He'll Be Back...
So hypocrisy wins out in the I-mess. Don Imus said the wrong thing at the worst possible time with his derogatory remarks about the Rutgers women's basketball team and he paid dearly for it, losing his job. As a result, we may be seeing the beginning of a movement of 'shock jocks' migrating to pay-radio which is currently available on satellite, pod broadcasting and who knows what, in the near future. Much to Howard Stern's chagrin, the I-man may wind up working in a studio near him, in the same building, before long. Why not? Imus is the hottest property in radio now with all the exposure he's received. Imuses week of Friday the 13ths will ultimately pay off for him and let's not forget that one of his biggest fans, Mel Karmazin is running the show at Sirius Satellite...
Does satellite radio now become cable TV for those who can express themselves without being censored? It could happen. At least for the major market talkers. The losers in all this will be those who refuse to pay to listen to radio. Can I have a show of hands? For the record, my hand is raised. You want to see "The Sopranos" or your favorite team on cable - you pay for it. You choose to listen to Howard Stern or someone else who only appears on satellite - you pay for it. If you choose not to, you don't. Plain and simple. That's the real world. Live with it...
Imus before being shown the door by first MSNBC and then CBS Radio, raised $1.6 million in his radiothon to help children with cancer and for sudden infant death syndrome. He also met with the Rutgers team for a few hours last night. Rest assured the I-man will return before long at a satellite station near you...
In this weekend MPR are half a dozen video links for your dining and dancing pleasure. Today's clips can be found in the "Released on this date" and "#1 on this date" timelines...
Timeline Memories...
Father George: 1782] Washington (NC) is incorporated as the 1st town to be named for George Washington...
Debuted on this date: 1796] The 1st known elephant arrives in the U.S. from India followed by the 1st man to follow elephants with a shovel...1870] The Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded in New York City...1954] Hank Aaron makes his major league debut with Milwaukee going 0 for 5 in the Braves loss to Cincinnati...1963] Pete Rose gets his 1st major league hit (a double) for Cincinnati...
Their cup runneth over: 1940] The New York Rangers win the Stanley Cup by beating Toronto in the NHL playoffs...
The wearing of the green: 1957] The Boston Celtics win their 1st NBA championship over the St. Louis Hawks thanks to the play of rookies Bill Russell and Tommy Heinsohn (a giant green pennant was dropped over the 'green monster' in left field last night at Fenway in honor of the event before rain postponed the game)...1986] Jack Nicklaus wins his 6th Masters title...1997] At 21, Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters. Also the youngest person to wear the hideous green jacket...
Grammy Gold: 1965] Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto win a Grammy for 'Record of The Year' ("Girl From Ipanema"). Getz also wins for 'Album of The Year' (with Joao Gilberto) and The Beatles win for 'Best New Artist of the Year"...
Recorded on this date: 1965] "Help" - The Beatles...
Released on this date: 1971] "Brown Sugar" - Rolling Stones (their 1st release on their new Rolling Stones label and here's a great version of it on the British TV show "Top Of The Pops") http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUmYuTLrFJM ...
Oscar 1st: 1964] Sidney Poitier becomes the 1st black in a leading role to win an Academy Award for "Lillies of the Field"...
Reggie barred: 1978] With Robert Phillips and his dad in attendance, Reggie Jackson hits a 1st inning home run and 'Reggie Bars' (given away for the Yankee home opener) rain down on the field. A review of the candy bar: round and nutty, covered with chocolate and filled with nougat. And I might add, very tasty...
#1 on this date (in addition to the Reggie Bar): 1985] "We Are The World" - U.S.A. for Africa (with a cast of thousands) Follow the bouncing ball: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfgPIgdFTE0 ...1986] "Kiss" - Prince & The Revolution...
Lose the sweater: 1992] Lou Carneseca retires his hideous sweaters and his coaching job at St. John's...
