FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2009
Friday, May 29th, 2009
WHEW, Y’ALL… SUMMER REDNECK GAMES SAVED FROM CANCELLATION… more below…
FRIDAY… THE VOICE checks in… more below…
TO EMAIL BRIAN… with a big-time job offer… or just a “yo!”… click (here) for the address…
HELLO to my NBC TODAY SHOW friends… on the outside and the inside as well…
Thank you for checking in with the online edition of The Brian Smith News and Variety Show… at least that is what is was last known as on the radio… during this summer, updates here may be as few as two or three times a week as I try to secure an income…
UNPLUGGED: BECAUSE WE’RE CURRENTLY IN A STATE OF … UH, RADIO SILENCE… feel free to email your friends (or enemies)… and tell them to check out BrianSmithRadio.com… thank you…
…it’s the same Brian Smith from WICC 600, Connecticut, until The Great Layoff a few weeks ago… and before that, Connecticut’s number one morning show formerly on WPLR…
I am currently appearing with the Bridgeport Bluefish baseball team during their home 
games as their onfield “game show host” between innings… if you haven’t been to one of their games, stop by and check it out… the turf at The Ball Park at Harbor Yard has been completely replaced with Kentucky Bluegrass… the food is terrific… parking is close and safe… and the baseball is fun and much more affordable than heading out-of-state… check out the Bridgeport Bluefish website, click (here)…
NEXT BLUEFISH HOME GAME AT HARBOR YARD IS MONDAY NIGHT… 7:05 START… KIDS EAT FREE NIGHT…
WEATHER…
for more Connecticut weather information, click on CTWeather.com…
POWERBALL… there was one winner… in South Dakota… for Wednesday’s $232 MILLION JACKPOT… so SATURDAY it is worth… $20 MILLION
MEGAMILLIONS… no one won Tuesday night, so tonight, it is worth $35 MILLION
CONNECTICUT LOTTERY WINNING NUMBERS… not a prediction… these are yesterday’s, click (here)…
SPORTS PICKS: THE VOICE was flipping the pancakes all morning at The Prognosticator Grill and Cafe (breakfast all day… sports on the tv all day… statistics, wagering odds, burgers and beer on demand)… he couldn’t stop coming out of the kitchen and reminding his customers that this week’s $232 million Powerball winner was from Winner, South Dakota (population: 2,800)… he said he is seriously 
contemplating a move out there to see if it improves his already uncanny predictions… John Madden was at the Special Guest table this morning and suggested instead maybe Wager, Arkansas (population: 555)… not sure if a change of locale would make THE VOICE’s picks any better… they are award-winning now… and it would leave us with a serious pancake and bacon-burger defecit… to see THE VOICE’s intuition at work… and his current weekly selections and insight on Major League Baseball… the NBA (including photos of the Hugh Hefner and his friends at the Laker’s game)… NASCAR… boxing… NFL camp photos… Tom Brady’s return… the WWE… the Lingerie Bowl… and of course, the cheerleaders… click on “SPORTS PICKS” on the right, or just click (here)…
here’s some of the world…
SPELLING BEE G-E-N-I-U-S… 13 year-old from Kansas wins National Spelling Bee last night on national television… click (here)… the winning word was “laodicean” which means lukewarm or half-hearted… and is Tom Bergeron legally required to host everything on television?
