For this podcast The Dude on the Right is flying solo and gives his take on this entire Ellen DeGeneres dog crap, is in the corner of the “Mutts and Moms” people, and thinks the problem might not be the dog, it might be the cats. He also is baffled at how Britney Spears can still be screwing things up with her custody issues and practically begs her to move out of California. With the death of Joey Bishop, well, The Dude is sad to see the last of The Rat Pack go, long live The Rat Pack.
And of course, most importantly for him, screw the “feel-good” team of the Colorado Rockies getting to The World Series, for him it’s “Go Tribe!”
Author: Andy Labis
Ellen DeGeneres, Britney Spears, Joey Bishop, and Go Tribe!
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The Dude on the Right
No, I won’t let the Ellen DeGeneres dog crap go away either
for this podcast, and I’m in the camp of the "Mutts & Moms" folks. Ellen
never needed to put this issue out in public, and even mentioned during her
crying on her Tuesday show that things would be edited, but did anyone else
notice that there didn’t seem to be any editing? But if you think Ellen’s
problems are large, how messed up must Britney Spears be that now the Judge has
taken away all of her custody rights. Sadly, though, The Rat Pack is
officially dead. Long live The Rat Pack. Joey Bishop outlasted Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and Peter Lawford, and I
doubt there’ll ever be another group like them again.
And lastly for this podcast, Go Tribe!
Thanks for listening.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!
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Ellen DeGeneres and Her Dog? World War III? Who Cares, Drew Carey is Hosting “The Price is Right.”
By:
The Dude on the Right
After the events of yesterday I was going to blog about Ellen DeGeneres
and her dog fiasco, but since the audio is really the key I figured I’ll wait
for my hopeful podcast tomorrow to fill you all in on my feelings about Ellen.
The dumb part is that I didn’t tape today’s episode of "Ellen" to see if she had
anything new to say so I suppose I’ll have to do some investigating tonight.
Other than Ellen the other news of today was that President Bush said we
might have World War III if Iran developed a nuclear, or is that nucular,
weapon.
But that’s not important either.
What is important is that this week
new episodes of "The Price is Right" returned to the airwaves, with
Drew Carey now hosting instead of Bob Barker, and at this point in
time I’ll just say, "I guess we’d better revisit this in a month or two."
I
asked for my mom’s first impressions but she didn’t see it yet. I also
asked her if dad watched it and what he thought of it, but she pretty much
acknowledged dad doesn’t like Drew Carey, and once dad has something set in his
mind, Drew could come off as the greatest game show host ever and my dad would
still not like him. Mom still has yet to report back if dad even watched
the new episodes.
But I TiVo’d the second episode with Drew, and all I can say
is that you can tell Mr. Carey is trying to feel his way into being the host of
the show, and for me, it’s not working right now. But I suppose that
shouldn’t be a surprise. Hell, he is taking over for Bob Barker.
The
first problem I had was that Drew Carey tries a little too hard to relate to the
contestants and sometimes seems to talk too much. He hasn’t come up with
that smoothness Bob Barker always seems to have with the contestants, no matter
how loopy the players seem to be, but that might come in time. The second
problem I had was the camera work seemed a little choppy, and this kind of
surprised me especially with the history of the show. The third problem is
Drew doesn’t seem that comfortable explaining the games which should be second
nature no matter what stage you are at hosting. And the fourth problem I
had was Drew’s wireless microphone, with that big box on the bottom, looked
stupid compared to Bob’s sleek one.
Since I’m usually doing stuff during the
morning and don’t watch "The Price is Right" until I visit the old homestead
because dad is a fan, as an un-regular watcher Drew Carey has a lot of work to
do to get his familiarity with the show down, and I guess that’s why I started
this blog with a mention that maybe we should revisit Drew Carey’s hosting of
"The Price is Right" in a month or two. There is some potential for Drew,
but in my weird observation he just needs to quick trying too hard, don’t try to
relate to the contestants, and just kick back, relax, and let the show be "The
Price is Right." The contestants usually know the show, and you don’t need
to care that much about them.
That’s it for this one!
I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!
What’s New? A Podcast of: Who Cares About Don Imus, O.J. and Jail, Paris Hilton is a Good Girl, and Go Cleveland Indians.