The final curtain: 1994] Married in 1985, Christie Brinkley and Billy Joel announce their separation...1997] The Hartford Whalers play their last game in Hartford. They move to Charlotte where they become the Carolina Hurricanes...
Guilty as charged: 1999] Jack Kevorkian is sentenced to 10 to 25 years for the second-degree murder of a man whose assisted suicide was shown on "60 Minutes" in 1998. He is released after serving a few years because of his health...2005] Eric Rudolph pleads guilty to carrying out the deadly bombing at the 1996 Olympics and 3 other attacks. He is now serving 4 consecutive life sentences...
All Divas All The Time: 1999] Sir Elton John appears as a guest 'Diva' on "VH1 Divas Live" which stars Whitney Houston, Tina Turner, Cher, Faith Hill, Brandy, LeAnn Rimes and Mary J. Blige...
[To ensure accuracy of dates and content, multiple reference sources are used in each timeline]...
"Happy Birthday...happy birthday":
Rick Schroeder (37), Caroline Rhea (43), Chess champion Gary Kasparov (44), Peabo Bryson (56), Al Green (61), Composer Bill Conti (65), Paul Sorvino (68) and Lyle Waggoner (72)...
Timeline Countdown: 3 days until Patriot's Day (Monday, April 16th), 15 days until the NFL draft and 45 days until Memorial Day...
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Saturday, April 14, 2007...
Timeline Memories...
You could look it up: 1828] The 1st edition of Noah Webster's "American Dictionary of The English Language" is published...
Taking a bullet: 1865] President Abraham Lincoln is shot and mortally wounded by actor John Wilkes Booth while attending the comedy "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theater in Washington (DC). He will die of his wounds the following day...
Pass the popcorn: 1894] The 1st public showing of Edison's kinetoscope a.k.a. 'moving pictures' is held...1956] Ampex Corporation demonstrates the 1st commercial magnetic tape recorder for sound and picture...
Worth every Penney: 1902] James Cash Penney opens his 1st retail store, The Golden Rule Store in Kemmerer (WY). The name will be changed to J.C. Penney...
Play Ball: 1910] President William Howard Taft throws out the 1st ball for the Washington Senators-Philadelphia A's game in Washington (DC) and a tradition is born...1925] WGN becomes the 1st radio station to broadcast a regular season major league baseball game as 'The Cubs win, the Cubs win, the Cubs win", 8-2 over the Pittsburgh Pirates...1955] Elston Howard becomes the Yankees 1st black player...1969] The 1st major league game is played in Canada (Montreal)...
Women and Children first: 1912] The Titanic, on its maiden voyage, hits an iceberg and begins to sink. It will fully sink at 2:27 a.m. on April 15th. More than 700 survive but 1,517 lose their lives...
Debuted on this date: 1939] John Steinbeck publishes "The Grapes of Wrath"...
Released on this date: 1955] "Ain't That A Shame" - Fats Domino...
Sweets for my sweet: 1965] Millie Small sings "My Boy Lollipop" on 'Shindig'. This is not the Shindig appearance and this video looks a homemade job but a good version, nonetheless: http://www.youtube.com/?v=kCI1r0braug&mode=related&search= ...
#1 on this date: 1959] "Come Softly To Me" - Fleetwoods...1974] "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" - MFSB (Mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers). This was the theme song of "Soul Train". The female voices supplied by The Three Degrees...1980] "Call Me" - Blondie (eye-candy for the guys: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7LZRaHz0Q8 )...
"Happy Birthday...happy birthday":
Adrien Brody (34), Anthony Michael Hall (39), Greg Maddux (41), Brad Garrett (47), Deep Purple's Ritchie Blackmore (62), Pete Rose (66), Julie Christie (66) and Loretta Lynn (72)...
Timeline Countdown: 2 days until Patriot's Day, 14 days until the NFL draft and 44 days until Memorial Day...
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Sunday, April 15, 2007...
Jackie Robinson Day...
