I read some news when I got up and I saw some tid bits that made me ponder:
A mummified body was found in an abandoned Beverly Hills home recently and Police are asking the community to help them ID the corpse. So, if anyone knows of a homeless man they haven't seen in a year, call the Police. Really, is anyone missing a homeless person that they haven't seen in a year? Doens't that happen a bunch? Maybe they just moved to a better neightborhood.
Sad news for childhood memories. "Larry Harmon, who turned the character Bozo the Clown into a show business staple that delighted children for more than a half-century, died Thursday of congestive heart failure. He was 83," reports the Associated Press.All I can think is George Costanza is flipping out again. He would be yelling "See! Bozo the Clown! You still don't know Bozo? Eric the Clown, what kind of name is that for a clown?"
Speaking about TV July 17th is the premier of Dave Attell as the host of the new Gong Show on Comedy Central. I am a huge fan of the original show and of Chuck Barris but I do not know how the show will work for today's audience. It worked in the 70's because the simpler time projected on other shows and the very beginning of disposable talent. With all of that said, I will still have my Tivo tuned into the channel. I think my pal Canada AnnEE is is supposed to be on it or something.
I saw a tidbit that stated the polished and engraved
cornerstone of the Freedom Tower that was dedicated on July 4, 2004 was later removed and currently sits in a work lot of a Long Island stone company. I talked to a pal of mine about the Trade Center the other day and recently saw 911: In Plane Site. I can't help of always thinking of one mans greed and conspiracy when I think of the Trade Center debacle. Then again, I think it was the doorman I discussed it with last night when I stolled in drunk. I have to stop doing that.
The Tournament of Nerds started today where 32 nerds descended upon famed comic book store Meltdown for the preliminary rounds. 32 will be whittled down to 8 and then will be at UCB, on July 11th, to battle it out until one is left standing. I think some of my improv pals have entered this but yet I am not that kind of geek or nerd. I will just watch from the outside of this cobic book ring.
There is a new item in the works by Jimmy Pardo. On July 26th at UCB will premier Running Your Trap: The Game Show. Seeing Jimmy on stage so many times, I am very interested in going to this.
I had a discussion with one of my friends from work about the difference between the Cajon Pass and Mountain Pass. I was explaining Mountain Pass was near Baker and the Cajon Pass was what he was thinking of. I was doing a search and I found a remedy for lack of sleep. It is a video of the construction to make a third lane to Vegas. Intersting but in a wierd boring way.
Lastly on Last Comic Standing, the decision picked TV friendly bunch of comics. They however didn't pick the comic twins nor the legend to be Eddie Pepitone. Bunch of crap but I will still watch. NBC what have you put in my food?