For this podcast The Dude on the Right is flying solo on a Monday because he and Stu Gotz couldn’t sync things to do a weekend wrap-up. In any case The Dude on the Right tells of his movie going weekend, with “We Own the Night” and “Michael Clayton” being his choices, as well as doing a CD review of “The Soft Addictions” from Cleveland’s own Michael Stanley. He also talks about O.J. Simpson, Paris Hilton, and he still can’t figure out why, but also Don Imus. He would have talked for hours, but he had to get back to watching his last chance for giving a damn about The World Series, The Cleveland Indians.
Who Cares About Don Imus, O.J. and Jail, Paris Hilton is a Good Girl, and Go Cleveland Indians.
By:
The Dude on the Right
Well, I’m flying solo
for this podcast even though it’s a Monday, because Stu Gotz and I couldn’t
get our schedules to match to do a weekend wrap-up. In any case I tell you
a little about my weekend, namely seeing "We
Own the Night" and "Michael
Clayton," and posting a review of Michael Stanley’s latest CD, "The
Soft Addictions." More of this podcast, however, is about some things
to hit the news today, like O.J. Simpson’s "friend" ratting on him, thus maybe
securing jail time for "The Juice," and how Paris Hilton wants to now
leave her mark on the world, and she’s starting by going to Rwanda. I also
can’t figure out why Don Imus getting a new job is news especially since
I think my podcast can be a hell of a lot more entertaining, and even more so
when Stu throws in his five cents worth. I can’t wait for the first full
radio rating’s book to see if Don has more listeners than we do. Fine, he
probably will, but we’re still more entertaining!
Thanks for listening.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!
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What’s New? A CD Review of “The Soft Addictions” from Michael Stanley.
For this CD review of “The Soft Addictions” from Michael Stanley, The Dude on the Right gets a little reflective about living in Chicago and sometimes hearing “Midwest Midnight” on “The Steve Dahl Show.” Then he reviews the CD and likes the fact that Michael Stanley has grown up and has maybe gotten a little more reflective about life. If you’ve grown up with Mr. Stanley you’ll probably like the CD, and if you don’t know who he is, well, you probably aren’t from Ohio or never saw the Michael Stanley Band open up for Foreigner, or Steve Dahl.
What’s New? Movie Reviews of “Michael Clayton” and “We Own the Night.”
The Dude on the Right saw two movies over the weekend, “Michael Clayton” and “We Own the Night.” He really liked “Michael Clayton,” but understands if you think it sucks, and didn’t like “We Own the Night” that much, but understands if you think it’s great. His suggestion is this: For a lot of violence see “We Own the Night,” for thought-provoking suspense you should see “Michael Clayton.” Maybe if you could meld the two movies together you would have something for everyone!
A “Moment of Silence” in Illinois School’s Rant, and My Weekend Goals.
By:
The Dude on the Right
As I head into this coming weekend I have four obvious Entertainment Ave! goals,
some "behind the scenes" work for the site, but before I get to that, and I hate
to sometimes get political, but here in Illinois I want to know "WHAT THE HELL
IS OUR LEGISLATURE DOING WASTING THEIR TIME WITH A LAW ABOUT A "MOMENT OF
SILENCE" TO BE HELD AT ALL ILLINOIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHEN THEY CAN’T EVEN GET
A BUDGET DONE?" Yes, that phrase is meant to be in all CAPS because if
this were a podcast I would be yelling, and I don’t even have kids. The
Chicago Sun-Times has a nice article about it, and reflects that "Rep. Will
Davis (D-Homewood), the bill’s chief sponsor, denied he was promoting school
prayer but instead said a moment of silence possibly could avert tragedies like
the recent school shooting in Cleveland, where a troubled 14-year-old shot two
students and two teachers before killing himself. ‘Just think if that student
had an opportunity maybe to sit and reflect,’ Davis said." How Utopian can
you be? My guess is Asa Coon, the 14-year-old dude who shot four people
before killing himself and had
a complete history of a messed up life, would have just used his time to
contemplate things like "I can enter through the south doors, those guards are
lazy and don’t give a damn, and I could easily get to Room…"
The other thing
is that according to the article "But supporters of the legislation, backed by
Concerned Christian Americans and the Illinois Family Institute, said it would
help young people come to terms with the everyday stresses in their lives."
