09/15/2008 @ 12:58pm PST Monday, September 15th! One of the first MetroLink crash victims tribute videos, Plus MetroLink miracles survivor stories, and a great 911 story of a dog who dialed for help! "BUZZ" Tina Fey is a ringer for Sarah Palin on SNL, Britney's new CD out on her birthday! "PHOTO GALLERY" (1995) King of Country Garth Brooks at his Walk of Fame ceremony!
THERE'S ALSO SOME METROLINK MIRACLES OUT OF THIS TRAGEDY: SURVIVOR STORIES ON MY CLIPS LINK FROM MY WEEKEND SHOWS. JUST CLICK ON THE LINK.
GREAT STORY OVER THE WEEKEND ABOUT A DOG WHO DIALED 911 FOR HELP!
TINA FEY AND AMY POEHLER ON SNL! TINA'S A RINGER FOR SARAH PALIN!
MY FRIEND RAY BONASSI SENT ME THIS "ODE TO ALCHOHOL DRINKING"!
09/12/2008 @ 2:30pm PST Friday, September 12th/Weekend "NEWS"! Los Angeles TV legend George Putnam dead at 94! Have you met Fred yet, your kids have! The importance of voting this November! "BUZZ" Kanye West blogging instead of beating, and Lindsay and Sam getting married? "PHOTO GALLERY" Loni Anderson of "WKRP in Cincinnati" fame in studio with Charlie!
George Putnam was a legend in Los Angeles television news. Putnam died Friday morning of cardiac arrest in a Chino hospital. He was 94.
He began his Los Angeles career in 1951 and helped create the local television news format as we know it today when he began anchoring a 15-minute newscast at KTTV/11 in the 1950s. He interviewed everyone from the very famous to the man on the street, delivered commentaries called “One Reporter’s Opinion” and acted in movies, most often playing himself. It was rumored he was even the model for newsman Ted Baxter on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" in the 70's.
Putnam also anchored the news at KTLA, KCOP and KHJ (now KCAL). He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and for four decades rode his horse in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses parade.
Putnam’s signature line became as popular as news anchor Jerry Dunphy’s “From the desert to the sea ….” Putnam would say, “And that’s the up-to-the minute news Up to the minute, that’s all the news!”
When Putnam’s local TV career faded, he turned to radio and 20 years ago, he created “Talk Back,” first airing on KIEV/870 AM and later syndicated and carried nationally by Cable Radio Network. Many of his advocacy positions were conservative, but he always said he was a life-long Democrat.
Earlier this year, he was treated for liver and kidney problems. His final radio broadcast was May 8, two months before his 94th birthday.
HAVE YOU MET FRED YET? BELIEVE ME, YOUR KIDS HAVE. HE'S THE HOTTEST HIT ON THE NET WITH MORE VIEWS THAN THE JONAS BROTHERS & MILEY CYRUS!
FUNNY STORY, NOT TRUE, BUT STILL FUNNY, FROM MY FRIEND RAY BONASSI!
HERE'S JESSICA'S SIMPSON'S BIG MAN TONY ROMO, AND WE DO MEAN BIG!
WHO ARE YOU VOTING FOR? CHANCES ARE, IT'LL BE THE SAME FOR CONGRESS!
Congress has a 14% approval rating and yet WE keep reelecting them! How do you explain this? Perhaps "your guy" in congress is part of the problem? Or even worse, perhaps, "We the People" are the real problem? Remember, we get the kind of government that we deserve. Think about it in November, when you pull that lever.
CRAIG FERGUSON TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF VOTING THIS YEAR!
HERE'S MORE OF JERRY SEINFELD AND HIS NEW FRIEND BILL GATES!
09/11/2008 @ 7:55am PST Thursday, September 11th! Seven years ago, September 11, 2001, remembered today! It's was a morning I'll never forget. View the tributes and hear my show audio as it unfolded. "BUZZ" Barack talks "Lipstick on a pig" on Letterman, and ABC wins the Palin race!
It's still hard to believe it's been 7 years since that tragic morning in our American history. I've been through all the major earthquakes on the air with you here in Southern California since the 6.6 Sylmar quake in 1971.
