Apparently the story that refuses to die has grown another head. Carrie Prejean, the current Miss California who became involved in an insipid, semi-philosophical slap-fight with annoying celebrity blogger Perez Hilton, may soon lose her crown. And no, in case you were wondering, it has nothing at all to do with her views on gay marriage. At least that's the position of the Miss California pageant officials who will decide her fate.
No, it seems this tempest resides in an entirely different teapot. Miss Prejean, it's alleged, lied on her pageant entry form. And boy, was this one a biggie. You see, when you apply to compete in the Miss California Pageant, you have to disclose any naughty pictures you've had taken of yourself. This is to avoid any embarrassment a'la Vanessa Williams from befalling the organization when the pictures surface.
Well, they surfaced. Apparently when Carrie Prejean was 17 she was convinved to do a topless photo shoot as an audition to become a Victoria's Secret model.
Her agent has tried to get out in front of this scandal by painting Prejean as a naive teenager of whom advantage was taken by an unscrupulous photographer...and that may well be the case. After all, she was just 17 when the shoot took place. However the pageant isn't talking about stripping her of the title because of the pictures...it's because she lied about the pictures.
So just to set this straight, the woman who was being portrayed as the new, attractive face of traditional conservatism is now alleged to have posed with her breasts hanging in the camera as a 17-year-old, and then having lied about it on her ap. Wow...that's quite a blow struck for traditional values there. And on top of that, this is actually scandal number two for her. Remember, it was just about two weeks ago that the Miss California organization admitted that they had paid for Prejean's breast augmentation to improve her chances of becoming Miss America, kinda making her the A-Rod of the pageant set. As a strong supporter of Traditional American Breasts, I must protest her actions wholeheartedly.
Boy...posing nude...lying...competing unfairly...good to see we have such a strong role model for the young ladies of California to admire.
No matter whether the Saints or Colts emerge victorious on Sunday, there's bound to be tens of thousands of disappointed fans of the loyal opposition. Jeff Goldblatt, founder of the Rejection Hotline (www.humorhotlines.com) joined us Friday morning and said he's set up local "It Could Suck Worse" hotlines for fans of the losing side.
Here they are...your picks for the must-see horror flicks for this Hallowe'en week. So what are you waiting for? Hit the video store!
1. SUSPIRA
2. DAWN OF THE DEAD
3. SCARECROWS
4. ZOMBIES ON AN AIRPLANE
5. MONSTER CLUB
6. PET SEMATARY
7. SLEEPY HOLLOW
8. IT
9. OMEN
10. MONSTER SQUAD
11. FRIGHT NIGHT
12. BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA
13. FORBIDDEN PLANET
14. THEM!
Last night on the program a caller alerted us to a broom standing by itself on the floor of a convenience store. We decided to try to replicate the experiment here in the studio and...voila!
A grandmother from Rockville, IN, Sally Harpold, was recently arrested for violating the state's laws against the purchase of more than 3.0 grams of pseudoephedrine in less than 7 days. That violation occurred because she purchased a box of 24 Zyrtec-D tablets for her sick daughter, then six days later purchased a 36-count box of Mucinex-D for her husband and herself.
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Many thanks to our good friends Bob Heil of Heil Sound and Dave Hinson of Killer Vintage Guitars for joining us on this morning's program in tribute to the life, music, and legacy of Les Paul who died yesterday at age 94. Bob and Dave were also kind enough to furninsh us with some pictures of their interactions with Les...
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Friday morning we talked with UCLA linguistics professor Pam Munro about the newly-released 20th anniversary UCLA Slang Dictionary. If you want to order a copy online you can email Anya at anya@humnet.ucla.edu for information. Enjoy!
Veronica? Duuuude. Srsly? Archie, c'mere. We need to talk. Listen, I know she's hot. We all know she's hot. Even Moose, who's been stuck on Midge since we were all kids, knows that Veronica is hella good lookin'. But let's get real for a second, shall we?
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Over the weekend my lovely bride-to-be and I had the great pleasure of taking in the new Star Trek movie. As you know we weren't alone. Trek won the weekend with a whopping $79 million in receipts. Now don't worry...I'm not going to give away any major plot points...but I will tell you that this time a movie really has lived up to the hype.
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Apparently the story that refuses to die has grown another head. Carrie Prejean, the current Miss California who became involved in an insipid, semi-philosophical slap-fight with annoying celebrity blogger Perez Hilton, may soon lose her crown. And no, in case you were wondering, it has nothing at all to do with her views on gay marriage.
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Interesting news over the weekend from Mexico. Swine flu, they say, has ceased to spread. In what by far has been the hardest-hit country, reporting the lion's share of fatal cases, the "impending pandemic" is over just weeks after it began.
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So here we are, 100 days into Barack Obama's presidency. All day long we're bound to be inundated with politicians and pundits who will break down this period largely along party lines. We're used to it.
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It seems that we've all been terribly self-centered, you know. According to an anonymous letter printed in Conde-Nast's "Portfolio," you and I are guilty of gross insensitivity toward this country's Big Bankers.
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Interesting. Just a little while ago President Obama left the door open to criminal prosecution of the architects of President Bush's policies allowing torture during CIA investigations.
So last week President Obama released a slew of Bush-era memos related to our tactics used in "questioning" terror suspects. These are the famous so-called "torture" memos that outline the use of insects, dogs, "physical discomfort," waterboarding and other methods that have been decried as torturous and, just as importantly, ineffective in providing useful information about terrorist tactics or plots.
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I must be weird. That may not come as news to you, but increasingly often I'm coming to the conclusion that there's something wrong with me. See I've not spent more than about 5 minutes following the latest cute, little white girl tragedy on CNN. They've given us hours of coverage, but 5 minutes so far is all I've been able to stomach.
In one of the most crass actions yet taken by a financial institution during the blooming economic crisis, the Bank of America has decided to raise interest rates, without reason or warning, on up to four million cardholders. So what, you may ask, did these cardholders do to earn themselves up to a 50% increase in their ostensibly fixed interest rate? Nothing.
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I can't help but think that we're doing ourselves a great disservice right now. As we speak we're involved in negotiations for the return of Captain Richard Phillips...negotiations with a group of Somali pirates carrying automatic weapons.
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Feeling better this morning...at least the voice is back. Thanks to Ralph for taking over in my absence.
And we're back in grand fashion tonight as we debut a brand-new feature on the show. We're teaming with the folks at the Rotten Tomatoes show on Current TV to bring you weekly movie reviews!
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