How the hell does this not scream "prayer" in school, and how the f$%# does a
"moment of silence" help young people come to terms with the everyday stresses
in their lives? Do you people even understand the stresses in their lives?
Look, I went to a public school from K-4, and a Catholic school from 5-12, and
whether it was the Pledge of Allegiance or a prayer at the beginning of the day,
or just a lull in the action of the day, there is always a moment of silence in
a school day, and you don’t need to make a law to make that silence. But
had I had a moment of silence at the beginning of the day I’m thinking my
thoughts would be things like:
- In the younger grades: "I really hope we get chocolate-chip cookies
today. Those oatmeal cookies are yucky!" - A little older: "Why does Gary keep pulling Mary’s pony-tails?
She’s always nice to me." - In the slightly middle grades: "I thought playing strings meant learning
to play guitar, not the violin. But mom likes me playing violin, so I
guess I’ll stick with it"… Or… "I really wish I could remember how to
spell ‘ate’ (This is complicated because I did spell "8" correctly, but the
teacher was just looking for the word ‘ate,’ and no one asked for the
definition)." - A little older: "Maybe Bxxxx will be impressed if I run home really
fast." - Growing up some more: "Wow, Patty is first chair, and I’d like to be
first chair, but she sure is cute. I guess this violin isn’t a bad
thing." - Somewhere around 7th grade: "We are so much cooler than those 5th
graders." - High school: Pretty much every moment of silence would be about a
girl I liked and was scared to death to let them know…. except…. - Every other day, with any kind of test, every thought would be diverted
in that moment of silence to "(Insert various expletive here), I knew I
should have studied more."
Good luck Illinois schools, explaining to your students why they are
having a "moment of silence," but if you don’t want any lawsuits you had
better just let the kids think about, in those few seconds, or minutes, or
hours (hey, the lawmakers didn’t say how long the moment of silence should
be), what any student at that age might think about. The scary thing
is that the silence might be something as simple as what kind of cookie they
might be getting later in the day, but also might be about what is the best
way to get into the school with a couple of guns later next week.
Because this blog has gotten too long, on a quick, lighter note my four
obvious goals for Entertainment Ave! are reviewing the movies "Michael
Clayton" and "We Own the Night," and reviewing new music from Matchbox
Twenty (Exile on Mainstream), and Michael Stanley (The Soft Addictions).
Hell, if I really get ambitious there might also be a DVD review of The
Collector’s Edition of "Knocked Up." And I didn’t even get to some
iPhone ranting or my planning on doing some walking. Maybe next time.
That’s it for this one!
I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!
What’s New? A Podcast of: Water Taxing, Weather Falling, Stars Denying, and Wayne’s not Dancing.
The Dude on the Right is flying solo for this podcast and wonders if you might want to be a future guest on the show. He also wonders about Mayor Daley in Chicago wanting to tax bottled water, is sort of liking the fall weather, and wonders about the denials of Pam Anderson, Lindsay Lohan, Angelina Jolie & Jon Voight, and Bobby Brown. At least he knows Wayne Newton isn’t on “Dancing With the Stars” anymore.
Water Taxing, Weather Falling, Stars Denying, and Wayne’s not Dancing.
By:
The Dude on the Right
I’m throwing out the invitation to maybe be a part of
a Thursday podcast since sometimes doing them solo just makes me lonely, so
go ahead and listen for the details.
And as exciting as that is, it’s not
nearly as exciting as my letting you know if you visit Chicago in the future you
might wonder why your bottled water is more expensive that a soda pop, and if
you live in Chicago you probably already know about Mayor Daley’s planned water
tax. Weather has also been a big part of stories for the last week in
Chicago, with runners dropping during The Chicago Marathon last Sunday due to
the heat, and suddenly it’s fall here, with temps tonight maybe getting into the
30’s. Mother Nature, she’s a bitch sometimes.
Today also seemed to be a
day of denials in the entertainment industry as I talk about rebuttals in the
camps of Pamela Anderson, Lindsay Lohan, Angelina Jolie & Jon Voight, and Bobby
Brown. So many people are getting things wrong, but at least we know for
sure that Wayne Newton is off "Dancing With the Stars."
Thanks for listening.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!
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