Month: May 2008

The Daily News

The late, great Harvey Korman.
1   So...Harvey Korman walks into a bar...
2 Funny, funny guy.
3 Old vaudeville guy. Pokonos. Schtick.
4 Wiseguy.
5 Vanishing species.
6 I still love the guy. Watch some old Carol Burnett shows and you'll see what I mean.
7 Ahhh.
8  Good ol' Frideeeeeee.
9 We've been through all of that.
10 Every year, no matter where you are, the year wears down, and everybody is pretty much fed up with everybody else. This is education, specifically.
11 If you have a NORMAL job, that happens on a daily basis.
12 Teachers.
13 Yeesh.
14 We are so much more spoiled than most people.
15 Our jobs end in June, and if we play our cards right, don't return until August.
16 So our years end with storybook endings, every single year, and then we get to start each new year with a clean slate.
17 Just like everybody else's jobs.
18 Hehe.
19 And everybody we work with on a daily basis remains young, while the few people we get out to see each day grey and get smiley lines and wind up wearing clothes that only look good in the wind.
20 But really, it's still the classic end-of-the-year syndrome. Everyone gets it, because they grab it and advertise it as "Grads and Dads" etc.
21 Somebody you know is probably graduating.
22 And when you are in the thick of all of it, you get sorta Zen.
23 Everybody every year starts to go absolutely bonkers right about now.
24 Fortunately, the weather has been pleasant.
25 I've been through late May's when it is so ungodly hot that nobody walking around can think clearly, and the next thing you know you're in a stadium with stodgy speeches, followed by a bunch of hats flying every which way, the ultimate hat trick.
26 And I will always observe the ceremony as my "No way" day.
27 They call a name at graduation.
28   I say, "No way."
29 They say THREE names which are the same guy.
30 I look at any colleague who's close.
31 "No way."
32   Anyway, our stories all have endings, every year. It's like a Hardy Boys' serial.
32   So this year is winding down like a tired old clock.
33   I'm gonna stop now.
34   Y'all have a nice Frideeeee.
35   I have around six thousand more events, and then I'll say good-bye.
36   Meanwhile, see ya Mondeee.
37   Peace.
~H~

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The Daily News

1 Funny the stuff that comes in with the DN.
2 Yesterday, after having published and sending the DN to the proper corners of the Universe, I received an e-mail from me old friend and confidant Geoff, sometimes referred to as Goof.
3 He told me that there are WORDS to the Andy Griffith show song, and that some guy named Joe Ed Dick used to play the song as an intro to The Fish Report, which used to be broadcast at noon on KFJC 89.7, coincidentally the home of David Emory, my major source for political research.
4 Anyway, this led me to finding the entire song, which naturally, I did.
5 But we'll get to that in a moment.
6 Tonight at a place called Blue Rock Shoot in Saratoga, California, Geoff will be playing bass in a band called The Other Jacksons. They appear tonight somewhere between 7 and 10 p.m.
7 I guarantee they will roll along beautifully and with a nice breezy feel.
8 Shameless plug? Nah. They'll just kick your butt. But I thought I'd throw in Geoff's shameless plug anyway.
9 Geoff also informed me yesterday that the theme song was officially called The Fishin' Hole, and that it was sung by Andy Griffith.
10 AND we have the song right here for posterity.
11 So for the world of tomorrow, here is the official version of The Fishin' Hole, which is also the most difficult song to whistle.
The Fishin' Hole by Everett Sloane, Earle Hagen and Herbert Spencer - The Andy Griffith Show Lyrics

Well, now, take down your fishin' pole and meet me at The Fishin' Hole,
We may not get a bite all day, but don't you rush away.

What a great place to rest your bones and mighty fine for skippin' stones,
You'll feel fresh as a lemonade, a-settin' in the shade.

Whether it's hot, whether it's cool, oh what a spot for whistlin' like a fool.

What a fine day to take a stroll and wander by The Fishin' Hole,
I can't think of a better way to pass the time o' day.

We'll have no need to call the roll when we get to The Fishin' Hole,
There'll be you, me, and Old Dog Trey, to doodle time away.

If we don't hook a perch or bass, we'll cool our toes in dewy grass,
Or else pull up a weed to chaw, and maybe set and jaw.

Hangin' around, takin' our ease, watchin' that hound a-scratchin' at his fleas.

Come on, take down your fishin' pole and meet me at The Fishin' Hole,
I can't think of a better way to pass the time o' day.
12 I'll bet nobody thought we could get this much mileage outta one song.

13 And I ain't done yet.
14 First, here's the full-length version. I hope it works for you:
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/60s-music-andy-griffith-theme-earle-hagen/745608378
15 Okay, so I couldn't find any version of Andy Griffith actually singing the song on You Tube, but I did stumble upon this odd piece that explains other retro shows that have theme songs with the lyrics cut:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ForgottenThemeTuneLyrics
16 And here's a variation on a theme: this guy plays The Fishin' Hole on guitar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3FMmthXfrY&feature=related
17 Well.
18 Did I say I couldn't find a version of Andy Griffith singing The Fishin' Hole on You Tube? Well it's true, but I DID stumble upon an obscure audio of Andy singin' the song for all to hear. So for your listening pleasure, I give you Andy Griffith singing The Fishin' Hole. Are you ready to rock? Here you go:
http://www.rayfowler.org/2008/05/28/who-whistled-the-andy-griffith-theme-song/
19 I want to thank you dedicated fans of the DN who sent me some other versions of people playing this all sorts of different ways, but there were too many really to place on here this fine morning, especially since I've hit my insomniacal patterns which usually occur at the end of the year.
20 Once again we are past 3 a.m. as I compose these words. The end of the school year is a busy time, so I work events, come home, conk out, and then awaken to a computer screen with an unfinished DN. So time constraints are a factor.
21 But if you really want to have some computer fun, start looking up the various versions of the song. At some point, you'll tire, but it's sort of like fishin'.
22 Once in a while you'll get a good catch, like Andy, above.
23 Well, that's about it. Just like real fishing, I think I'm just gonna set my pole down and hope the fish jump into my boat. I need to catch a little shut-eye.
24 Hope this kept you mildly amused.
25 And good luck tonight Geoff. I'd love to pack my GIT-tar and jam, but duty calls.
26 Meanwhile, y'all have a mighty fine day.
27 Peace.
~H~