A few years earlier I was on the air here in L.A. talking about the Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King assassinations, and five years before that, I was on the air in my Nebraska hometown when President John F. Kennedy was killed in Dallas. I was doing my morning show here in L.A. too, when the space shuttle Challenger blew up shortly after launch in 1986.
But none of those events prepared me for the chilling sequence of terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 as the first indications of something gone terribly wrong in New York City began to unfold here on the West Coast just before 6 a.m. that day. You can hear the audio of my show from that morning on my website's "CLIPS" page link to September 11th here. http://charlietuna.com/clips/index.php
THERE'S SO MANY 9-11 VIDEO TRIBUTES ON THE INTERNET, HERE'S JUST A FEW!
MICHAEL ISRAEL IN NEW YORK WITH A PAINTED REMEMBRANCE OF 9-11!
ONE OF THE HIGHEST YOUTUBE VIEW COUNTS IS THIS 9-11 VIDEO COLLECTION!
ANOTHER 4 MINUTE MEMORY WITH SOME VERY CHILLING AUDIO AND VIDEO!
REMINDER: MY NEXT APPEARANCE IS THIS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH, AT THE ANNUAL LIDO YACHT EXPO AT LIDO MARINA VILLAGE, NEWPORT BEACH FROM NOON TILL 2 P.M.
09/10/2008 @ 12:50pm PST Wednesday, September 10th! Lance is back for another Tour! Yet another scam to watch out for that wants your name to sell for a mailing list! Plus the Sarah Palin Action-Figure! "BUZZ" Ellen shows her wedding videos and pics, and Anne Hathaway's ex pleads guilty! "PHOTO GALLERY" (1984) Charlie huddles with the Los Angeles Rams Cheerleaders!
Lance Armstrong is ready to swear off the chips and salsa, climb back on the bike and win an eighth Tour de France. Three years after retiring, the 36-year-old says he'll return to competition and the Tour de France in 2009, giving up relaxed days of a few beers and Tex-Mex food for a self-described monk's life of disciplined training and punishing races. In a formal statement Armstrong called his comeback an attempt to raise global awareness in his fight against cancer. Just as likely, it's also about his relentless desire to compete and win, especially at the Tour, the race he dominated with a record seven titles from 1999-2005.
Citing the slow pace of last year's Tour and the rush from last month's Leadville 100 race, Armstrong decided it was time to return.
"This kind of obscure bike race, totally kick-started my engine," he told Vanity Fair in an exclusive interview, referring to the lung-searing 100-mile mountain bike race through the Colorado Rockies. "I'm going to try and win an eighth Tour de France."
Armstrong's riveting victories over cancer and opponents on the bike, his work for cancer awareness and his gossip-page romances have made him a modern-day American icon.
Professional cycling and particularly the Tour have missed Armstrong's star power, even though skeptics refused to believe he could win without the help of illegal performance-enhancing drugs.
This time, Armstrong's determined to silence the doubters and try to prove he really is clean. He's even hired a video crew to chronicle his training for 2009, as well as his drug tests, for a possible documentary.
Diagnosed in 1996 with testicular cancer that had spread to his lungs and brain, doctors gave Armstrong less than a 50 percent chance of survival. Surgery and brutal cycles of chemotherapy saved his life. From there, it was determination and powerful self-discipline that led him back to the bike and his stunning 1999 Tour win.
Armstrong's goal every year was to win the Tour, and he dominated the Pyrenees and Alps like no other rider ever had. This time, he wants to win for his millions of supporters and more important, the 8 million who will die of cancer just this year.
Armstrong will be 37 next week. Only one rider older than 34 has ever won the Tour 36-year-old Firmin Lambot in 1922. And Armstrong wasn't impressed by the crop of younger riders in the 2008 Tour. "It's not a secret. I mean, the pace was slow," he told Vanity Fair.
ANOTHER SCAM TO WATCH OUT FOR, UNDER THE GUISE OF A SURVEY!
So yesterday I received a letter from the Investor Protection Association for America. Notice than even "Baltimore" is misspelled on the postage-free return envelope they included for me. It began with, “Congress is making decisions that affect your financial future. Tell them what you think.”
