‘Daily items’ Category

  1. FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013

    May 17, 2013 by Brian Smith

    Arrggh… THE VOICE has come ashore with his booty of predictions and premonitions of the weekend sports and beyond… read ‘em and weep, all ye who listen to the rantings and bellyaches of the scallywags who claim to know more… he’s got yer look at THE PREAKNESS HORSE RACIN‘…  yer NBA PLAYOFFS… MLB Sunday night baseballin’… ARENA FOOTBALL… CHEERLEADIN’ LADIES… and the Las Vegas Buffet Guide to Good Grubbe checkin’ him out at the WORLD’S BEST SPORTS PICKS PAGE… or just click (here)…

    CAPTAIN KIDD’S PIRATE DAY AND TREASURE HUNT... Sunday, June 9th… in Downtown Milford, Connecticut..  the Captain and his crew come ashore at 12 noon… so hide your silver, gold, and cold cuts.. argh.

     


  2. THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013

    May 16, 2013 by Brian Smith

    CAPTAIN KIDD’S TREASURE HUNT DAY IS COMING… June 9th in Downtown Milford… Captain Kidd will arrive by (some kind of) boat at noon on Lisman’s Landing… we’ll have more details here… at BrianSmithRadio.com... so don’t go away.  Don’t click away.  Don’t go back to work.  Don’t drive anywhere.  Don’t eat.  Just stay where  you are…

    Above we see Captain Kidd striking the “Pirate Blue Steel Pose” (Captain Kidd’s resemblance to Brian Smith is entirely a coincidence… as is any resemblance to the complete stranger he is posing with)…

    Leading up to the surprise occupation  (June 9th, Lisman Landing) of Milford, Captain Kidd is spending much of his time trying to tame his unruly and slow-growing facial hair which tends to stick out from his face like a porcupine’s quills rather than droop, like most human facial hair… this is due to so much time pillaging at sea and has nothing to do with a steady diet of pizza and Pepsi while sitting on a couch watching reruns of NCIS…

    BRIAN SMITH is the same Brian Smith of  SMITH AND BARBER, THE MORNING SHOW on WPLR….his solo afternoon talk show on WICC 600AM..and as host and announcer for the Fairfield University Stags basketball games at Harbor Yard… and formerly for the Bridgeport Bluefish …  and as an anchorman at FM NEWS NEW YORK in New York City… you can email him at… (just type this address into your email “to” area)…

    YOU WORK TOO HARD… 

    Your boss just called and said you should take more breaks…

    so check out… 23 ADULT TRUTHS… good ones from the archives… click (here)…

    and thanks for listening…


  3. SATURDAY, MAY 11, 2013

    May 11, 2013 by Brian Smith

    … the staff at BrianSmithRadio.com enjoys a day off to poke through the bulk pickup piles along the side of the road, looking for valuables and treasures… (we have bulk pickup in the neighborhood this week, and it is difficult to tell those piles apart from the tag sales)…

    ….please enjoy this week’s contribution from our Prognosticator-In-Chief… THE VOICE, with his list of sports predictions and advice… just go to The World’s Best Sports Picks Page, or, even easier, click (here)…


  4. SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2013

    May 4, 2013 by Brian Smith

    A HOUSE MADE OF BACON… I guess for some people, this would be better than a flying car… read more… below…

    BRIAN SMITH is the same Brian Smith of  SMITH AND BARBER, THE MORNING SHOW on WPLR….his solo afternoon talk show on WICC 600AM..and as host and announcer for the Fairfield University Stags basketball games at Harbor Yard… and formerly for the Bridgeport Bluefish …  and as an anchorman at FM NEWS NEW YORK in New York City… you can email him at… (just type this address into your email “to” area)…

    THE KENTUCKY DERBY IS TODAY… for a look at the horses at the Kentucky Derby website itself, click (here)… and for pretty much ANYTHING YOU NEED (except a cash advance for a wager) for Kentucky Derby information and pictures… just visit the NBC SPORTS KENTUCKY DERBY page… click (here)…