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The Daily News

1 So...Earle H. Hagen walks into a bar...
2 Okay, so NOBODY knows who Earle H. Hagen is.
3 Except MAYBE Mrs. Earle H. Hagen, or MAYBE Earle H. Hagen, Jr.
4 Okay.
5 Earle H. Hagen is the whistler of the theme song on the old Andy Griffith Show.
6 Now this is the fun part: If you are aware of the whistling in the Andy Griffith Show, it begins with a solo whistler and moves into a duet mid-song.
7 I challenged Helene years ago to whistle the melody and that I would come in and do the harmony.
8 Never happened. It can't be done without laughing.
9 That became our theory years ago.
10 I claim that nobody could do it, and I believe that the only guy who could was probably the guy who did it originally, and now even he can't .
11 I know, I know.
12 But try it. A lot of people know that song, and a LOT of people know how it harmonizes, so my challenge to you is this: find a partner, whistle the Andy Griffith song, and see if you could harmonize the whole song.
13 Without laughing.
14 It's a great game, and impossible to do.
15 Some fun.
16 It's Wednesday already.
17 If you spend any amount of time tonight trying to whistle the harmony and melody to the Andy Griffith Show, especially with a partner, you will find yourself laughing uncontrollably.
18 We have Earle H. Hagen to thank.
19 That's it.
20 Thanks Earle, for all the laughs.
21 Peace.

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Nicoley and Caitlin!!!!
Congratulations!!!!!!

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Dick Martin of Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In.

1 First things first. CONGRATULATIONS to BOTH my daughters, Caitlin and Nicoley, for BOTH graduating Magna Cum Laude this past Saturday at SJSU's commencement.

2 After a whole bunch of professors marched up to the podium congratuating one another and one another's colleagues on doing a fine job, they finally decided to focus on the graduates themselves two hours in.

3 Always a pleasure watching college graduations. Once the pomposity stopped, so did the Wave, the tortillas flying all over the place, the dignified blow-up shark being tossed about, the beach balls, and the overall drunkenness, which mellowed into the correct focus, which was the students themselves.

4 Anyway, you never saw a prouder dad in your life. It may sound corny, but when I heard Pomp and Circumstance playing, everything else disappeared and I just remembered all the frustrating hours and all-nighters and all the rest. These two deserved it, as did every single...

5 All right, MOST of the graduates up there. We spent the entire weekend in celebration, and will probably carry on for the remainder of the month. I don't care about too much of anything else right now. I intend to throw a citywide party, complete with root beer and whistles, so stay tuned.

6 And now...the news.

7 So...Dick Martin walks into a bar.

8 Who?

9 So...Sydney Pollack walks into a bar. Famous movie director/actor.

10 Speaking of the movies...

11 This weekend stopped the shortest diet I've ever been on, and not a moment too soon. So my diet walks into a bar, points and all...

12 Look.

13 You don't start a diet on the day before a double-graduation, a Senior Ball, AND a trip to see Indiana Jones.

14 As soon as I walk into a movie theater I instantly buy popcorn, WITH butter flavoring, whatever that means.

15 It's that greasy stuff they pour all over it, and which we've called buttered popcorn since they invented the stuff. And you HAVE to have it. It's the law. Popcorn and movies. Love and marriage. Horse and carriage.

16 So I'm sorry, but I'm not going to go see Indiana Jones with my entire family and order re-fillable buckets of broccoli and carrots. Not yet.

17 When we got home, Nicole made one of the most beautiful cakes ever. It was around a thousand layers with all sorts of Disney colors sprinkled through.

18 So dinner the other night consisted of popcorn and cake.

19 That's a million points.

20 Thank God they have Coke Zero.

21 The cake was a sleep cake. You've all had those. Midway through your slice it starts eating you, and so you grab a fresh cup of coffee, which Nicole also made and which was better than any ol' Starbucks, and on completion, you fall into a deep sleep.

22 Anyway, the diet went sailing right out the window.

23 Saturdays. I'm tellin' ya.

24 They graduated at 9:30, or were supposed to. Three hours later, there were still professors talking about how distinguished they were while the crowd of graduates became intolerant, and rightfully so. At some point they need to change their focus at college graduations and save their "distinguishing" for a faculty meeting or a retirement dinner. The graduates, right or wrong, showed their disdain by being rude and ridiculous, but one needs to wonder how it all began in the first place. THEY'RE the ones who should be recognized on that day. Save it. I ain't listenin'.

25 Tradition.

26 If tradition means stubbornly holding onto the thirties, then it's time to let it go.

27 And Saturday night, WE had the Senior Ball downtown at the Corinthian Club, a South Bay version of the Bohemian Club. I brought Caitlin with me to goof on the entire thing, so we celebrated her graduation by going to Prom! We wound up doing one of those semi-all nighters where you go to Carrow's at 3 a.m. and break your diet still more. The grad party is happening in the summer. Citywide, I tellya.