Then there is a bunch of stuff about how skyrocketing energy prices can affect your financial future and how you need to fill out the page-two questionnaire in order to let the leadership “of both houses of Congress know your positions on these important issues.” And of course, the questionnaire focused on oil and energy policy. And four of the nine “real” questions did. The tenth question wanted to know my age range.
Then, under the tenth question was a note that said, “Please note: It may be necessary to contact you regarding some aspects of this survey.” So I was supposed to give my day and home phone numbers before I returned the postage paid envelope.
Sadly, though the concept is noble, I suspect that the Investor Protection Association for America is nothing more that a lead generation business. It collects phone numbers it matches to addresses and then sells them for a profit. They actually have an online website you can google that shows you over a quarter of a million people have responded and you can buy their names and information.
My guess is the freshest of names are sold at a very expensive rate to people who sell stuff like oil and gas opportunities via the telephone. They probably have exclusive rights to those names for a month or so.
Then the names are marketed to people who do direct mail. Somewhere in between $135 and $150 buys you 1,000 names, but there is a 5,000-name minimum. One website lists the IPAA responders as having:
“The discretionary income to invest in stocks, bonds, annuities, commodities, mutual funds, oil and gas, and hedge funds as well as subscribe to publications, books and fundraising offers.”
In fact, the Investor Protection Association for America’s list broker reports that in March 2008 the following groups rented those names:
* Financial Institution * Intelligent Investor Report * Vector Vest
So after figuring out what they "really" wanted, I just sealed the envelope with nothing in it, and mailed it back on their dime, and let them pay for nothing since they tried to scam me in the first place.
HERE'S A GREAT GIFT FOR McCAIN SUPPORTERS! A SARAH PALIN ACTION FIGURE!
Sarah Palin has given a big jolt of energy to John McCain's campaign. If you're a fan -- or just a collector of tacky knick-knacks, you might be interested in Herobuilder.com's new Palin 12-inch plastic action figures.
The company offers John McCain and Barack Obama effigies in the classic 12-inch plastic format, as cuddly 8-inch plush dolls, and even as Pez candy dispensers.
So far, Palin is available only as a 12-incher, but she comes in three outfits: a conservative suit, a slightly sexed-up schoolgirl look, and as a gun-toting superhero clad in a black-leather trenchcoat.
LISTENER MICHELLE ANTHONY SENT ALONG THIS CUTE KID'S STORY!
Saw this and thought of all the things kids misunderstand:
One day my young daughter and I were listening to an old tune by Simon and Garfunkel. When the song finished, she asked me, "Well, did he?"
"Did he what?"
"Did Parsley save Rosemary in time?" she asked.
Michelle Anthony Century 21 Berg Realty
(FOR THOSE OF YOU NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE SONG, TAKE A LOOK!)
09/09/2008 @ 9:45am PST Tuesday, September 9th! This year's L.A. County Fair Food, Meet L.A.'s newest city workers, 99 Cent Stores raise prices, & How Freddie Mac & Fannie Mae got in trouble. "BUZZ" Day 2 of O. J. Simpson's trial in Vegas and Minnie Driver's new bundle of joy!
THE L.A. COUNTY FAIR OPENED THIS PAST WEEKEND WITH RIDES, ATTRACTIONS, MUSIC FROM ALL YOUR FAVORITE STARS, AND FOOD...ALL KINDS OF FOOD!
For barbecue lovers, Juicy’s biggest, baddest mobile barbecue grill, dubbed "The Outlaw Grill," is at the Fair. The behemoth grill is 83 feet long bumper to bumper and can cook 1,500 turkey legs at once. The 5-foot-wide grill also serves up half-pound burgers, brisket and pulled pork sandwiches and giant onion rings.
DON'T FORGET TO STOP BY AND SEE CHICKEN CHARLIE AND HIS FAIR TREATS!
Fair icon Chicken Charlie, known for his “broasted” chicken recipe, has been hard at work creating new deep-fried specialties for this year’s Fair. Deep-fried White Castle burgers and deep-fried SPAM® with pineapple will join Charlie’s other quirky food combos, including deep fried pop tarts!
