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While not a country western singer, the legendary Frankie Laine (3/30/1913-2/6/2007) is probably best remembered for his memorable renditions of movie and tv western themes, including Gunfight at the OK Corral, 3:10 to Yuma, Bullwhip, Rawhide and, of course, Blazing Saddles, Mel Brooks' 1974 landmark absurdist comedy.
Brooks, who wrote the lyrics to John Morris' rousing main title theme, advertised in the trades for "a Frankie Laine-type" vocalist. Laine visited Brooks' office a few days later and offered his services.
Brooks didn't tell the singer that Blazing Saddles was an off-the-wall parody. "Frankie sang his heart out," Brooks said, "and we didn't have the heart to tell him it was a spoof. We just said 'oh, great! He never heard the whip cracks; we put those in later. We got so lucky with his serious interpretation of the song."
Lucky, indeed; Laine performed the song, which was nominated for an Academy Award, at the Oscars ceremony in April, 1975. (It lost to "We May Never Love Like This Again" from The Towering Inferno. Go figure.
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Written by composer Charles Fox and lyricist Normal Gimbel, who also wrote the themes to Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, and- believe it or not- the classic "Killing Me Softly With His Song."
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John McCain said that there will be no cooperation from Republicans for
the rest of the year... this is like the Coyote announcing he's no
longer cooperating with the Road Runner.
-Jimmy Kimmel
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I have an enormous amount of stuff to do in the next few days. Watching this helps prevent me from becoming overwhelmed. And from getting much done.
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While his greatest fame came from his teaming with Bill Cosby in I Spy, those of us around in the 80s remember Robert Culp as over-the-top FBI agent Bill Maxwell in The Greatest American Hero. A Reagan conservative who snacked on dog biscuits, wore a "Happiness Is A Warm Pistol" t-shirt, and was dedicated to serving the "guvmint," Maxwell was a hoot and Culp a joy to watch as he chewed the scenery and managed to hold his own against a liberal, whale-loving high school teacher with "magic jammies."
Thanks for all the good times. It made those Reagan years a bit more tolerable.
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A lot of right-wingers are very upset because they believe this
healthcare bill will cost a lot of money. They should just pretend it's another unnecessary war.
-Jay Leno
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I woke up Cindy while talking in my sleep last night and told her there are no dilithium crystals in Fayette City.
Mitch: You know, um, something strange happened to me this morning...
Chris Knight: Was it a dream where you see yourself standing in sort of sun-god robes on a pyramid with a thousand naked women screaming and throwing little pickles at you?
Mitch: No...
Chris Knight: Why am I the only one who has that dream?
(dialogue from Real Genius, 1985)
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Just a reminder that Friday is Leonard Nimoy's birthday, so you may want to get out and get your shopping done today and avoid the rush.
You're welcome.
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William Shatner is 79 today. His toupée is 46.
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This only worked well for the Republican Party if it failed to pass. They wanted to run against a caricature of it rather than the real bill. Now let them tell a child with a pre-existing condition, "We don't think you should be covered."
-David Axelrod
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Our grandchildren will read in their history books about healthcare reform, and they'll ask the question we asked when we read about the Civil Rights Act, Medicare, Social Security and women's suffrage... "What in blazes took them so long?"
Well, it's a tradition:
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The first day of spring was once the time for taking the young virgins into the fields, there in dalliance to set an example in fertility for Nature to follow. Now we just set the clock an hour ahead and change the oil in the crankcase.
-E.B. White
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Now let me see if I understand this.
Jesse James cheated on her:
For her??
This idjit deserves everything that's going to happen to him.
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The Greatest American Hero pilot aired on ABC.
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Yeah, she's my girl. You got a problem with that?
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...destroy the illusion...
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Why not just turn the clocks ahead one half hour, once, then forget about seasonal time changes? The amount of time and effort required to engage in this exercise twice a year is absurd.
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On this month's credit card statement, there was a large notice that read, "Important Information About Your Minimum Payment."
"Your account is currently enrolled in a program that has temporarily reduced your required monthly minimum payment," it said.
Really? I didn't recall enrolling my account in any program.
It continued, "This benefit (emphasis added) was implemented on your account to provide you with some extra breathing room in your budget."
The new minimum payment was the previous month's interest, plus $1.
The true depth of this benefit isn't really obvious. Fortunately, the credit card law Congress passed last year now requires the companies to do the math for customers:
That's no typo.
If I make only the minimum payment requested by the company, it will take me One Thousand, Six Hundred and Seventeen YEARS to pay off the bill.
Or, they helpfully note, I can send in the original minimum payment each month for just three years, and save myself $282,022.
Wow. Imagine what I can do with all that savings. Not to mention all the postage stamps.
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Former President Bush announced today he is writing a book on how he made decisions while in the White House. The book will be divided into the two chapters, "Heads" and "Tails."
-Jay Leno
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(via Jonathan Larsen on Facebook)
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The painter starts work today at the South Park place, and I was concerned about being stuck here without a broadband connection in the event I had to log on to the mothership back in Chicago for any customer emergencies.
I fired up the laptop about five minutes ago and was getting ready to try to tether it to my cell phone in order to connect to the net when 14(!) available wireless networks popped up. One had five bar signal strength, with wide-open security. Must be the next door neighbor, who splurged on Comcast's high-end broadband service... 15 megs down, 3 megs up. Compared to the tin can and string service we have with Atlantic Broadband, this is nirvana. It's about five times faster on download and 15 times faster on upload.
Well, at least I don't have to worry about being out of touch if I get stuck over here during the renovations.
And if you're questioning the legality/ethics of the connection, my neighbor is actually running off the "temporary" router and wireless link I supplied when he was having equipment problems. Two years ago.
Karma's a wonderful thing.
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Comedienne Elayne Boosler asked on her Facebook page, "Is there yet born a producer bold enough, brave enough, radical enough, to produce an awards show without steps onstage? So women in model airplane stand shoes aren't shaking by the time they speak? Do they think we care how people in show business look going down steps? 'Hey! Mollie Ringwald nailed 'em! I give it a 10!'"
I think it's the awards show equivalent of NASCAR. You know most of what you're watching will be mind-numbingly boring, but you're secretly hoping there'll be a spectacular crash.
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"...the flawed portrayal of EOD and the other (to the civilian eye) seemingly minor mistakes, such as soldiers in the wrong uniforms, using poor tactics, and ranks that don't accurately correspond to the leadership being shown. This equates to something larger than just a series of careless errors: it is disrespectful."
-Paul Rieckhoff, executive director and founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, in Newsweek commentary on the film The Hurt Locker.
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I'm sad to report today marks the 20th anniversary of the passing of actor Jay Silverheels, who played Tonto in the original Lone Ranger television series. I'm even more saddened to report his real name was Harold J. Smith.
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Rubbing it in.
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Archie McPhee delivers yet again...
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