28 Anyway, I kept eating cake and drinking good coffee all day yesterday, so I just now settled in and decided to write the DN at 2:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning.

29 I hope this was plenty o' news!

30 I'm getting tired though, so I think I'll have another slice of Nicoley's scrumptious cake, tank down a little coffee and pass out.

31 I still have a saloon to run.

32 Have a great day, and to my beautiful dottas, all my love this sunny day.

33 Peace, and g'night for a few hours at least.

~H~

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The Daily News

1 I've officially started my 4,375th diet.
2 My last diet lasted about two months, and I felt great.
3 Everyone said I looked like I lost weight.
4 My clothes were hanging off me.
5 Tha's because I made it easy on myself.
6 I bought all my clothes two sizes too big.
7 It worked for a while.
8 Now I'm just trying to do one where you just eat tons and tons of vegetables, like gardens of 'em.
9 In about two weeks I'll just be a stick.
10 Scarcrew McGrew.
11 That's my goal.
12 Today I had some vegetables, and then later, I had some more vegetables, followed by a Coke Zero. Coke Zip.
13 I remember a few years back when I went on that Atkins.
14 I had it DOWN.
15 I threw a great recipe for these amazing meatballs to some friends.
16 One guy got all huffy when I included green onions in the recipe.
17 Evidently it was ridiculously irresponsible of me to tell people on that diet to use those things. The guy referred to them as "scallions".

18 Fookin' pirate.
19 The guy got all Richard Simmons on me. He felt I probably ruined around a hundred people's diets by going around telling people it was okay to use those,when it would completely upset the nuclear structure of their interior chemistry, or something.

20 Evidently the Atkins is so strict that if you eat a green onion somebody might have some crazy reaction. It's a VERY serious diet. Mentioning a carrot could silence a room.
21 All I remember was that it made it feel like you were giving birth to the Washington Monument every now and again.
22 Hey, that was one of my dad's expressions when he described some sorta cancer probe.
23 But we'll slip away from that immediately.
24 Yesterday some gal offered me a FREE burrito, and I had to turn her down.
25 For the life of me I can't remember what diet this is, but it's the one with points?
26 I explained to the gal that I was on that diet with the points, and that I couldn't accept a free burrito. Too many points.
27 I'm on my fourth day, and I told the gal that I was withering into nothingness.
28 Seriously, I just want to get down to around a hundred pounds in a month.
29 Maybe two hundred.
30 Maybe three hundred.
31 Okay, well I have to scurry off to a Senior Ball this weekend, so I guess I'll just go out and buy some big shoes, some baggy pants, and a flower that squirts.
32 You guys have a wonderful weekend.
33 Peace.
~H~

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The Winner & New Champ!!!
Right David Wins Idol!!!!

David Cook, American Idol '08
The Daily News

Shameful plug!
1 Hey, I just said that Am Idol was probably corrupt and filled with lots of dark stories and gambling, not to mention rigged results and scripts. I never said it wasn't entertaining!
2 The second I saw Mike Myers enter the mix as Guru Pitka I was hooked.
3 The two Davids are the real deal anyway.
4   Was it rigged?
5   Who the Hell cares? The right guy won by a clear knockout. But really, who the Hell cares? It was a rockin' night on Idol. I must confess I am a HUGE hypocrite. I got totally sucked into one of the most entertaining nights of the year on the old teevee.
6   Ah, the Davids! Their duet last night had soul. Eliminating the obnoxious but entertaining judges brought the raw talent to the stage, and no, they aren't out of central casting. The entire show rocked, and not too much on teevee gets through my sarcastic cranium. And those guys singing together rocked!

7 Last night was straight-up The All American Party, a celebration of talented youth and vitality, and a grand tribute to a younger generation. And their inspirations.
8 I already acknowledged myself as a world-class hypocrite, so I must say it was an amazing piece of television last night. For all its glitz, the talent of these young people rocked the house, jumped off the teevee, and drew even my cynical self right into the middle of those swirling lights and grand musical spectacle. And then there was Jimmy Kimmel.
9 Kimmel rocks.
10 Right out of the Celebrity Roast textbook.
11 For no reason, have a Coke.

12 Time for us all to move over and let the younger generation have a shot at the stars.
13 Lovin' it.
14 What a rockin' night of teevee!
15 David Cook and ZZ Top doing Sharp Dressed Man. How can you miss?

16   Livin' the Dream.
17   Brooke White and Graham Nash singing Teach Your Children. Doesn't get any better than this.
18   Free Hybrids and commercial contracts. Selling out. Eveything the world hates about America.
19 And everything I love about the joint!
20 Ah, SWEET hypocrisy!
21 H is thy middle name!
22 And that loser guy with the USC Marching Band with a parody of Fleetwood Mac's classic live encore with Tusk! and Don't Stop Believing from their The Dance CD (Remember CD's, ya online crooks? ; ) <----------ubiquitous sideways winky guy. What the heck was THAT all about? Ah, it filled time. It was a great ride, no matter how you swing it.
23 So for all my talk, I think I'm gonna get tickets to their tour in July.
24 I sold out man.
25 Oh yeah, and congratulations David.
26 Peace.

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The Daily News

The sportsbooks are seeing more action on American Idol in one week than they do on a year's worth of a hockey season.

--Casino Gambling Web

1 It didn't take me too long to figure out why American Idol and Dancing With the Stars keep showing moments of weirdness. Arm injuries, people passing out, long-shots winning. Hmmmmmm....