SPACE STATION HAS MOST PEOPLE EVER… this morning a Russian space capsule brought 3 more people to town… Space Station population now: 6… story, click (here)…
MICROSOFT “BING”: Microsoft is introducing a new search engine is called “BING”… another challenge to Google… it arrives next week… sorts results into handy categories… get ready for the “Bing It” advertisements… story, click (here)…
CHICAGO: HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK…BEER CAN PHOTO… a picture of a high school girl holding a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon has shaken up school officials… story and picture, click (here)…
KANSAS CITY, KANSAS: WRONG BODY STOPS MILITARY FUNERAL PROCESSION IMMEDIATELY… officials found out they had the wrong remains… at the cemetery… burial of the correct remains now scheduled for Saturday… story, click (here)…
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: teen GUY… is crowned prom QUEEN… click (here)…
23 STRANGE FIRST JOBS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE… Mick Jagger sold ice cream… so did Gwen Stefani… Brad Pitt dressed in a chicken costume… more, click (here)…
GUESS WHAT THAT THING IS… a hint: it used to belong to Elvis Presley and it’s for sale… find out, click (here)…
8 NEW WAYS TO COOK MACARONI AND CHEESE… I have no idea why I am including cooking tips here today… seriously… maybe I need a vacation… or a real job… or maybe it’s the mention of Elvis… but any discussion of food, especially macaroni and cheese, always seems right… get your water boiling and click (here)…
JAPAN: NEW HORROR NOVEL PRINTED ON TOILET PAPER… story, click (here)…
and about those Redneck Games…
EAST DUBLIN, GEORGIA: SUMMER REDNECK GAMES ALMOST CANCELED… BUT SAVED…TOILET SEAT TOSS STILL ON… the Olympics of the good ol’ boys faced extinction after a spectator lost an arm last year… but the organizers are keeping the games alive… story, click (here)… and the official site of the Redneck Games, click (here)… or go right to some photos, click (here)…
Hey… thanks for listening… have a good weekend… see you Monday… -Brian
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BRITAINS GOT TALENT… AND TEMPER: FRUMPY SINGER SUSAN BOYLE GOES BALLISTIC ON COP… sorry, I feel like I’ve gone “tabloid” today… but here is the latest on this publicity frenzy… click (
SPRINGSTEEN AT GIANT’S STADIUM TICKETS: BROKERS SUED FOR SELLING TICKETS THEY DON’T HAVE… click (
ARCHIE GOES FOR THE MONEY…. COMIC BOOK STUNNER!… ARCHIE POPS THE QUESTION TO… VERONICA… but who knows what marriage twists could happen… for the story, click (
BEER I.Q…. a few days ago it was questions about ice cream… now for the beer Q&A… test yourself… click (
RARE PINK DOLPHIN… seen off New Orleans… it’s only the 14th one ever seen… story, click (
JUST IN: PRESIDENT OBAMA PICKS BRONX-BORN JUDGE AS HIS SUPREME COURT NOMINIEE… Sandra Sotomayor… 54 years old… born in Bronx housing project… story from USA TODAY, click (
EAST SPRINGFIELD, OHIO… DRUNKEN BIRTHDAY PARTY CLOWN ARRESTED… kids begged cops “Don’t take the clown!”… they took her anyway… story, click (
LAKEWOOD, WASHINGTON: POLICE ARREST COUPLE FOR STRIPPING CLOTHES AND THROWING ROCKS AT CARS FROM OVERPASS… 14 cars were damaged… what kind of a stripping game is this???… story, local KOMO news click (
DOG-O-MATIC DOG WASHER… a French entrepreneur is trying to market his dog-washing machine… so far it’s just in France… $20 - $48 dollars depending on the size of your pooch… for the story, click (
It must be a holiday. I can’t sit still. Not as many emails coming in. I imagine people with jobs looking out their work windows this afternoon, thinking about what it would be like to get an early start for the holiday. For those of us unemployed, we wonder what it would be like to get a paycheck on a Friday…
to anyone who signs in swearing they will visit either a parade or a cemetery this weekend and salute a vet… have to remember this weekend is more than just a day off and a picnic… this week, El Voico gives us his latest picks and pics in Major League Baseball… Tennis.. Boxing… Hockey… the UFC Mixed Martial Arts competition… The Preakness… and of course, THE CHEERLEADERS…. read this weekend’s latest from The Voice… click on “SPORTS PICKS” on the right, or just click (