Two sweet treats are at this year's Fair for the first time. The Colossal Gelato is a full pint of creamy gelato ice cream in a 16-inch waffle cone. with delicious flavors like Da Vinci tiramisu and Sicilian pistachio. Look for CBS Cupcakes in its distinctive white, black and pink trailer. Enjoy muffin-size vanilla, chocolate and Red Velvet cupcakes with customized frosting and toppings of your choosing.
And of course, there's the the usual cotton candy, hot dogs, 11-inch funnel cakes another Juicy’s feature and ice cream, along with specially priced meals for the kiddies that include a main dish, beverage and toy in a Fair collector’s box.
MEET THE NEWEST L.A. CITY WORKERS: 100 GOATS GRAZING DOWNTOWN!
Surrounded by buildings, about 100 goats being used in a downtown Los Angeles brush-control project enjoy a meal courtesy of the Community Redevelopment Agency. The city agency hired them to clear thick weeds on a slope next to Angels Flight at 4th and Hill streets. Office workers love it, and are taking lots of pictures.
A SIGN OF OUR TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES: 99 CENT STORE RAISE PRICES!
Prices at 99 Cents Only Stores are edging closer to a buck. The discount retailer on Monday announced the first price increase in its 26-year history, raising the cost of household items, food and other items by almost a penny.
The company blamed inflation and rising food and energy prices for its new 99.99-cent prices. The increase means the maximum price in the stores will still fall below a dollar while helping the company offset some of the higher costs of doing business, CEO Eric Schiffer said.
The company has posted two consecutive quarterly losses. The company said last month it lost $1.5 million, or 2 cents a share, during the April-to-June period. During the same period last year, 99 Cents Only Stores earned $3 million, or 4 cents a share.
The company, founded in Los Angeles, is the nation's oldest dollar chain store. It has expanded to 277 locations in California, Nevada, Arizona and Texas.
For the opening of its new stores in Redondo Beach and Las Vegas last month, the company sold iPod Nanos for 99 cents to the first nine customers.
LISTENER DOUG HOOKER SUGGESTS THIS MA AND PA KETTLE CLIP BELOW WILL EXPLAIN HOW FREDDIE MAC AND FANNIE MAE PROBABLY GOT INTO FINANCIAL DISTRESS...AND IF YOU WATCH, THIS SAYS IT ALL!
09/08/2008 @ 11:45am PST Monday, September 8th! Ask a question on the radio, and you'll always get an answer. Saturday, it came from an expert and one of the world's biggest cereal box collectors! "BUZZ" Britney Spears sweeps the VMA awards, and the "Girls Next Door" moving out? "PHOTO GALLERY" (1978) Charlie presents Grammy to Musical Producer Larry Morton!
HOPE YOU HAD A GOOD WEEKEND! FIRST OFF ON THIS MONDAY, IT'S TIME FOR AMERICA TO STOP THROWING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN SALARIES AT THESE OBVIOUSLY INCOMPETENT CEO'S RUNNING OUR NATION'S CORPORATIONS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS LIKE FREDDIE MAC AND FANNIE MAE TO NAME JUST TWO.
THE CEO'S OF THESE TWO MORTGAGE GIANTS WERE COLLECTING BETWEEN THEM OVER $18 MILLION A YEAR.....AND FOR WHAT! THEIR LEADERSHIP WAS SHADES OF ENRON, AS THE GOVERNMENT HAD TO STEP IN AND SAVE FREDDIE MAC AND FANNIE MAE FROM GOING BELLY-UP THIS PAST WEEKEND!
ALREADY THIS YEAR, MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR SALARIED CEO'S HAVE ALSO BEEN FIRED BY WASHINGTON MUTUAL, WACHOVIA, MERRILL-LYNCH, AND CITIGROUP! YOU OR I COULD DO AS WELL AS THESE PEOPLE BY THEIR STANDARDS, AND I DON'T THINK ANY OF US ARE CASHING PAYCHECKS IN THE 7 & 8 FIGURE RANGE.