2 My latest conspiracy theory. I watched David Cook completely lose. And after he lost, he cried, but it didn't look like it was the song that was making him do it.

3 For the past few weeks I've watched David Cook and wondered something blatantly obvious: How has that guy never been a front guy for a band? Any time I see anything that takes America by storm, I assume it's controlled. Can't help it. It's my CIA training.

4 My feeling about most of those shows is that they just get these guys right out of central casting, and that nearly everything we see is a well-tailored sham.

5 I'm thoroughly convinced that most of those reality shows are completely faked. It wouldn't be the first time in television history that something like that could take place.

6 Have you ever SEEN a show that also gets free advertising on every search engine and radio station in the world? Or that has stories that are contrived, and that change? How do they get so much "free" coverage on the net, and on radio stations all owned by the same companies?

7 There's an entire gambling enterprise revolving around these shows, which are controlled and packaged by corporate sponsors. Without looking I'm going to take an educated guess, and I'm guessing this is all controlled by Fox, and Clear Com, and ultimately, the desk of Rupert Murdoch. No statistics, just a hunch. I'll look into it when I actually care, but this stuff has entered the seedy world of gambling, and like sports, I'm thinking there's a whole bunch of opportunities to throw games.

8 Am I making this up?

9 Here ya go. Take a quick scroll down this page. It's pretty revealing.

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American Idol Preview: Cook Is Gambling Favorite Over Archuleta

When American Idol started this year, many fans were wondering if the show could continue to pop out top amateur performers. The show not only did that, but also has produced one of the better finale showdowns.

David Cook and David Archuleta have both been brilliant at times this season. They both have created a large fan following from different ends of the social spectrum, and are both worthy of winning the title.

The sports books say that Cook has the better chance of winning. He is listed as the gambling favorite in most sports books, and is predicted to be the winner in gambling arenas.

Archuleta is by no means a long shot. His odds are fairly strong for a second choice. The sports books are basically saying that while Cook is the favorite, it would surprise nobody if Archuleta won.

Of course, it will ultimately be the performances Tuesday night that will determine the winner. With both contestants so evenly matched and evenly loved by voters, one slip up could cost Cook or Archuleta a shot at being the American Idol winner this season.

Show time is set for 8:00 Tuesday night on FOX.

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10 Hmmm. Most odds were on Cook.

11 Did he take a dive? I definitely smell a rat. His songs were clearly done
with less enthusiasm as Simon kept talking in boxing analogies.

12 I won't be the only guy asking. Cook's tears didn't look at all to me like tears of
a musician lost in his song. They looked like tears of an entirely different sort.

13 And there are news leaks almost every week about scripted shows, and backstage
dads being tossed out, but stories changing.

14 Here's an old webpage if you don't believe me. Remember Taylor Hicks? Remember his early
appearances on the show? That guy was a longshot if ever I saw one. Here, have
a look:

Betting on American Idol

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Now the finale is here and you will be able to bet throughout the 24 hours leading up to the big announcement of Who will be named the next American Idol.

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8:15 pm EST May 24, 2006

Taylor Hicks -736 (bet $7.36 to win $1.00 or bet $736 to win $100)
Katharine McPhee +596 (bet $1 to win $5.96 or bet $100 to win $596)

6:30 pm EST May 24, 2006

Taylor Hicks -740 (bet $7.40 to win $1.00 or bet $740 to win $100)
Katharine McPhee +600 (bet $1 to win $6.00 or bet $100 to win $600)

2:01 pm EST May 24, 2006

Taylor Hicks -600 (bet $6.00 to win $1.00 or bet $630 to win $100)
Katharine McPhee +460 (bet $1 to win $4.60 or bet $100 to win $490)

8:30 am EST May 24, 2006

Taylor Hicks -630 (bet $6.30 to win $1.00 or bet $630 to win $100)
Katharine McPhee +490 (bet $1 to win $4.90 or bet $100 to win $490)

5:15 am EST May 24, 2006

Taylor Hicks -661 (bet $6.61 to win $1.00 or bet $661 to win $100)
Katharine McPhee +521 (bet $1 to win $5.21 or bet $100 to win $521)

1:00 am EST May 24, 2006

Taylor Hicks -600 (bet $6.00 to win $1.00 or bet $600 to win $100)
Katharine McPhee +460 (bet $1 to win $4.60 or bet $100 to win $460)

10:00 pm EST May 23, 2006

Taylor Hicks -440 (bet $4.40 to win $1.00 or bet $440 to win $100)
Katharine McPhee +374 (bet $1 to win $3.74 or bet $100 to win $374)

9:00 pm EST May 23, 2006

Taylor Hicks -373 (bet $3.73 to win $1.00 or bet $373 to win $100)
Katharine McPhee +317 (bet $1 to win $3.17 or bet $100 to win $317)

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American Idol predictions Making predictions on the outcome of American Idol is going to be tough. Taylor Hicks and Katharine McPhee compete Tuesday night to become the next American Idol.

American Idol: Find the best odds If you are betting on the two remaining American Idol finalists, chances are the odds will differ enough to find value. Read More

American Idol: Betting odds can change fast with McPhee and Hicks Looking to get some action down on American Idol? Just a reminder that betting on the popular television show can drive odds in all different directions. American Idol betting odds are bound fluctuate through Wednesday

American Idol: Sports bettors say Taylor Hicks will win Odds are Taylor Hicks will become next American Idol. After last night’s elimination of Elliott Yamin, the fifth edition of American Idol has reached the grand finale. See American Idol odds here

American Idol: What will Chris Daughtry do next? With the American Idol finale quickly approaching May 24 and the betting odds selection dwindling down, this week's Chris Daughtry elimination and the ensuing controversy has opened up an opportunity for additional betting odds. Wanna bet on what Chris Daughtry will do next?

