THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2006
WEATHER… today: sun 70F, tonight: clear 50F, tomorrow: sun 55F, Saturday: sun turns to showers 60F, Sunday: showers and clouds 60F… for more weather and info, go to WICC600.com and click on “STORM WATCH” at the top of the page…
ALERT! ALERT! ALERT! ALERT! ALERT! ALERT! ALERT!… CALLING ALL MUSICIANS!…
I’ll be broadcasting The Brian Smith News and Variety Show…
LIVE!!!… from Curran Volkswagon in Stratford… on Friday from 4 til 7… we are looking for musicians, especially guitar players… to become rock gods or goddesses… by plugging your electric guitar (or whatever) into an amped up Volkswagon Jetta…. performances will be videotaped and sent to Volkswagon for further fame and possible superstar status… prizes will be awarded… and you will be famous… call me on the show, or email me (click here) to let me know you are coming… you could win a First Act Guitar… to read about the guitars, click (here)
THINK YOU CAN BOUNCE QUARTERS?… probably not like this guy… and give credit to his girlfriend as his willing assistant… click (here) and press play…
…AND NOW A STORY THAT REALLY BITES…
FIRE AT GATORLAND… if you’ve been to Orlando, Florida… and ventured outside the Disney Universe… you may have visited, or seen the brochures for Gatorland… it is a 110 acre alligator park that has been around since 1949… and won awards for being one of the better tourist attractions outside of the giant theme parks. The entrance… you walk through the big alligator mouth to get inside … was a Florida landmark. A fire destroyed much of the entrance, the gift shop, and the offices this week, but… they are promising they will reopen in a few weeks…
For the news story, click (here)… for their Gatorland website, click (here)
A few years ago, I did a series of shows broadcast from Orlando… and during the day I went to Gatorland and interviewed the woman who was one of the managers there. We had fun, I got to wrestle an alligator (both our mouths were taped shut)… and I asked some humorous… maybe inappropiate questions (can I see where you keep the unclaimed limbs?). I was never sure what happened, but the next day she was no longer employed there… I like to think she was promoted and left no forwarding company address.
OK… TAKE THE TWO ITEMS ABOVE… GUITARS AND A
FIRE… COMBINE THEM AND WHAT DO YOU GET… would you believe…. and you 
aren’t dreaming this… a company that makes guitar amps out of old kitchen toasters… yes… really… HottieAmps…. click (here)
ORDER A BURGER IN A CALIFORNIA DRIVE-THRU… it is handled by a drive-thru operator in New Hampshire… click (here)
NAKED KENTUCKY GUARD SOLDIERS… won’t face courts-martial… the soldier women posed naked and semi-naked with guns and flag decals (guess where) before they shipped out… for the story, click (here)
FUNNY USB STORAGE DRIVES… or thumb drives (in some cases…literally)
… click (here) 