ONE OTHER STATISTIC THAT'LL LEAVE YOU SHAKING YOUR HEAD. LAST YEAR, FORBES MAGAZINE REPORTED THAT THE CHIEF EXECUTIVES OF AMERICA'S 500 BIGGEST COMPANIES GOT A COLLECTIVE 38% PAY RAISE, AND THE YEAR BEFORE THAT IT WAS 54%. MOST WORKERS GOT 1% TO 2% AT BEST, AND MOST, NONE AT ALL. THE MIDDLE CLASS IS SLOWLY VANISHING. YOU'VE GOT THE SUPER-RICH AND THE POOR, AND THAT'S A RECIPE FOR ECONOMIC DISASTER!
AND WASHINGTON HASN'T EXACTLY BEEN THE SHARPEST TOOL IN THE SHED! THEY'VE CREATED TAX LOOPHOLES FOR ALL THESE ZILLION DOLLAR EXECUTIVES, SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY ANYWHERE NEAR THEIR FAIR SHARE, AND GUESS WHO GETS STUCK PAYING THEIR BILLS.....JUST LOOK IN THE MIRROR.
ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT BY THE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES, AND UNITED FOR A FAIR ECONOMY, AVERAGE U.S. TAXPAYERS SUBSIDIZE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION TO THE TUNE OF MORE THAN $20 BILLION A YEAR.
WHEN IT COMES TO PUTTING THE TAX BURDEN WHERE IT BELONGS, I HOPE WHOEVER WE ELECT TAKES THE STEPS TO DO IT. AS IT WAS SAID NOT TOO MANY ELECTIONS AGO, "IT'S THE ECONOMY, STUPID!"
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH, THERE WAS QUITE A DISCUSSION ON-AIR AFTER A LISTENER QUESTION WONDERING WHAT CEREAL BOX THE ARCHIES "SUGAR, SUGAR" APPEARED ON WHEN IT FIRST WAS RELEASED IN 1969. AN EXPERT AND COLLECTOR E-MAILED NOT ONLY DETAILS, BUT THE CEREAL BOX PICTURE TOO!
Dear "Charlie Tuna" :0)
It was a pleasure meeting you on the phone just a minute ago. My name is Marian Rudnyk, besides being a former NASA asteroid-hunting Astronomer, and a special effects artist on movies like TITANIC, and now a writer (more about me at www.spacetiki.com ) - but ALSO :0))) I am the 4th biggest collector in the world of cereal boxes & cereal toys :0)!!!
Attached is a pic of the 1969 AD for the Archies records (one of which was Sugar Sugar). (I also own all these cutout records).
Now as to your question: People are confusing 2 similar cereals when they think it was Sugar Pops. It was not. Sugar Pops was by Kellogs and had the "Dig'em Frog" on the front of the box. However - the correct answer is Super Sugar Crips - by POST - which features the famous "Sugar Bear" on the front of the box!
So again: the correct and definitive answer is: Super Sugar Crisp - by POST
Take a peek at the attched picture of the 1969 advertisement to confirm (and note all the fiunny/cool other ARCHIES toys!!!).
THANX for an "as-always" GREAT radio show - ALWAYS LOVE IT!!!! :0)))
YOUR BELLY BUTTON REVEALS MORE ABOUT YOU THAN JUST LINT!
In his book "Centered," author Gerhard Reibman tells how the shape of your belly button reveals your personality and life expectancy:
" Horizontal -- You are complex, highly emotional, sensitive & can expect to live to be 68.
" Vertical -- You are self-confident, generous, emotionally stable, and have an average life expectancy of 75.
" The Outty -- You are optimistic, outgoing, enthusiastic, and will live to be 72.
" The Innie -- You are gentle, loving, cautious and prone to worry. You will live to be 65.
" Off Center -- You are fun-loving, unusual, and experience many mood swings. You'll live to be 70.
" Round -- You are modest, even-tempered, quiet and will live to be 81.
09/05/2008 @ 11:59am PST Friday, September 5th/Weekend "NEWS"! Our Video Awards including: Big LeBron James loses at "horse", Piper Palin's 15 seconds of fame, Flying Man, & the Seinfeld-Gates spot! "BUZZ" Oprah not inviting Sarah Palin...yet, & a preview of the VMA host, Russell Brand! "PHOTO GALLERY" (1995) Singer Shania Twain when her star was just beginning to rise!