American Idol: Chris Daughtry controversy continues Something new to bet on: Will Daughtry be brought back? The latest chief conspiracy theory centered on American Idol's oft-maligned phone lines. Read More Here

American Idol: Chris Daughty elimination "not a complete surprise" Wednesday night's upset elimination of Chris Daughtry shocked fans and bettors who believed the North Carolina native was a shoe-in to become the fifth American Idol. But one online gambling website saw it coming.

American Idol: How did Chris Daughtry get voted off? Payout odds were 12 to 1 and remaining exact bets pay out huge. Surely there were a lot of gamblers thrilled to see Chris Daughtry make an early exit from American Idol. And latest American Idol odds are now available.

American Idol: Fuel asks Chris Daughtry to be lead singer Chris Daughtry was so good when he covered the Pennsylvania rock band Fuel's single 'Hemorrhage' Daughtry's been asked by Fuel to join as their lead frontman.

American Idol: Q&A on how to bet on American Idol Many of you who are new to online gambling might have difficulty navigating all the various gambling web sites out there when trying to find betting odds on American Idol. We now offer you this Q&A session on how to bet American Idol.

American Idol: Chris Daughtry gets voted off Katharine McPhee and Chris Daughtry received the least number of votes. Both had solid payout odds if they were eliminated going into the Tuesday night show. In the end Chris Daughtry got voted off with huge payout odds.

American Idol: Results for May 10 Elimination show Who got voted off American Idol this week and who are the remaining 3 Idols? Coming into the Tuesday night "Elvis" theme show with only four Idols remaining, Elliott Yamin was an easy pick off. Find out Who Got voted off American Idol

American Idol: Latest gambling website to offer odds Wagerweb is the latest online gambling web site to offer odds on the hit Fox Television series, American Idol. Wagerweb.com CEO Dave Johnson predicts more bets for the Idol winner than the more than 10,000 they took in for the 2004 Presidential election. Read More Here

American Idol: Elliot Yamin comes on strong, Katharine McPhee struggles Simon Cowell summed it up in regard to Elliot Yamin when he said "You came in (to this competition) as the underdog and you chose a song not too many people are going to know and that was the best performance so far." Will Elliot Yamin move onto the next round?

American Idol: Recap of Tuesday Night May 9 show As always, Gambling911.com is here Tuesday nights to provide our readers and American Idol fans with all the latest performance updates and our own opinions as to who might be booted off plus all the latest betting odds. Get all the latest American Idol updates here LIVE

American Idol: The online betting frenzy continues Viewers of American Idol are not always sure how to go about betting on the phenomenally popular show. Millions of viewers have tuned in to American Idol this season and millions more have visited the Gambling911.com web site in hopes of getting action on one or more of the American Idol wannabes.

American Idol: Latest betting odds Chris Daughtry Remains Favorite To Be The Next American Idol as more people bet on American Idol than they do the NBA Finals. Read more about the betting craze that is sweeping the world.

American Idol breaks all records: Betting craze continues In a testament to just how popular betting on American Idol has become, Gambling911.com reported yet another record breaking traffic day Wednesday, this one of Biblical proportions.

American Idol: Latest odds have Taylor Hicks still offering big payout Immediately following Wednesday night's elimination show where we witnessed Paris Bennett get voted off, PinnacleSports.com released its updated odds on Who will win American Idol and Will Elliot Yamin be eliminated next week.

American Idol: Results for May 3 Elimination show Who got voted off American Idol this week and who are the remaining 4 Idols? Gambling911.com is fast becoming the web site of choice for anybody interested in betting on American Idol. As such we are always the first to provide results for each elimination show. Find out which American Idol got voted off here

American Idol: Chris Daughtry and Paris Bennett our reporters favorites It's Chris Daughtry and Paris Bennett going all the way, so says Gambling911.com reporters Payton O'Brien, who selects Chris Daughtry to win, and Destiney Lewis who is on Paris Bennett.

American Idol: Destiney Lewis says Katharine McPhee gets eliminated Our own Destiney Lewis gives her American Idol elimination prediction for May 3 and she says it's Katharine McPhee with a $1200 payout that gets the boot Could this be the biggest American Idol payout of the year surpassing Pickler's $800 payout of last week?

American Idol: Katharine McPhee elimination odds still available If you believe the online gambling web sites, you'll be under the impression that young Paris Bennett is packing up after tonight's "elimination" show. But there stands a strong potential of a Katharine McPhee elimination.

American Idol: May 2 recap Gambling911.com as always is your number one American Idol source for both Tuesday night's performance and Wednesday night's elimination results recaps. Click here now to get all the latest results.

American Idol: Betting on Idol more popular than betting baseball As we count down to the final American Idol show of Season 5 (May 24) a lot of focus will be on the online gambling sites that accept betting on American Idol.

American Idol: Who got voted off April 26 Results show? What is fast becoming the most popular place to be on the net during Wednesday night is already hot with viewers as shown once again this Wednesday night with unprecedented traffic volume even from the get go. And Kellie Pickler gets the boot at +800 odds.

American Idol: Results for April 26 "Elimination Show" could be shocking Those who watch American Idol regularly know the deal. Kellie Pickler not only failed to provide her audience with a "knock out" performance, she was flat out awful - two weeks in a row! Jenny Woo discusses the odds going into Wednesday April 26 elimination show here

American Idol: Is Paris Bennett's time up? The Kansas City Star this week profiled a web site called DialIdol.com — that apparently has correctly predicted 15 out of the 18 idols to be eliminated so far and Paris Bennett was accurately predicted among the bottom three last week.

