Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Birthdays:

Jennifer Hudson-26

Yao Ming-27

Jay McGraw-28

Ruben Studdard-29

Ben Folds-41

Nina Blackwood-52

Peter Scolari-52

On this day:

1953-John F. Kennedy married Jacqueline Bouvier

1966-The Monkees premiered on NBC

1970-Josie and the Pussycats debuted on CBS

1991-John Travolta married Kelly Preston

1992-The space shuttle Endeavour blasted off carrying the first African-American woman in space, the first married couple in space, and the first Japanese National to fly on a U.S. spaceship

1999-The Practice and Ally McBeal both created by David E. Kelley were named Best Drama Series and Best Comedy Series at the 51st Emmy Awards

2003-Johnny Cash passed away at the age of 71

Battle of the Sexes-The women won today blah, blah, blah!

Erica's New Word-On Miss Lee's vacation, she came up with a new word. You know the restaurants that serve wings and burgers where the waitresses wear next to nothing and are typically very well endowed in the upper region? Those are now called BREASTAURANTS!

Hal Boedeker-The Orlando Sentinel's TV Critic joined us in the studio this morning to give us a sneak peek into the Fall TV lineup. You can read his reviews of the new shows by going to orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/orl-sptvlist081907aug19,0,2852754.story

$25 Pyramid-Scott played today and got 2 out of 5, $15 rolls over to tomorrow's game

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

First of all, our thoughts and prayers go out to those that lost a family member or loved one on September 11, 2001. The Scott and Erica Show

Birthdays:

Ludacris-30

Harry Connick Jr.-40

Moby-42

Amy Madigan-57

Brian DePalma-67

On this day:

1847-"Oh, Susannah" was sung for the first time in public, written by Stephen Foster

1954-The Miss America Pageant made its TV debut, California's Lee Ann Meriwether won

1971-The "Tito Jackson and the Jackson 5" cartoon debuted on ABC

1974-"Little House on the Prairie" debuted on TV

1981-Nancy Reagan spent $200,000 of taxpayers dollars on china for the White House

1985-Pete Rose broke Ty Cobb's record with his 4,192 base hit

2002-Nick Nolte was arrested on suspicion of drunken-driving

2002-Quarterback legend Johnny Unitas passed away

Battle of the Sexes-The women won and now only need to 17 more times to win for the year!

Letterman and Oprah-He was on Oprah yesterday for the very first time and did a Top 10 list on why people love Oprah. If you didn't see it, here's the list:

-No. 10: She smells great.
-No. 9: Without her, we would have never known that quack Dr. Phil.
-No. 8: She helped me start my wildly popular D magazine.
-No. 7: We're yoga buddies.
-No. 6: Oprah's incredibly busy, yet she always finds time to ignore my calls.
-No. 5: She agreed to validate my parking.
-No. 4: Taught me how to launder money in the Cayman Islands.
-No. 3: Anytime I'm in Chicago, she lets me crash on her couch.
-No. 2: Oprah gave me my first post-surgery sponge bath.
-No. 1: She's giving everybody in today's audience a new house.

$25 Pyramid-I played today and we got 4 out of 5

Vanessa Carlton-The lovely and talented artist was in the studio with us this morning and she brought her piano! She performed two songs, her new one called Nolita Fairytale and her huge hit A Thousand Miles. Her new CD is called "Heroes and Thieves" and is released October 9th. For more info on Vanessa, go to http://www.vanessacarlton.com/ If you missed her perform this morning, you can hear it again Saturday morning between 9-10am on the Best of the Scott and Erica Show.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

Ryan Phillippe - 33

Guy Ritchie - 39

Randy Johnson - 44

Colin Firth - 47

Joe Perry - 57

Bill O'Reilly - 58

Jose Feliciano - 62

Arnold Palmer - 78

On this day:

1939 - Canada declared war on Germany

1955 - "Gunsmoke" made its TV debut

1963 - 20 African-American students walked into public schools in Birmingham, Mobile and Tuskegee, Alabama, after a standoff between the National Guard and Governor George Wallace

1977 - Convicted murderer Hamida Djandoubi, a Tunisian immigrant in France, became the last person executed by the guillotine.

1988 - VAN HALEN'S "When It's Love" hit #5 on the singles chart . . . ROBERT PALMER'S "Simply Irresistible" peaked at #2 . . . and GUNS 'N ROSES' "Sweet Child O' Mine" hit #1.

1989 - DEION SANDERS made sports history: On September 6th, 1989, Deion hit a home run for the New York Yankees. Then, four days later, on this day (September 10th, 1989) he ran a punt back 68 yards to score a touchdown for the Atlanta Falcons.

1990 - WILL SMITH made his TV debut on "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air".

1995 - CYNDI LAUPER won an Emmy for her guest appearance on "Mad About You".