STAND UP TO CANCER ALL-NETWORKS SPECIAL FRIDAY NIGHT!
Carrie Underwood, Mariah Carey, Beyoncé, Mary J. Blige, Rihanna, Fergie, Sheryl Crow, Melissa Etheridge, Natasha Bedingfield, Miley Cyrus, Leona Lewis, Keyshia Cole, LeAnn Rimes, Ashanti and Ciara
JAMES TAYLOR AND SHERYL CROW ALSO TEAMED UP FOR "FIRE AND RAIN"!
OLYMPIC CHAMP LeBRON JAMES GETS BEAT IN A GAME OF "HORSE"!
ONE OF THE BEST MOMENTS IN POLITICAL SPEECH HISTORY: PIPER PALIN!
CAN PEOPLE FLY? TAKE A LOOK AT THIS NORWAY "WINGSUIT" JUMPER!
THE NEW JERRY SEINFELD-BILL GATES COMMERCIAL GETS MIXED REVIEWS!
WANT TO GET BIBLE IN A MINUTE? THAT'S ALL IT TAKES WITH THIS VIDEO!
AND FINALLY THE JOKE OF THE WEEK ENTITLED SIMPLY: HIGH URINALS!
A group of 3rd, 4th and 5th graders, accompanied by two female teachers, went on a field trip to the local racetrack, (Churchill Downs) to learn about thoroughbred horses and the supporting industry (Bourbon), but mostly to see the horses.
When it was time to take the children to the bathroom, it was decided that the girls would go with one teacher and the boys would go with the other. The teacher assigned to the boys was waiting outside the men's room when one of the boys came out and told her that none of them could reach the urinal.
Having no choice, she went inside, helped the boys with their pants, and began hoisting the little boys up one by one, and helping them direct the flow away from their clothes.
As she lifted one, she couldn't help but notice that he seemed rather mature. Trying not to show that she was staring the teacher said, "You must be in the 5th grade". "No, ma'am", he replied. "I'm riding Silver Arrow in the seventh race, but I appreciate your help."!
09/04/2008 @ 11:55am PST Thursday, September 4th! 12 Ways the Internet will save your life, Elton John & Lily Allen onstage fight video, The Top 10 Music videos of all-time, and Google Chrome: The latest! "BUZZ" Britney will be at the Sunday VMA's, but no performance, & David Spade's a dad!
12 WAYS THE INTERNET WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE, AND WE'VE GOT THE WEBSITE!
IT RUNS FROM CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION WHERE YOUTUBE WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO DO IT WITH THE HELP OF AN OLD "BAYWATCH CLIP"!
12. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
11. Online Dating
10. Twitter
9. World of Warcraft
8. Online Health Care
7. Online Groceries
6. Online Charities/ Nonprofit
5. Erowid
4. The Internet Hates Scientology
3. The Internet Loves Babies
2. The Internet Loves Freedom
TO THE NUMBER #1 WAY THE INTERNET CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE: GOOGLE!
ELTON JOHN AND LILY ALLEN FIGHTING ONSTAGE AT LONDON GQ AWARDS!
SARAH PALIN'S VP SPEECH BIG HIT WITH REPUBLICAN CONVENTION!
THE TOP 10 VIDEOS OF ALL-TIME! I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH THE #1 PICK!
1. Robert Palmer, "Addicted To Love" (1985) 2. J. Geils Band, "Centerfold" (1980) 3. Prince, "Little Red Corvette" (1983) 4. Madonna, "Justify My Love" (1990) 5. Aerosmith, "Cryin'" (1993) 6. Billy Idol, "Cradle of Love" (1990) 7. Chris Isaak, "Wicked Game" (1989) 8. George Michael, "Freedom! '90" (1984) 9. B-52s, "Love Shack" (1989) 10. Britney Spears, "I'm a Slave 4 U" (2001)
GOOGLE OUT TO COMPETE WITH INTERNET BROWSERS WITH GOOGLE CHROME!