Who will win American Idol? The most searched for contestant could hold answer The more inquiries for an American Idol contestant could suggest how strong a fan base they have and on that note, Taylor Hicks and Katharine McPhee are practically tied for the most queries.

American Idol: Odds are against this Ace Ace Young wasn't disappointing in his appearance last night on American Idol, but the oddsmakers have Ace Young saying bye bye The pretty boy even altered his appearance, resorting to a more classy look. Ace was far better than fellow Idol contestant Kellie Pickler.

American Idol: Kellie Pickler in a pickle At +1100 odds of being eliminated going into the Tuesday Night April 18 performance show, our Jenny Woo says "this is a no-brainer" Kellie Pickler was right. She butchered the song she sang, and don't ask Jenny to remember what she sang as my ADT was kicking in. Kellie Pickler could offer a huge payout if America votes correctly.

American Idol: April 18 recap Gambling911.com presents its LIVE interactive reports on tonight's American Idol with the Ladies of Gambling911.com Interact with Jenny Woo and the crew here

American Idol: Picking on Pickler She may be a little country bumpkin who somewhat resembles last year's winner, Carrie Underwood, with a brain the size of a pea (or so one might think), but American Idol contender Kellie Pickler is reportedly gathering plenty of votes each week. Pickler is also a target of some who despise her

American Idol: Live interactive web forum announced The Ladies of Gambling911.com have taken over the American Idol circuit and Lord only knows what might happen at their hands. See elimination odds here

American Idol: All bets on pretty boy Ace Young being eliminated April 12 Singing "We Will Rock You", Freddy Mercury of Queen must have been rolling over in his grave last night. Why, we were a little surprised to here he didn't raise from the dead!

It's in the cards and one online sportsbook suggests that American Idol wannabe Bucky Covington has finally used up his nine lives this week, literally. So far, Covington, a huge favorite to be eliminated each week of the competition, has managed to eek past other Idol contestants including the much more talented Mandisa, who got voted off last week. Read More Here

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Phone number screwup
Jenny Woo lashes out at American Idol contestants
Katharine McPhee would have paid $20,000
Bucky Covington as an even favorite to be eliminated
Katharine McPhee continues to be among the favorites to win American Idol
Our American Idol recap here
Mandisa got her walking papers Wednesday night
So whose getting eliminated April 5?

15 Staggering, no? If you bet early on a long shot, and you have prior knowledge of the end result, then you could literally make a fortune.

16 I've been watching this stuff developing for a while now, wondering why MSN, AOL, and
and the news shows, talk radio, sports talk ALL jabber incessantly about these shows.

17 Why so much free advertising?

18 I already have suspected many sporting events are decided on a bad toss, or by a
bad call.

19 Gaming. 1919 World Series. Phantom punches in boxing. Rose.

20 It's all just theory mind you, but I just googled gambling and Am Idol last night and
couldn't believe the extent of the betting people could put on these shows, the results
of which could be controlled by mob sorts.

21 In general, you do attract that element when there is gambling.

22 It's an interesting theory, that's for sure.

23 People might just look at me and figure I'm way off base.

24 Well, I had an entirely different DN written, but once I saw Cook totally choke by
holding back on what could only be described as a heavyweight bout, and THEN cry
a different sort of tear, I became suspicious.

25 When I saw that he was a clear odds-on favorite to win, I had to wonder.

26 No matter what else, I've watched a few strange events in the past couple of months.

27 Hillary announcing she was shot at, and then saying, "M'bad, I made a mistake."

28 A television show that exposed magicians secrets, one that showed a guy levitating
and amazed spectators, but showing that he was attached to a crane, and the faces of the spectators
was just a different moment. They lifted him later and edited it.

29 The guy on The Bachelor who said good-bye to one girl, and when the other girl was expecting him to ask her to marry him, had a change of heart and decided he didn't want her
either, which spawned another show!

30 Yeesh. It's all a thought mind you, but I've been quite on the money in this sort of stuff before (JFK, Bonds/Sports steroid scandal, the CIA running drugs during Iran/Contra, etc. to name but a few) and I get the same feeling on all of this stuff.

31 It's just SO blatant it's almost unbelieveable.

32 So in keeping with my consistent distrust of anything amazingly popular, I'm going to
keep a bit of an eye on the longshots.

33 Take none of this seriously or you'll get mad at me. Just smile and realize it's all just
thoughts that nobody would ever want to think about (OOH!) but that we all will anyway.

34 In this case, it's sort of like when I first read the Warren Report and saw that 90 seconds
after he allegedly shot JFK from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository, Lee Harvey Oswald was seen by a manager and a police officer chilling in the second floor break room sipping a Coke, with no sign of flush or anything resembling being out of breath.