SAVE THE TASMANIAN DEVIL… the real-life rodent is facing a dangerous and contagious cancer that is killing the species off… story, click (
EXCUSE ME, BUT… OUR PLANE IS LEAKING… an airforce airman flying on a jumbo jet from the United States to Japan noticed fuel leaking from one of the engines… he finally convinced a flight attendent he knew what he was talking about… the pilots later said they had the situation assessed as well… the plane landed safely before it went over the Pacific… for the story from CNN, click (
ANNUAL BEARD AND MUSTACHE CHAMPIONSHIPS THIS WEEKEND… in Anchorage, Alaska… for one of the stories, click (
GRILLED WATERMELON… it’s not an accident… it’s an actual dish for your holiday… click (
TED KENNEDY RETURNS… his treatments have reportedly put his cancer into remission… and he’ll be back to work with the Senate next week… story, click (
BELLEVUE, WASHINGTON: PORCH FIRE CAUSED BY SUNLIGHT SHINING THROUGH GLASS DOG BOWL… story, click (
ASTRONAUTS: FINISHING UP SPACE WALK REPAIRS ON HUBBLE TELESCOPE… click (
AFGHANISTAN: SOLDIER IN BOXER SHORTS… the United States soldier fighting in his “I LOVE NEW YORK” boxer shorts is from Texas… click (
(OLD) YANKEE STADIUM… coming apart this week piece by piece… from the New York Post, pictures and story, click (
UGLIEST NASCAR CARS EVER… 25 of them… click (
SPOOKED BY THUNDER: CHICAGO POLICE DOG FOUND FOUR DAYS LATER… he’s ok… from The Chicago Tribune, click (
NEW ELECTRIC MOTOR SCOOTER… VX-1 Maxi… looks like a motorcycle… only electric scooter to be highway legal… hits 60mph… runs on batteries… story from CNN, click (
BRITISH COUPLE TRAVELS 4,000 MILES TO ADOPT CAT… they found Sparky… and fell in love with him… on Petfinder.com… story from the Today Show, click (
NORTH CAROLINA: TEEN HOLDS UP CAFE WITH A BANANA… 17 year old John Szwalla held the banana under his jacket… but his plan slipped up when he dropped the fruit on to the floor and he was tackled by customers… story, the longer read, click (
SEX-STARVED EMU TRIES ROMANCING HUMAN KEEPER… now his owner is trying to get Edward the Emu a female for a bit of social one-on-one, emu style… after first reports, click (
patio on the outside of The Prognosticator Grille and Cafe so some of his pages were covered with sawdust this week… read all about his latest picks for BASEBALL… HOCKEY… BOXING… TENNIS… NASCAR… THE PREAKNESS… and of course… his line-up of CHEERLEADERS… click on “SPORTS PICKS” on the right, or just click (
SHUTTLE OFF TO WORK… the astronauts are working on the Hubble Space Telescope today… click (
CAVEMAN PORN… WORLD’S OLDEST “ADULT” SCULPTURE FOUND… a tiny figurine found in a cave in Germany last year dates back 35,000 years… depicts a female figure with exaggerated attributes… story, click (
MAXIM MAGAZINE RELEASES NEW LIST… 100 HOTTEST WOMEN 2009… number one is Olivia Wilde, one of the cast members of the Fox Television program “House”… for the story from USA TODAY, click (
NEW FRANK SINATRA MOVIE IN THE WORKS… to be directed by Martin Scorsese… written by the writer of “Field of Dreams”… click (
GERMANY: OPEN ENVELOPE OF CASH… PLUS SPEEDING OPEN CONVERTIBLE… EQUALS… $31,000 of flying money… well.. it was 23,000 euros, but that is the conversion… a German driver has learned an expensive lesson on the highway… click (
AUSTRALIA: MAN DONATES HIS TATTOOED SKIN TO THE NATIONAL ART GALLERY… his tattoos are mostly flowers… the exhibit opens after his death… seems like a great idea, but how do you frame it and hang it up?… for the story, click (
A fatal crash on I-95 northbound near Exit 34 in Milford stopped traffic all morning… people in cars… marooned… reports from three sources… The Connecticut Post, click (
OUTER SPACE: SPACE SHUTTLE ZOOMS IN ON HUBBLE TELESCOPE… should catch it today… story from CNN, click (
PLAYBOY MAGAZINE: MISS JULY/AUGUST???… PLAYBOY CONSIDERS REDUCING NUMBER OF MONTHLY ISSUES… trying to cut down on costs… story, click (
LOS ANGELES: BAGGAGE CONTAINER SUCKED INTO JET ENGINE… click (
BALTIMORE BURGER: Half pound of meat… stuffed with cheese… battered… and deep-fried… click (