AUTHOR: Dave Sypniewski DATE: Monday, August 14, 2006 ----- BODY: The new season hasn't even officially begun (September 11th) and I've already sorted through a pile of news. Here we go...Robin Williams. Enough said, right? Robin started out with no more than two pennies to rub together. The big break happened on an episode of "Happy Days" where storylines were getting as scarce as the oil industry in the United States is today. It was there that we were introduced to Williams' character "Mork". He began in the comedy club circuit and was a frequent guest in rehab for cocaine use. An ABC television documentary a couple of years ago portrayed Williams as being "high" during most of "Mork and Mindy's" few year run. Sure, he teamed up with Billy Crystal and Whoopi Goldberg for Comic Relief and had a couple big movies, and then he hit the skids. His latest film RV fizzled at the box office. Now again, Robin is in rehab and says that everyone should "Leave him alone".. I wonder what the Disney people think of this considering Robin is the centerpiece of a couple of attractions at Disney World. Given the fact that he agreed to accepting some really crappy scripts lately, I don't blame him. Cheers to you Robin! People in L.A. can litter the streets all they want today...Boy George is there to clean up the mess...ALL WEEK! As first reported here several months ago, George O' Dowd was "seeing things" and thought burglers were in his apartment. After a call to the police, they entered his place only to find cocaine on top of his computer. So, this guy is now walking the streets with an orange vest and a stick with a rusty nail at the end picking up Jack in The Box wrappers. Some twenty some years later, he's still a kook. Funny thing is, while George does his community service, he can't work due to the fact that there's groupies with cameras and video making sure this moment will last forever. Geez! Take a guess on "Who's Steppin' Out With His Baby" on the next installment of "Dancing With The Stars"? The Ringmaster, Jerry Springer. What a poor sap. Poor guy was Mayor of Cincinatti, has a talk show on television and a radio show on the AirAmerica Radio Network. He fiddled with the idea of running for Congress but claimed that nobody would take him seriously. What better way to fix your image than with a 50 year old guy who wears diapers and wants to be spanked? Now, Jerry thinks he's going to win the hearts of America by kicking up his heels on the dance floor? A little known fact is that Jerry has a daughter in her 20's who lives on Lake Shore Drive with her pappy. She's deaf. Too bad for her that she can still read the "closed captioning" on Dad's on air antics. 40 cloves of garlic in your pasta while cramped in the space shuttle ain't cool...unless everyone eats the same thing! Food Network "King of BAM!" Emeril Lagasse has inked a deal with, of all things, NASA. Gone are the days of powdered food. Hey, roast beef in powdered form is bad enough...add water and it doesn't get any better. So, when the shuttle goes up again, the crew will be bringing along some of Emeril's dishes for the space shuttle AND space station. Some of the items on the menu include shrimp calamari, spinach and italian sausage ravioli, and fetuccinni alfredo. They say that this was a longtime request by those going into space. Gourmet food would be the LAST thing on my mind. I'd worry most about getting there and back home in one piece! -------- Squealing Pig WORLDWIDE!: "Another fallen star", "A little spring in the step", and "Emeril visits the space shuttle"

Squealing Pig WORLDWIDE!

Monday, August 14, 2006

"Another fallen star", "A little spring in the step", and "Emeril visits the space shuttle"

The new season hasn't even officially begun (September 11th) and I've already sorted through a pile of news. Here we go...Robin Williams. Enough said, right? Robin started out with no more than two pennies to rub together. The big break happened on an episode of "Happy Days" where storylines were getting as scarce as the oil industry in the United States is today. It was there that we were introduced to Williams' character "Mork". He began in the comedy club circuit and was a frequent guest in rehab for cocaine use. An ABC television documentary a couple of years ago portrayed Williams as being "high" during most of "Mork and Mindy's" few year run. Sure, he teamed up with Billy Crystal and Whoopi Goldberg for Comic Relief and had a couple big movies, and then he hit the skids. His latest film RV fizzled at the box office. Now again, Robin is in rehab and says that everyone should "Leave him alone".. I wonder what the Disney people think of this considering Robin is the centerpiece of a couple of attractions at Disney World. Given the fact that he agreed to accepting some really crappy scripts lately, I don't blame him. Cheers to you Robin! People in L.A. can litter the streets all they want today...Boy George is there to clean up the mess...ALL WEEK! As first reported here several months ago, George O' Dowd was "seeing things" and thought burglers were in his apartment. After a call to the police, they entered his place only to find cocaine on top of his computer. So, this guy is now walking the streets with an orange vest and a stick with a rusty nail at the end picking up Jack in The Box wrappers. Some twenty some years later, he's still a kook. Funny thing is, while George does his community service, he can't work due to the fact that there's groupies with cameras and video making sure this moment will last forever. Geez! Take a guess on "Who's Steppin' Out With His Baby" on the next installment of "Dancing With The Stars"? The Ringmaster, Jerry Springer. What a poor sap. Poor guy was Mayor of Cincinatti, has a talk show on television and a radio show on the AirAmerica Radio Network. He fiddled with the idea of running for Congress but claimed that nobody would take him seriously. What better way to fix your image than with a 50 year old guy who wears diapers and wants to be spanked? Now, Jerry thinks he's going to win the hearts of America by kicking up his heels on the dance floor? A little known fact is that Jerry has a daughter in her 20's who lives on Lake Shore Drive with her pappy. She's deaf. Too bad for her that she can still read the "closed captioning" on Dad's on air antics. 40 cloves of garlic in your pasta while cramped in the space shuttle ain't cool...unless everyone eats the same thing! Food Network "King of BAM!" Emeril Lagasse has inked a deal with, of all things, NASA. Gone are the days of powdered food. Hey, roast beef in powdered form is bad enough...add water and it doesn't get any better. So, when the shuttle goes up again, the crew will be bringing along some of Emeril's dishes for the space shuttle AND space station. Some of the items on the menu include shrimp calamari, spinach and italian sausage ravioli, and fetuccinni alfredo. They say that this was a longtime request by those going into space. Gourmet food would be the LAST thing on my mind. I'd worry most about getting there and back home in one piece!

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