35 I remember looking up like that kid in Never Ending Story and thinking, "Huh?"

36 It's not as scandalous, but last night's Idol did that.

37 Something just didn't look right.

38 Sounds like a fun one.

39 I'll keep you posted, and pissed off.

40 But it'll be a fun one to hunt down. And it SURE is interesting...

41 Peace.

~H~

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1 The pitcher in last night's Giant's game is I think in 8th or 9th grade.
2 Big ol' ears.
3 Corn-fed smile.
4 Aw shucks. The guy's name is Pat Misch, and he's a big-leaguer, like his amazing friend Tim Lincecum, whose location is wizardly, but whose hat hides his eyes so he resembles a lanky scarecrow with arms that touch reach right down to the ground.
5 The Kids are Alright.
6 That's All Right for you corrections officers out there.
7 I've become horrendously sloppy in the grammar area the past few months, not that I was ever any great shakes.
8 Alright is the correct misspelling of a song by The Who.
9 AnywayZ (there is no "s" on "anyway" btw) irregardless (it's "regardless"; there is no such word as "irregardless"), the young Giants look like something right out of LIttle League.
10 They chew pink bubblegum instead of chawin' tobacco.
11 Their underpants are starched.
12 Moving on: Well, I'm actually looking at the rungs under me on this Ladder to Success and I'm finding that everyone on their way up tends to be significantly younger than me.
13 Than I.
14 Except Aurelia. He uses Just For Men, the green package.
15 I used to.
16 Now I just glue a prop wig to the rim of my baseball cap and accent my sideburns with a brown marker.
17 No but SERIOUSLY I'm loving getting older and more crotchety, but I believe I've established that already in the past few weeks.
18 Everything irritates me these days, especially when it's hot outside.
19 I literally have to talk myself into not getting irritated by everything lest I become like Old Eagle Eyes.
20 Old Eagle Eyes was this old lady who lived at the base of the street behind my own. We lived in a hilly area of Millbrae, and Old Eagle Eyes' house was at the exact bottom of the street behind our house.
21 Hers was an old grey house with thick curtains that were always closed except when she would pull them slightly aside to stare each time we were outside having fun.
22 She never said a word, never came outside, never yelled at us, but we were convinced she was a mean old crone who was always ready to call the police on us, or worse, who could with a few strange phrases spoken in tongues turn us into warthogs.
23 I just always pictured her standing near the curtains, dressed in dusty rags, silent and strange in her wickedness, and well-governed in her spells. She tried selling her house one time, but I stole her sign. She never tried again; rather, she just aged with the fading grey of her eaves.

24 I just hope I don't get like that, although the influence of Old Eagle Eyes stares down at me like a gargoyle with blazing eyes.
25 Fortunately, the kid in me is much more fun and immediate. The kid who is under the hat of Giants' pitcher Tim Lincecum, the kid who put a nickel back on Howard Cobb's counter, or the kid who on a bet one fateful day stole the For Sale sign off the lawn of Old Eagle Eyes and planted it firmly on the front lawn of Meadows School, to the glee of the entire School Bus that carted us off to high school the following morning.
26 I somehow think there's a lot more of that spirit in me than any amount of crotchetiness, if there even IS such a word.
27 A part of me wants to climb back down the Ladder and hang with what got me there.
28 Just some clouded thoughts on a morning after the night before.
29 I'm guessing the sun will burst through.
30 Have a lovely day.
31 Peace.

~H~

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The Odd Couple
1 How I spent my weekend.
2 For one thing, on Saturday night I went to the Center for the Performing Arts and saw Beauty and the Beast, which I suggest you do as well. I just needed to give that info. Back it up to Friday night, and I was pleased and honored to have attended YB's very entertaining production of The Odd Couple.
3 YB's Dramatic Arts department did an awesome job with The Odd Couple. It was their second show this year, although I'm still not certain as to what they did in the Fall. I've been very busy, but here is a quick summary of what has happened since last year at this time.
4 What has happened is that drama is no longer taught as a subject at the school, and the Theatre has been transferred into a semi-theatre/dance studio with a mirror on the back wall, but with new black curtains that look wonderfully professional, and do much to hide the offstage areas.
5 Debbie Rocha, wife of Mr. Paz Rocha, has been brought on board to teach dance classes, so the Theatre has changed its focus. Mrs. Rocha has been choreographing in the community for years, and has worked as the Activities Director at Milpitas High School, which is architecturally almost identical to YB's Theatre. As a result, YB will have a dance recital coming in the next few weeks, right on the heels of The Odd Couple.
6 They also brought Mr. David McCoy on board to direct/produce the after-school play productions. Mr. McCoy has worked with many Bay Area theater companies including the El Camino Opera Company, Great America, The Sunnyvale Community Players, and the American Musical Theatre of San Jose. He is also a founder of the South County Theatre Company in Monterey County where he has worked as both a director and a producer of several productions. He directed and produced The Odd Couple.
7 The result was a remarkably well-acted and well-choreographed performance of this Neil Simon classic.
8 The set looked a bit rough around the edges, but that would be directly related to lack of time to leave a set on the stage. If you put a set out on the stage for six weeks, the dance class can't work, so they'll hopefully be able to work that one out.
9 Still, it looked good enough to serve as a backdrop to a very talented cast, who exhibited some grand moments and interplay by Hector Sandoval and Joey Flores as Felix Unger and Oscar Madison, respectively.
10 While The Odd Couple is a comedy, there were some dark moments about relationships, and about loneliness that were brought out beautifully and effectively by the entire cast. A production with less character may have missed this important element to the show, but under McCoy's deft direction, this talented cast delivered the goods.
11 The laughs were plenty, and the blocking, timing and overall good-time feel to the good ol' Theatre made for a nice intimate night. The house management and comfortable atmosphere kept it all alive and vibrant.
12 Many of the production people helped keep drama alive last year, fighting with everything they had to work virtually without a director. They attended a school site council meeting last year and were able to acquire some GATE funds not only to help keep the program alive, but to keep it in the public eye. It could very easily have disappeared last year, but it didn't, and much credit goes to the students themselves for never giving up. Last Spring they performed the emotional Bang, Bang You're Dead, which made many critics sit up and take notice.
13 Last Spring they also managed to design, produce, and mount the very complicated Bullshot Crummond to the cheers and enjoyment of many. There was a Fall show this year that managed to elude me, but Friday's Odd Couple showed that this group is quite capable of keeping the program going, and they can go nowhere but up.
14 Congratulations to the entire Cast and Crew for an enjoyable night, and for giving some respect to one of our great American dramatists, Neil Simon.
15 And thanks for keeping Drama going. As the outgoing director, I wanted nothing more than to see it survive and thrive. It was wonderful to see Cindy Nguyen playing Gwendolyn Pigeon. The show calls for two Pigeon sisters, but when an actress had to leave the production, Cindy rather gracefully blended the two and I don't think many in the audience even knew that.
16 Cindy now has the dubious distinction of being the last student who took a Drama class from me to appear in a major production. I had her in her Freshman year, and she showed tremendous range even then. She walked out on stage and did a perfect job, and added some grace to an already graceful production. The entire evening had a special glow, and the audience felt it from every angle.
17 After the show, I congratulated the Cast and Crew and personally thanked Mr. McCoy for doing such a special job with the students. I fell into a conversation with Cindy and we walked outside, talking about the show, and about all that has happened, and how proud I was of the students.
18 My last student in a play smiled and thanked me. I didn't think I had done much, but it felt nice anyway. I was just pleased beyond the stars that it all came together in a fun and enjoyable night. It was absolutely the way it should have happened. My own emotions were in check, but proud beyond words.
19 As we parted, and she walked off, I said, "Hey!" She turned, and I said, "You were great."
19 Cindy smiled for a second, and then she spoke.
20 "So were you," she said. There was a silence, and then the sound of crickets coming from somewhere.
21
22 Up to that moment, I held it all in pretty well. It was a good time for me to make a graceful exit. I looked over and saw kids still milling around the front door to the Theatre. It was as though nothing had changed. It was exactly as it should have been.
23 And so I smiled, put the keys in the TOOOOOONDRA, took one more look at everyone laughing and chatting, and drove off. On the way home I thought of the song As Tears Go By by the Rolling Stones. If you know it, you'll understand. I left you a link as a sort of calling card.
24 Anyway, to the Cast and Crew of The Odd Couple: thank all of you for a wonderful show.
25 I look forward to years of more.
26 And to everyone reading this on this lovely morn, thank you as well. It's been a lovely ride.
27 Peace.
~H~

