 11 days until Chanukah, 21 days until Christmas, 27 days until 2007, 34 days until the NFL playoffs, 35 days until BCS Championship game and 62 days until Super Bowl XLI... ...