1996 - SHERYL CROW'S self-titled second album was Banned by WAL-MART because of the song, "Love Is A Good Thing". The tune mentions children killing each other with quote, "a gun they bought at Wal-Mart discount stores".

Battle of the Sexes-The men won today and are down by 31.

Ticked Off-Scott said his wife Fran is ticked off at him because he is in band mode. Just a reminder, you can see Scott's band along with Local 6's Bob Frier this Friday night at Dexter's in Lake Mary.

MTV's VMA's-Between Britney being a total train wreck and Kidd Rock and Tommy Lee getting into a fight, last night's VMA's were very eventful. If you want more info on the fight, you can go to www.TMZ.com MTV was saying they were only going to air the show one time, but I doubt that. So, if you missed it, I'm sure you can see it again.

$25 Pyramid-Zack played today and got 5 out of 5.

Al Roker-The famous Today Show weatherman joined us this morning! He has a new TV show he's produced called "Heavyweights" and it debut's Saturday at 9:00 pm on the Food Network.Michael Hundgen-You always hear us talking about TMZ.com and what a great site it is for up to the second celebrity news. Well, now they have their own TV show! It's debut's today and you can see it at on FOX at 6:30.

Tomorrow morning-Vanessa Carlton performs live in the studio at 8:10!

Friday, September 7, 2007

Birthdays:

Evan Rachel Wood-20

Shannon Elizabeth-34

Tom Everett Scott-37

Angie Everhart-38

Corbin Bernsen-53

Julie Kavner-57

Gloria Gaynor-58

On this day:

1896-A. H. Whiting won the first car race held on a track. He went 24 mph and 40,000 people showed up!

1940-Germany declared war on England

1963-The NFL Hall of Fame opened in Canton, OH

1978-The Who's drummer Keith Moon passed away in London

1979-ESPN made it's debut

1998-Google was founded and now Larry Page and Sergey Brin are kind of rich

2003-Warren Zevon passed away

Cecily Knobler-Our Hollywood Film Critic checked in this morning with her movies reviews. First up is 3:10 To Yuma, starring Russell Crowe. It is a Western remake and although Cecily isn't a Western film fan, she said this one was really good and worth the time. B+ Next up is Shoot "Em Up starring Paul Giamatti and Clive Owen. This is a very violent spoof and Cecily wasn't a fan of this one and recommends 3:10 To Yuma.

Glenn Richards-The FOX35 Chief Meteorologist said this weekend is going to be great! The humidity is down, the sun is shining, and it's a weekend to be outdoors! On the Glenn scale of 1-10, he gave the weekend a 12!

Get Some! Our very own Adam Alexander called in this morning in need of 1500-2000 extras for a movie filming here in Orlando. The movie will film Sunday morning at Destiny Nightclub on I-Drive in Orlando and you need to arrive by 9:30am. If you want to be in a major motion picture, e-mail Adam at adaminlosangeles@aol.com

Birth Order-A recent scientific study shows that the oldest child is typically the smartest and most likely to become a CEO in the family. I don't agree with that necessarily. However, the fact that the youngest are typically the ones that are very indecisive and can not make up their minds, I think that's totally true! Do you agree? Is your oldest sibling the smarty pants and the successful one in the family?

Mandy Moore-The Orlando native called in this morning to talk to her friends on the Scott and Erica Show. She is in concert tonight at the House of Blues at 8:00. Tickets are still available at www.hob.com or by calling 407-934-BLUE. You can see more of Mandy at http://www.mandymoore.com/

Next Week:

Al Roker-Monday

Vanessa Carlton performs live in the studio-Tuesday

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

Birthdays:

Macy Gray-40

Rosie Perez-43

Michael Winslow-49

Jeff Foxworthy-49

Jane Curtin-60

Jo Anne Worley-70

On this day:

1909-Explorer Robert Peary sent word that he had reached the North Pole 5 months earlier

1959-The first Barbie doll was sold by Mattel. Barbie's full name: Barbara Millicent Roberts

1986-Bananarama has the #1 song with "Venus"

1995-Mark Fuhrman used his 5th Amendment at the OJ trial

Battle of the Sexes-The women won today and now lead by a lot. If they win just 18 more games this year, the season is over!

Tammy Pescatelli-You remember her from NBC's "Last Comic Standing." She is at the Improv tonight and all weekend. She stopped by the studio this morning to say hi to her buddies, Scott, Jay, and Zack. If you missed her, you can hear her again Saturday morning between 6-10 on the Best of Scott and Erica. For ticket and show info, go to http://www.orlandoimprov.com/

$25 Pyramid-Scott played this morning and got 2 out of 5. The jackpot tomorrow is $60!