    THE VOICE is back from Las Vegas... and after his inspection of several properties we still don’t know if he found one to become the Prognosticator Resort Casino and Hotel… rumor is… he liked one of larger hotels on The Strip… and almost pulled out the checkbook to buy the place… but in the end, he didn’t like the carpeting… and the volcano outside his room kept him awake… THE VOICE has supplied us with his FOOD REVIEW OF THE LAS VEGAS BUFFETS... and that is included free of charge with this week’s SPORTS PICKS AND PREDICTIONS… to check out all THE VOICE has to offer, and his Las Vegas reviews… click on THE WORLD’S BEST SPORTS PICK PAGE at the top of this page, or even easier, just click (here)…

    BACON SHACK …and yes…  a model house made of out bacon… bacon strips weaved together, just like we were taught in basic survival school… see more tributes to bacon… in a picture-filled article from the Huffington Post, click (here)… or visit the picture website for every bacon thing you would want to see… Baconcoma, click (here)…

    A beautiful weekend in the Northeast… if you are in the Connecticut/New York City/Long Island area… get outside and don’t go back in the house until Monday… drive safely… and thanks for listening…

     


  5. SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 2013

    April 27, 2013 by Brian Smith

    THE VOICE is still in Las Vegas… and, not that we are saying anything or hinting about anything… but still no word on any casino name-changes yet… there were some rumors about a certain prime Atlantic City Casino becoming the Prognosticator East Coast Resort and Casino... but THE VOICE has always had a fondness for Vegas… we’ll see…  THE VOICE has sent us his predictions and insights for this week… MLB… ARENA FOOTBALL… NBA PLAYOFFS... read all about it… go to THE WORLD’S BEST SPORTS PICK PAGE… or just click (here)..


  6. SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013

    April 21, 2013 by Brian Smith

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    BIG PAPI gave a rallying speech to the crowd at Fenway Park in Boston on Saturday… and used a word Red Sox players only used when talking about Bobby Valentine last year… find out more below…

    BRIAN SMITH is the same Brian Smith of  SMITH AND BARBER, THE MORNING SHOW on WPLR….his solo afternoon talk show on WICC 600AM..and as host and announcer for the Fairfield University Stags basketball games at Harbor Yard… and formerly for the Bridgeport Bluefish …  and as an anchorman at FM NEWS NEW YORK in New York City… you can email him at… (just type this address into your email “to” area)…

    THE VOICE (not to be confused with Niel Diamond) is out of town this week… sending us his predictions and insights from the Snake-Eyes Donut Den in Las Vegas… we aren’t supposed to say why he is out in Las Vegas… but did we see a prototype for a Prognosticator Resort and Casino satin jacket in the coat room yesterday?… (keep that on the down-low)… he sends us his analysis of this week’s  Sunday Night Baseball match-up, as well as Arena Football schedules, winners and losers… NBA playoff predictions… and all the sports updates you need to win an argument or host your own sports talk show… read the latest… go to THE WORLD’S BEST SPORTS PICKS PAGE… or just click (here)…

    DAVID (BIG PAPI) ORTIZ is back with the Red Sox… and gave a quick speech at Fenway Park today… and used the word your Dad uses when your Mom talks to him while he is watching NCIS... here’s the video with the F-word bleeped out… click (here)…  and for the unedited version, click (here)…

    DIAMOND ON THE DIAMOND… so… I WAS AT THE PROGNOSTICATOR GRILL AND CAFE on Saturday… admiring the fine skill of multiple plated food delivery by a few of the highly trained cheerleader-waitresses… and briefly saw a bearded man at Saturday afternoon’s Red Sox home game… … the sound was off on the big screen… and I didn’t realize it was… NEIL DIAMOND… who flew to Boston on his own and asked if he could sing his signature eighth inning Fenway Park traditional “Sweet Caroline“… live… he did… and you can check out the video by clicking (here)…

    It’s been a tough week for Boston, Texas, and John King… thanks for listening… stay safe… and let’s all try to keep the stupid and vain amongst us from ruining our future…


  7. FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2013

    April 12, 2013 by Brian Smith

    BRIAN SMITH is the same Brian Smith of  SMITH AND BARBER, THE MORNING SHOW on WPLR….his solo afternoon talk show on WICC 600AM..and as host and announcer for the Fairfield University Stags basketball games at Harbor Yard… and formerly for the Bridgeport Bluefish …  and as an anchorman at FM NEWS NEW YORK in New York City… you can email him at… (just type this address into your email “to” area)…

