Friday, March 7, 2008

Birthdays-

Laura Prepon - 28

Jenna Fischer - 34

Wanda Sykes - 44

Taylor Dayne - 46

Bryan Cranston - 52

Peter Wolf - 62

Michael Eisner - 66

Willard Scott - 74

On this day-

1876 - ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL received a patent for his TELEPHONE

1897 - DR. JOHN KELLOGG served the world's first "CORNFLAKES" to his patients at a mental hospital in Battle Creek, Michigan

1933 - MONOPOLY was invented

1983 - TNN (The Nashville Network) went on the air

1985 - "WE ARE THE WORLD" was released

1987 - MIKE TYSON defeated James "Bonecrusher" Smith to win the second leg of the Undisputed Heavyweight Championship.

1993 - "DIFF'RENT STROKES" superstar TODD BRIDGES was arrested for stabbing a fellow apartment tenant

1994 - The U.S. Navy issued its first permanent orders assigning women to regular duty on a COMBAT SHIP, the U.S.S. Eisenhower.

Battle of the Sexes- The men won today and have now taken a 1-point lead!

New Movies This Weekend-

"10,000 B.C." - starring Steven Strait (the bad ass Warren Peace in "Sky High") as a prehistoric hunter who finds a lost civilization while tracking the warlord who kidnapped his woman. She's played by "When a Stranger Calls" star Camilla Belle. (PG-13)

"College Road Trip" - starring Martin Lawrence as the overprotective father of Raven Symone . . . who cancels her "girls only" road trip so he can be the one to take her around to check out her college choices instead. Donny Osmond is also in it. (G)

"The Bank Job" - starring "The Transporter's" Jason Statham and "Boston Legal's" Saffron Burrows as a pair of crooks who put together a crew to pull off one of the biggest bank heists in history after robbing all the safety deposit boxes at a London bank. (R)

$25 Pyramid- I played this morning and we got 4 out of 5. $5 rolls over to Monday's game making it worth $30.

Angelo Surmelis- You've seen Angelo on TLC's "Clean Sweep" and now he is the host of HGTV's "24 Hour Design." Angelo is in town for the "Home and Garden Show" at the Orange County Convention Center and is making appearances all weekend. For more info on the show or his appearance times, go to http://www.floridahomeshows.com/

Fact or Fiction- Our champion Vicky won another $80 and decided to take the money and run. We'll be looking for 2 new players Monday morning at 8:40, you could be our new champion!