by John Walters
Starting Five
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70rMrFm3ZUs
Donald Ducks Question
“I don’t stand by anything.”
In an Oval Office interview with CBS’ John Dickerson, President Donald Trump gave the above response when asked if he stood by his comments in March that his predecessor, Barack Obama, was “sick” and “bad.” Trump also offhandedly told Dickerson that he refers to his Sunday morning program as Deface The Nation, which drew guffaws from Statler and Waldorf.
2. Decapitated Head Over Heels In Love
FBI translator Daniela Greene secretly wed an ISIS operative, Denis Hupert, in 2014, according to a story on cnn.com. Within weeks of the nuptials, Greene began to wonder if she had made a mistake, which is not uncommon. The newlywed may have seen the propaganda video in which her husband holds a freshly severed head, which is uncommon.
3. Can You Keep A Seacrest?
“Ryan & Ripa?” After a turbulent year of single-parenting Live following the defection of Michael Strahan, Kelly Ripa welcomes Ryan Seacrest as her permanent co-host. He’s not exactly Anderson Cooper, but he’ll do fine.
4. Rockets Blast Off*
*The judges will also accept “May Day! May Day!”
There was not a failure to launch in Game 1 of the Western Conference semis in San Antonio: the Houston Rockets attempted 50 three-pointers, burying 22, in a 126-99 Game 1 defeat of the Spurs. At halftime the Rockets led the Spurs by 30. Nine different Houston players converted three-pointers, led by Trevor “The World’s Most Famous” Ariza, who drained five.
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Soiree, Not Sorry
Somewhere in there is an umbrella
Its formal title is the Costume Institute Gala, but New Yorkers know it as the Met Gala. Anna Wintour’s annual shakedown of the fashion industry—tickets are $25,000—for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the site on which the event is held, brought out the beautiful people once again last night. Imagine Night at the Museum except that none of the characters come to life.
Music 101
No Time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqeSUAlI5uI
Originally released on the 1969 album Canned Wheat, this newer version was put on the 1970 blockbuster album American Woman by the Canadian band The Guess Who. It peaked at No. 5 while the title track shot to No. 1. In 1970 you could purchase hit albums by The Who and The Guess Who, which means there were probably a lot of teens who didn’t get exactly what they asked for at Christmas.
Note: the lead singer on this tune is Randy Bachman, who would later found a little band called Bachman-Turner Overdrive.
Remote Patrol
It Happened One Night
8 p.m. TCM
Was this 1934 gem starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert and directed by Frank Capra the original RomCom? It’s the first film and one of only three to sweep all five major Oscar categories: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Screenplay. If you haven’t seen it (“The Walls of Jericho!”), tonight’s your chance to fill in that hole.
So, the Cavs beat the Raptors last night in their 1st game of the 2nd Round & it was my fave kind of game – Cavs DOMINATING all night by 20 or more (until the last 3-4 minutes when all the starters were sitting). Any pre-game worries about “rust” were replaced with giddy joy. I then clicked over to NBA-TV to watch all the post-game pressers & thus did not see the Spurs-Rockets. But I WAS seeing the score flash in the corner of the screen & couldn’t believe my eyes – Spurs down by almost 40(!) at one point & most of the time by over 30. On their HOME floor! I expected the Rockets to give the Spurs trouble but wow! Weren’t you shocked? I then saw Pop at his post-game presser & I laughed as it seemed the media were too scared to ask Pop any questions after that debacle. I would have been scared too! Of course, one beat-down does not mean it’s over. Heck, the Cavs were awful in their 1st 2 Finals games against the Warriors last year & looked how that turned out! But if the Rockets annihilate them again at home, THEN I’m thinking that series won’t make it to 6 let alone 7.
You actually LIKE Seacrest?! When I saw the news that he was joining Kelly, I rejoiced for one reason – if he’s under contract with that show then hopefully he won’t be able to RUIN another Olympics’ Late Night! Whoo-hoo!
I love ‘It Happened One Night’ – that it’s over 80 (EIGHTY!) years old & still holds up confirms it’s Oscar haul. It seems Hollywood had a “thing” at that time for plots involving rich heiresses getting entangled with a “down to earth” guy. They went on to make a ton of that type of movie but NONE compare to IHON. The directing, casting, dialogue, & chemistry between the leads were all just fabulous. Hard to believe it was made almost at the very beginning of the ‘talkie’ era.
One final tidbit today – 35 points & 10 rebounds. 🙂 Say it – LeBron James is just MAGNIFICENT!
The lead singer on “No Time”, and most notable tracks by The Guess Who was Burton Cummings.