Joey Bartolomeo-Here's a sneak peek into tomorrow's issue of Us Weekly from the Senior Writer:

Cover: Secrets From The Grave-Explosive Anna Nicole Smith tell-all book written by journalist Rita Cosby. Larry Birkhead tells Us the book is fiction. One of the main sources in the book is a very sketchy woman who hates Howard K. Stern. The book claims... Larry and Howard K. Stern were lovers. Larry and Howard struck a deal for Dannielynn. Larry gave Anna Nicole drugs, Larry and that Anna's love wasn't real.

Owen Wilson Goes Home-His parents are looking after him. Plus: Steve Coogan is striking back at Courtney Love for saying bad things about him.

Brad and Angelina: Plans for a fifth child Also: Brad talks to V magazine about his decision to leave Jennifer Aniston. Says he stifled his attraction to Jolie until after they agreed the marriage was over. Says he was guided by the notion that "you don't know how many days you have."

Secrets of TV's Fall Favorites-Scoop on Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, Heroes, House, Ugly Betty,The Office, CSI

Are You Smarter Than A Celebrity? -- funny charts and quiz.

Who has the higher education? Clooney vs. McConaughey, Lauren Conrad vs. Scarlett Johansson, Ashton Kutcher vs. Cameron Diaz, Denzel Washington vs. Tom Cruise.

Guess their majors:

1. Reese Witherspoon

2. Halle Berry

3. Mira Sorvino

A. East Asian studies (3)

B. Broadcast journalism (2)

C. English literature (1)

Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams: Secrets of their split. They had been on-and-off since their daughter was born.

Paul McCartney and Renee Zellweger have been spending time together

Tomorrow morning-Mandy Moore joins us at 8:45 and she's bringing concert tickets!

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2007

Birthdays:

Rose McGowan-34

Jerri Manthey-37

Dweezil Zappa-38

Michael Keaton-56

Raquel Welch-67

Bob Newhart-78

On this day:

1698-Russia's Peter the Great imposed a tax on beards?

1906-Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University threw the first forward pass

1960-Cassius Clay won the light heavyweight boxing gold medal at the Rome Olympics

1986-Dire Straits' "Money For Nothing" won an MTV award for Video of the Year

1987-American Bandstand was canceled after 30 years on the air

1997-Mother Teresa passed away at the age of 87

1999-Candid Camera's Alan Funt passed at the age of 84

Some Celebrity News:

So what did you think of Whoopie's big debut on The View? Do you think she pushed the envelope by defending Michael Vick on her first day?

Halle Berry is 3 months pregnant with her boyfriend Gabriel Aubrey

Paris Hilton says "I want kids next year, so I've got to get my body ready."

Nicole Kidman reveals in "Vanity Fair" that she was engaged between her divorce with Tom Cruise and her marriage to Keith Urban. She was dating Lenny Kravitz and Steve Bing, but she wouldn't say who it was.

According to Britain's "Sun" tabloid, Jude Law was arrested Monday for assaulting a photographer.

$25 Pyramid-I played this morning and we got 3 of 5, making the jackpot $50 for tomorrow

Warren Eckstein-

The Pet Expert joined us this morning with great advice on being ready with your pet during an emergency. Here is the website he gave and the number to call if you want the brochure: http://www.ready.gov/ or you can call 800-be-ready If you have a pet question for Warren, his website is http://www.thepetshow.com/

Battle of the Sexes: The women won today and lead 102-69

MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2007

Birthdays:

Chandra Wilson-38

Downtown Julie Brown-44

Pee Wee Herman-55

Barbara Bach-60

Daryl Dragon-65

On this day:

1965-The Beatles hung out with Elvis for 3 hours at his Beverly Hills mansion. Elvis later said he doesn't remember meeting them.

1976-The U.S. Open barred 43-year old Renee Richards from competition because she used to be a dude!

1982-Rickey Henderson of the Oakland A's stole 4 bases in a game to break Lou Brock's record of 118 steals in one season.

1990-Stevie Ray Vaughn and members of Eric Clapton's entourage died in a helicopter crash in Wisconsin.

1992-John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to "A Day In the Life" sold at an auction for $87,000.

1998-James Brolin got his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Battle of the Sexes-The women won today and lead by 31

Celebrity News-A lot of sad news today from Hulk Hogan's son being seriously injured in a car crash over the weekend in Clearwater to Owen Wilson being taken to the hospital. You can read all about these by going to http://www.tmz.com/ Also, Michael Vick's entire plea bargain is available for you to read if you have the time at http://www.thesmokinggun.com/

$25 Pyramid-Erica Lee is back! She played this morning and got 5 out of 5!

Holly Hunter-The Academy Award-winning actress joined Scott and Erica this morning. She has a show on TNT called "Saving Grace" and you can see it tonight at 10 pm. For more info, go to http://www.tnt.tv/series/savinggrace/

Fact or Fiction-We have a new champion, but tomorrow it could be you! Be listening at 8:40 to play FOF and win some cash!

TOMORROW-The Backstreet Boys join Scott and Erica!