YESTERDAY WE PREVIEWED TV SHOWS, TODAY HOW ABOUT A CANADIAN COMMERCIAL FOR FORD USING THE PILOBOLUS DANCE TROUPE?
THE BEHIND THE SCENES STORY OF THE PILOBOLUS FORD CAR COMMERCIAL!
09/03/2008 @ 12:30pm PST Wednesday, September 3rd! Special request from one of our Marathon-running listeners! Singer Jerry Reed dead at age 71! Plus a Fall TV Preview of some of your favorite shows! "BUZZ" Letterman second-guessing NBC about Leno's exit, & "90210" a ratings hit again! "PHOTO GALLERY" (2007) Actresses Kay Panabaker and Skye McCole Bartusiak at IHOP!
FIRST TODAY, THIS E-MAIL REQUEST FROM LISTENER JAYSON STONNE!
Charlie,
I love listening to you when i can and I am really glad you are still in LA.
I need some help. I am training for the marathon and our deadline is coming up. I am a bit short and i need some help. This coming Saturday we will be running our 16 miles and I am really excited and proud that I can be participating in such an important event.
JERRY REED, WHO HAD A COUPLE OF TOP 10 HITS IN THE EARLY 70'S, INCLUDING "WHEN YOU'RE HOT, YOU'RE HOT" AND "AMOS MOSES" DIED YESTERDAY AT 71.
Jerry Reed -- songwriter for the likes of Elvis Presley, singer and busy actor in the '70s and '80s -- died Monday at the age of 71. Best known to movie fans as the truck-driving, hound dog-loving Snowman from Smokey and the Bandit, Reed also penned his biggest hit for the movie, "East Bound and Down."
Under the name Jerry Hubbard, Reed wrote such country rock hits as "Guitar Man" (made famous in the 1968 Elvis Comeback Special -- featured below) and "U.S. Male" -- both of which Presley made into hits in the 1960s.
Known for his mix of novelty songs and upbeat ballads like "Wabash Cannonball" and "When You're Hot, You're Hot," Reed would go on to enjoy his own recording career, performing as a regular on Hee-Haw and on Nashville stages.
TV PREVIEW: J.J. ABRAMS WITH A NEW FOX SERIES - "FRINGE" THIS FALL!
J.J. ABRAMS TALKS ABOUT HIS NEW SERIES AND THE CHARACTERS!
"GREY'S ANATOMY" SEASON 5 CLIPS FROM THE DEBUT ON SEPTEMBER 25TH!
"DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES" SEASON 5 PROMO AND LOOK "BEHIND THE SCENES"!
AND A SNEAK PREVIES OF HUGH LAURIE IN THE HIT FOX SERIES "HOUSE"!
NOTE FROM LISTENER BETSY BAUM ON HOW YOU CAN HELP ANIMALS! AND JUDGING BY YOUR RESPONSE TO THE PUPPIES VIDEO, THERE'S A LOT OF YOU!
Hi, all you animal lovers. This is pretty simple. Please tell ten (or more) friends to tell ten, today! The Animal Rescue Site is having trouble getting enough people to click on it daily to meet their quota of getting free food donated every day to abused and neglected animals. It takes less than a minute to go to their site and click on "feed an animal in need" for free. It's in a purple box in the middle of the page.
This doesn't cost you a thing. Their corporate sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate food to abandoned/neglected animals in exchange for advertising.
09/02/2008 @ 9:45am PST Tuesday, September 2nd! Don LaFontaine, one of the great voices of our time, dead at 68! And if you loved the puppies video last week, wait till you see the fawn and the beagle! "BUZZ" Amy Winehouse may have brain damage, and the latest Lindsay Lohan lapse!
DON LaFONTAINE, THE VOICE FOR THE AGES, DEAD AT THE AGE OF 68!
Don LaFontaine, the man who provided the sonorous voice for more than 5,000 movie trailers, died Monday at age 68. LaFontaine died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of complications from a collapsed lung. He had been taken to the hospital Aug. 22 with a blood clot in the lung.
