Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

On this day-
1959-Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev threw a fit during a trip to Los Angeles when he was told that, for security reasons, he would not be allowed to visit Disneyland


1964-The TV series "Flipper" debuted






1970-"The Mary Tyler Moore Show" debuted on CBS

1982-The smiley icon was first used in an online message :)

1988-Greg Louganis hit his head on the diving board during a preliminary round of the Seoul Summer Olympics


1994-ER premiered on NBC




2002-Kansas City Royals first base coach Tom Gamboa was attacked during a game at Comiskey Park by a father and son, who came out of the stands



Birthdays-
Adam West 79



Bill Medley 67






Joe Morgan 64
Freda Payne 62
Jeremy Irons 59

Joan Lunden 57






Trisha Yearwood 43
Cheri Oteri 41


Jimmy Fallon 33






Battle of the Sexes-It went to the tiebreaker today and the women won. The ladies lead 106-74.


Some celebrity tidbits:



OJ-He is now facing 10 felony charges including kidnapping.






J-Lo is rumored to be pregnant

Vanessa Williams is sticking up for Vanessa Hudgens and her photograph that got out. She tells "People" Magazine that it's a lesson for her to learn from.

Phil Spektor-His murder jury came to a hung jury, 7-5, and will be a mistrial.



Rosie-She was offered to come on Oprah to promote her new book and she said no. She said she will go on with Diane Sawyer instead.




Joel Madden and Nicole Richie-Joel told Seacrest that marriage for he and Nicole is in the near future.


$25 Pyramid-Scott played this morning and got 5 out of 5




Cracked.com has a list of the Top 20 Worst Album Titles Ever on their website. Here are the top 10:

10 The Butthole Surfers - Hairway to Steven
9 Cher - Not.Com.mercial
8 Deep Purple – Purpendicular
7 Salt-n-Pepa — A Salt With a Deadly Pepa
6 Mustard Plug - Skapocalypse Now!
5 Public Enemy - How You Sell Soul To A Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul
4 Genesis - From Genesis to Revelation
3 John Oates - Phunk Shui
2 R. Kelly - Chocolate Factory


1 Limp Bizkit - Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavored Water








Annie-David Barton, who plays Daddy Warbucks, in the Orlando Broadway Series show Annie stopped by the studio this morning. Annie is playing the Carr Performing Arts Center through September 23rd. For tickets, go to www.ticketmaster.com

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