The best thing about the interim agreement to allow the 50th Grammy Awards to proceed February 10th sans pickets is that all the stars will attend. The show will go on without disruptions and there will be no adverse effect on record sales following the event. It is said that the Dixie Chicks sold 100,000 additional albums last year after winning in that category. The last thing we need now is worse record sales than we already have...
The writers union feels a kinship between their ranks and performers although some of the artists will make 5 to 10 times what writers make. Both sides want a bigger piece of the pie when it comes to digital rights. So the Grammys won't suffer the same fate as the Golden Globes, awarded to imaginary winners from a podium. I still think they should have run fake applause and had a red carpet leading to the podium with clips of previous awards. That would have been funny, instead of 'what if they held a Golden Globes Award Show and no one showed up?' We found out...
The Grammys get a pass but the Oscars wont. The writers guild has declined a waiver for the Academy Awards on February 24th. You can bet on the strike ending before that happens...
10 Timeline Memories:
- 1845] 'Quoth the raven, nevermore': Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" is published for the first time in the New York Evening Mirror. For all you Christopher Walken fans, who better to recite the 'Raven' than he?: http://youtube.com/watch?v=cLSmhpwLdEQ&feature=related ...
- 1900] A junior graduates: The American Baseball League is organized in Philadelphia with 7 teams in addition to Philadelphia: Boston, Baltimore (which will move to New York and become the Yankees), Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Milwaukee and Washington, D.C...
- 1936] Going to Hall: The Baseball Hall of Fame holds its first induction. Elected are: Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson...
- 1958] Wedding Bells: Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward emote their way down the isle. Fifty years later, they're still married. Here's a tribute to the happy couple: http://youtube.com/watch?v=h36WvUcf5Rg&feature=related ...
- 1964] Premiered on this date: Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove (or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb) starring Peter Sellers, opens nationally...
- 1979] Commuter special: Jimmy Carter commutes Patricia Hearst's seven-year sentence to two years...
- 1980] 'Happy Trails': Legendary comedian Jimmy Durante says "Goodnight Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are" at 86. Durante passes away from pneumonia. Here's a clip of 'Schnozola' closing his show: http://youtube.com/watch?v=yp7r0j4XrO8 ...2007] Barbaro, winner of the Kentucky Derby who broke down in the Preakness, is euthanized after suffering from his leg injuries for months...2007] Former pitching coach and Billy Martin bud, Art Fowler dies from natural causes at 84...
- 1990] Guilty as charged: Joseph Hazlewood, former Exxon Valdez skipper, goes on trial in Anchorage (AK) for his role in America's worst oil spill. He will be acquitted of all charges except for a misdemeanor...1999] The U.S. Senate delivers subpoenas for Monica Lewinsky and 2 presidential advisers for private videotaped testimony in Bill Clinton's impeachment trial...
- 1995] A Super Bowl 1st: The San Francisco 49ers become the first team in the NFL to win 5 Super Bowls by beating San Diego 49-26 behind Steve Young's 6 touchdown passes, which breaks Joe Montana's previous record of 5...
- 2006] Wounded anchor: ABC 'World News Tonight' co-anchor Bob Woodruff and a cameraman are seriously injured in a roadside bombing in Iraq: http://youtube.com/watch?v=BGRAPyxCHQ8 ...
Music Memories:
- 1966] Released on this date: "I Fought The Law" - Bobby Fuller Four...
- 1969] Debuted on this date: "The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour" on CBS-TV. This terrific variety show will run until June, 1972 and here's a clip from it: http://youtube.com/watch?v=PvSsJAdEK7E ...
- 1972] O Solo Mio: Smokey Robinson leaves the Miracles for a solo career...
Commentary:
In addition to the Patriots being favored in Super Bowl XLII, they've been pictured as the bad guys because of Spygate but mostly because they are the best. The New York media has been especially vicious which makes this Patriots fan want a decisive win for the Pats over the Giants this Sunday to shut the media up. In addition to the venom being written and spewed on sports radio and even TV newscasts, I wanted to point out a couple of favorable articles written by sports writers Hank Gola of the New York Daily News and Jay Greenburg of the New York Post. The headline of Gola's piece over the weekend was: After missing '72 Dolphins, Patriot perfection would be somethin' to see. In his story Gola states that 'an appreciation of their season would be in order, should they 'reign supreme'. Greenburg calls the Patriots the Team For The Ages, should they win. As for the viciousness, don't get me wrong, the media is entitled to whatever they write and I understand being a 'homer' and all that but give the team that's 18-0 a little credit guys...
"Happy Birthday...happy birthday":
Greg Louganis (48), Ann Jillian (53), Oprah Winfrey (54), Tommy Ramone a.k.a. Tommy Ederly (56), Tom Selleck (63), Katherine Ross (68), John Forsythe (90) and Professor Irwin Corey (94) and here's the wacky prof. in action: http://youtube.com/watch?v=XPqNVfXjZug&feature=related ...
Timeline Countdown: 5 days until Super Bowl XLII, 16 days until pitchers & catchers report voluntarily, 18 down and 1 to go for the Patriots and 52 days until the spring...