LaFontaine was known as the "king of the movie trailers," having done the trailer voiceover for films such as Terminator, Fatal Attraction, Cheaper by the Dozen, Batman Returns and his personal favourite, The Elephant Man.
His baritone voice and melodramatic delivery are famously associated with the oft-repeated movie trailer phrase, "In a world…" He also has been parodied by comedians such as Janeanne Garofolo and Pablo Francisco and even participated in parodies of himself, including a shtick in The Simpsons Movie in which Homer repeats what LaFontaine says right after he says it.
LaFontaine has done thousands of television commercials, network promotions, video game trailers and other spots. He told Entertainment magazine he did more than 60 such promotions a week, and at one point was famous for having a driver take him from studio to studio to save time finding parking.
With the advent of digital recording that could be sent from a home studio, he began recording spots in his Hollywood Hills home. LaFontaine worked for every major U.S. network, including NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox and UPN, in addition to TNT, TBS and the Cartoon Network.
He did voiceovers on shows as diverse as the 79th Annual Academy Awards, America's Most Wanted and Entertainment Tonight. He also did spots for Chevrolet, Pontiac, Ford, Budweiser, McDonalds, Coke, and many other corporate sponsors, according to his website.
JERRY LEWIS SETS ANOTHER MDA LABOR DAY WEEKEND RECORD: $65 MILLION!
Jerry Lewis raised a record $65 million for the Muscular Dystrophy Association in his annual Labor Day telethon, a benefit that also made a pitch for those inconvenienced by Hurricane Gustav. This year's 22-hour telethon added a special plea for MDA-registered families forced to leave their homes because of the hurricane, which made landfall Monday in Louisiana. The storm affected nearly 5,000 MDA families needing services in their new location, the organization said. Lewis also urged viewers to contribute to the Salvation Army's emergency disaster services.
The 2008 haul for the 43rd annual fundraising blitz was $1.2 million more than last year's total. Lewis said he was prepared not to exceed the 2007 number because of the sluggish economy. "Each year I tell myself, 'This has got to be it. There's no way we can do better.' Then, the following year, I'm astounded to see that generosity driven by love and compassion has a greater capacity than I thought possible," Lewis said. "I am awed and humbled by this response." The freewheeling 82-year-old showman co-hosted the telethon from the South Point hotel and casino in Las Vegas.
Longtime participant Ed McMahon, Tony Orlando, "Access Hollywood" host Nancy O'Dell and others shared the hosting duties. Celine Dion, 3 Doors Down, Kid Rock and Reba McEntire performed. Along with the annual telethon, the benefit included an online auction of travel packages, electronics, sports memorabilia and other items. The auction ends Thursday. MDA is a nonprofit working to defeat muscular dystrophy and 40 related diseases through research, support services and public health education.
CONGRATS TO UCLA ON THEIR UPSET OF TENNESSEE AT THE ROSE BOWL!
FOR EVERYONE WHO LOVED THE PUPPIES BEING SUNG TO SLEEP VIDEO LAST TUESDAY, AUGUST 26TH (JUST SCROLL DOWN THIS "NEWS" LINK TILL YOU COME TO IT), CHECK OUT THIS FAWN IN BITTINGER, MARYLAND, WHO FOLLOWED THIS BEAGLE HOME...RIGHT THROUGH THE DOGGIE DOOR!
FIGURE YOUR DAILY COMMUTE COST WITH THIS HELPFUL LINK LISTENER DOUG HOOKER PASSED ALONG. YOU'LL BE SHOCKED! MINE WAS NEARLY $12 A DAY, EVEN WITH THE LOWER PRICES FOR REGULAR THESE DAYS!
HERE'S WHERE AND WHEN YOU CAN HEAR ME NEXT ON K-EARTH 101!
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH - 9 A.M. TO 2 P.M.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH - 10 A.M. TO 3 P.M.
LOOKING FORWARD TO TALKING WITH YOU THEN. YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL ME TOO, AT 1-800-232-KRTH (5784) WHILE I'M ON THE AIR, OR EMAIL ME HERE TO MY WEBSITE. JUST CLICK HERE http://charlietuna.com/contact/index.html
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