    WEATHER: Cold and wet in the Northeast.  Spring has only been only a promise.  One day of warm April weather followed by a relapse of March… People are tense.  Ready for summer and hurricane se… uh… maybe today isn’t so bad after all…

    WHAT I BROKE THIS WEEK: My towel rack in my shower (I broke it with my head)…

    TOUCHING BOB SEGER – CLASSIC-ROCK STORY OF THE WEEK:. a 79 year old woman in Michigan suffered a stroke and after five years in a coma, her first words were “I want to go to a Bob Seger concert”… and last night, she did… for the story from MichiganLive, click (here)…

    THE VOICE returns back to the Prognosticator Grill and Cafe with souvenirs from last week’s Amazicon Pop Culture Show… and with him, a pickup truck full of memorabilia… including the original table and kitchen cabinets from the “The Honeymooner’s” television program sound stage… Dan Haggerty’s flannel shirt from “Grizzly Adams“, and the boat Jethro Gibbs built in his basement during Season 7 of NCIS… they will all be on display starting next Thursday at the Prognosticator…  read all this week’s predictions and wisdomic advice (wisdomic is not in the dictionary yet) from THE VOICE… go to the WORLD’S BEST SPORTS PICK PAGE here at Brian Smith Radio… or just click (here)…

    If you are in the Northeast… stay dry… if you are not in the Northeast… would you like to rent me a room?… drive safely, and thanks for listening… -Brian


  8. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 2013

    April 10, 2013 by Brian Smith

    MY QUICK COMPLAINT…

    I think closed captioning on television is great… even for those of us with functional hearing, it is great to have closed captioning… it allows me to watch Jeopardy at the bar and not miss the questions and answers… it allows me to watch BBC shows on PBS and understand what the British are saying….

    I wish I knew how they do that.  In my head, its a room full of stenographers with headphones, watching television all day and typing at Superman speed…

    Sometimes you get the closed captioning that is most likely a computer program that gets the words all screwed up…  so when the medical examiner says “This man is dead” the closed caption reads “This mayonnaise Dad” or something like that…

    BUT…

    BUT…

    I occasionally watch college basketball with my aunt, who is hearing impaired… she  watches it with closed captioning turned on…  why… why… why do they put the closed captioning words OVER THE BASKET so you can’t see the points being scored?  Do the ladies in that room have any control over where their words go on the screen?  And could you please move them?

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    AND… CONGRATULATIONS TO THE UCONN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM… for their 2013 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP WIN…


  9. SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 2013

    April 6, 2013 by Brian Smith

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    SATURDAY MORNING WARNING TO ALL CATS.  DON’T DO THIS. If you have a cat, and your cat does not have internet access, please show him this warning.  For more pictures of “this may end badly”, go to the link, farther down on this page…

    BRIAN SMITH is the same Brian Smith of  SMITH AND BARBER, THE MORNING SHOW on WPLR….his solo afternoon talk show on WICC 600AM..and as host and announcer for the Fairfield University Stags basketball games at Harbor Yard… and formerly for the Bridgeport Bluefish …  and as an anchorman at FM NEWS NEW YORK in New York City… you can email him at… (just type this address into your email “to” area)…

    THE VOICE is spending his weekend at “Amazicon“… a pop-culture memorabilia convention… he’s looking to procure more exhibits for The Prognosticator Grill and Cafe… and early reports are he may be purchasing the Starsky and Hutch car to put into the NASCAR room… (pending mechanical inspection)… and one of his assistants texted this morning, saying negotiations are underway to film an episode of “The Walking Dead” at the Prognosticator Hotel… stay tuned for more…  for more on “Amazicon”, go to their website, click (here)…  THE VOICE still has 2 teams in THE FINAL FOUR... for his sports predictions and insights on all sports, including this week, WORLD SERIES ODDS…  NFL FREE AGENCY… ARENA FOOTBALL.. and, of course, CHEERLEADERS… go to the World’s Best Sports Pick Page, click (here)…