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Sweet dreams are made of this.

--The Eurythmics
1 Happy Friday y'all.
2 For no reason whatsoever I decided to use an older DN font this morning.
3 Clever me.
4 Know why?
5 Because I CAN.
6 So last night I opened my refrigerator and two eggs and a bottle of salad dressing flew out at me and crashed to the floor.
7 I looked down at the mess, and rolled my eyes.
8 I instantly blamed everyone else for not jamming all the leftovers in there well enough.
9 I got a huge kitchen towel, wet it down a bit, and cleaned the mess up in around a minute.
10 I hang out with the custodians all day, and those guys are the best. They teach me not only how to clean, but how to live. They're clearly my best friends and mentors at the Chill.
11 Anyway, I got all that stuff cleaned up and then decided that the fridge just needed some serious cleaning.
12 So I took everything that was a leftover out and put it on the sink.
13 I must have had around seventeen different pieces of Tupperware, bowls with Saran Wrap, potatoes wrapped in aluminum, and something that looked like Abraham Lincoln.
14 I separated edible stuff from stuff that should be sent to the zoo.
15 I then got a huge pot and started in on some stone soup.
16 I became a madman because the weather was ridiculously hot, and making soup isn't always the smartest thing to do on a hot night, but I just started throwing everything in there.
17 It felt like the graduation of food.
18 I added magical spices and garlic, onions, lemon, wine, salsa and anything else you could imagine.
19 After letting it cook for a while, I took a short nap.
20 Somewhere in there it began to animate.
21 It grew fingers and toes and ate my family.
22 I slept through the entire ordeal.
23 I just woke up now and decided to write the DN.
24 I had a bowl of the stuff and I've grown younger, and more handsome.
25 I also have grown to the size of the Hulk.
26 I'm bustin' outta my clothes, and my fingers are bigger than the keys on my computer. It's insanity.
27 I'm turning into someone Batman would want to kick the crap out of.
28 Anyway, I already slept six hours and now I'm up at 2 a.m. writing all this.
29 Gawd help me.
30 Go see The Odd Couple at YB tonight or tomorrow. I thought I wrote about it and launched a DN earlier this evening, but it disappeared. Or maybe I DID mail it but my brain doesn't register that I did.
31 Those kids did it again.
32 I'm going tonight. 7:30.
33 It's tonight and tomorrow night.
34 It's the play I wanted to do in my own Senior year of high school.
35 We did Tommy, by the Who instead. We called it Our Amazing Journey, which is a corny offshoot on a song from Tommy called The Amazing Journey.
36 I LOVED doing it, don't get me wrong, but I wanted to do The Odd Couple. WHEN you go this weekend, take a gander at the character of Oscar, because I wanted to play him. My friend Charlie, whom I re-acquainted with a couple of years ago, wanted to play Felix.
37 We came darned close to doing that at YB in 2005. Just never did.
38 So now YB is doing The Odd Couple, which is yet one more miracle play for them.
39 I want everyone to go out and support the Drama Workshop.
40 Or I'll stalk your neighborhood later tonight.
41 Muhahahahahahahaha!!!!
42 Have a great weekend everyone.
43 I'm going back to my cave and sleep this stuff off until morning. Hopefully I'll realize it was all a dream.
44 See you at the show.
45 Peace.
~H~

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