60 years to the day that Jackie Robinson broke the major league color barrier to become baseball's first black player, Major League Baseball will honor Jackie at all 15 ballparks where games are to be played. Dozens of players will wear No. 42 but the big ceremony will be in Los Angeles where every member of the Dodgers will wear the Hall of Famer's retired number. "Leading off for the Dodgers, #42...", Batting second for the Dodgers, #42". Obviously if the Dodgers win, the hero of the game will be....okay, everyone: NUMBER 42! It is a great thing though. That uniform number #42 was retired on this date in 1997. When Jackie debuted at Ebbets Field on April 15, 1947, 25,623 were there to view history being made. Jackie went hitless in 3 at-bats and played 1st base against the Boston Braves. Jackie was still alive when he was inducted into Baseball's Hall of Fame in 1962 but 10 years later, severe heart problems ended his life on October 24, 1972. Celtic's great Bill Russell was called by Jackie's wife Rachel to be a pall-bearer for Jackie's funeral. When he asked Rachel why he was called, she said: "you were his favorite athlete." Bill replied "how did I get to be Jackie Robinson's favorite? He was a hero to all of us." "Whenever I hear his name now, I'm very touched by that" Russell added...
Timeline Memories...
Helping the hearing impaired: 1817] The 1st American school for the deaf opens in Hartford (CT)...
This I Swear: 1865] Andrew Johnson becomes the 17th President of the United States after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln who dies from his wounds...
"Happy Trails": 1990] Legendary actress Greta Garbo dies of renal disease and pneumonia at 84...2001] Punk rocker Joey Ramone a.k.a. Jeffrey Ross Hyman dies of lymphoma at 49...
A bouncing and animated baby boy: 1934] Dagwood and Blondie Bumstead welcome a baby boy to their comic strip. His name is Alexander. Happy 73rd birthday Alex. What kind of fertility pills did Blondie take???
Big Mac and fries to go: 1955] Ray Kroc starts McDonald's...
This is good will?: 1959] Cuban leader Fidel Castro begins what he calls "a good will tour" of the U.S...
Making the Most of it: 1965] In a call made famous by Johnny Most ("Havlicek Stole the Ball") the Celtics win the Eastern Division championship over Philadelphia when John Havlicek steals an in-bound pass as time runs out...
An "L" of a Mets game: 1968] The longest 1-0 game in baseball history is a 24-inning game between the Astros and Mets with Houston winning in 6 hours and 6 minutes...
Debuted on this date: 1966] Buffalo Springfield performs for the 1st time as the opening act for The Byrds in San Bernadino (CA). For 'what it's worth', here's a clip of Buffalo Springfield (introduced by The Monkees' Peter Tork) from the 1967 Monterey Music Festival: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g9PiEgYYUU ...
Rock and Roll Wreck: 1982] Billy Joel is seriously hurt in a motorcycle accident on the Long Island Expressway. Yussell will be hospitalized for a month...
The winner and still champ: 1985] Marvelous Marvin Hagler retains his world middleweight crown in a great battle with Thomas "Hitman" Hearns that ends in a 3rd round TKO...
Kill the Ump?: 2003] Umpire Laz Diaz is attacked by a fan during a Kansas City-Chicago game. The fan is later sentenced to 6 months in jail and forced to watch the rest of the Royal's baseball season...
Get the Raid: 1986] The U.S. launches an air raid against Libya in response to the bombing of a disco in Berlin on April 5th that killed 37, mostly civilians...
"Happy Birthday...happy birthday":
Danny ("Cold Case") Pino (32), Samantha Fox (41), Emma Thompson (48), Lois Chiles (60), Dave Edmunds (63), Allan (Hollies) Clarke (65), Roy Clark (74) (this is the song Roy sang at Mickey Mantle's funeral) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLc6VkZZRMQ and Michael Ansara (85)...
Timeline Countdown: 1 day until Patriot's Day, 13 days until the NFL draft and 43 days until Memorial Day...
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