    TARGET ANGERS THE “PLUS-SIZED” CROWD…  Target advertised plus-sized dresses on its website, and one of the color options was “Manatee Gray”… in smaller sizes, it was listed as “Dark Heather Gray“… some larger-framed people complained… perhaps hesitant about wearing something on their larger frames the color associated with the lovely “sea cow”… and for now, the dress, in all sizes, is not available on Target’s website… for the story, from MyFoxNy, click (here)…

    THE 20 RICHEST MUSICIANS OF ALL TIME… I’ll give you one from this chart… Paul McCartney is number 2…  for the list, click (here)… in my personal world, Paul McCartney goes on trial for creating the song “Wonderful Christmastime”, and his entire fortune is taken away and used to remove all known copies of the song from record collectors and the internet.  Really. I’m so serious about this that even in my own personal world, I don’t use some of the money to buy myself a Corvette.

    40 YEARS LATER… SPORTS HOAX REVEALED… Attention, winners of the 1972 Leo G. Hershberger Award from the National Association of Collegiate Basketball Writers... the “All-America Team” for which you were chosen… was a hoax… in fact.. SO WAS the National Association of Collegiate Basketball Writers… and, in fact… so was New York sportswriter LEO G. HERSHBERGER… he never existed… oh, the framed awards were real… made up by four college students with nothing to do before the internet and The Walking Dead took away our youth…  but it was all just elaborate make-believe… and it “went viral ” before that meant anything other than what you caught in the back room of a Florida bar during Spring Break…  read about it, from The Wall Street Journal, click (here)... or, for a more passive experience, watch the 3 minute video (after a 15 second commercial), also from The Wall Street Journal, click (here)….

    PIC FIX... it’s Saturday morning… what could be better than some pictures of the moments before someone should have done something to prevent disaster… check out the “This Will End Badly” series of pictures from MSN, click (here)…

    …Have a good Saturday, and if you are in the CT/NYC/Long Island area… maybe the ice age we have been living through will let up a little this weekend… drive safely, and thanks for listening… Brian

     


  10. SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 2013

    March 30, 2013 by Brian Smith

     

     


     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    NEW CORVETTE... Meet the 2013 Corvette Stingray… The New York International Auto Show is on this week… more below…

    BRIAN SMITH is the same Brian Smith of  SMITH AND BARBER, THE MORNING SHOW on WPLR….his solo afternoon talk show on WICC 600AM..and as host and announcer for the Fairfield University Stags basketball games at Harbor Yard… and formerly for the Bridgeport Bluefish …  and as an anchorman at FM NEWS NEW YORK in New York City… you can email him at… (just type this address into your email “to” area)…

    THE VOICE has submitted his weekly expert analysis of sports and beyond… have a good read about his predictions, and if you want a cup of coffee, I’ll heat some up from the campfire I’m starting with my ripped up NCAA Brackett sheets… Oh, Indiana… why?   Why?

    FINAL FOUR TEAMS ARE STILL*** IN THE HUNT
    WORLD SERIES ODDS
    NFL FREE AGENCY
    FLASH: MIAMI HEAT WIN STREAK ENDED!!!
    ARENA FOOTBALL WEEK #2
    SUNDAY NIGHT BASEBALL RETURNS ****
    SUNDAY NIGHT MLB PREDICTION!!!!

     

    Read what THE VOICE has to say, click  (here)…

     

    CAR STRUCK…  the New York International Auto Show is happening this week…  go to the website, click (here)…

    quick info:

    when… It’s on until April 7, 2013

    where… Javits Center, NYC

    how much to get in… Adults $15, Kids $5

    hours… Monday through Saturday, 10am til 10pm, Sundays 10am til 7pm

    will Brian get stuck in a Mazda Miata again?... no,  but maybe I can get stuck in the new Corvette Stingray…  and yes, I actually did get stuck in a Mazda Miata at the New York International Auto Show.  And some tourists, somewhere, have pictures…

    MYSTERY CELEBRITY... can you identify this mystery celebrity?  Hint: He looks differently because he shaved off his famous beardAnother hint: He’s 73 but could still use those sunglasses to wipe out a street gang… if he wanted to.  If you want to know more, click (here)…

     

    ...Have a good holiday weekend… drive safely… send me an email or comments at the email address above… and thanks for listening-Brian