Jay's Blog Cabin

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Apolo Ohno - 25 (Olympic speed skater and "Dancing with the Stars" contestant on tonight's season finale.)

Naomi Campbell - 37

Johnny Gill - 41

Bernie Taupin - 57 (Elton John's songwriting partner)

On this day in history:

1891 - The first public showing of a motion picture took place. About 150 people visited Thomas Edison's lab and watched the film through a one-inch hole in a pine box, the movie was of a guy bowling.

1892 - British dentist Washington Sheffield invented the toothpaste tube.

1966 - Bruce Springsteen recorded his first song at the age of 16 called "That's What You'll Get" with his band The Castiles.

1967 - "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" first debuted on PBS.

1993 - Johnny Carson, Doc Severinsen and Ed McMahon retired from the "Tonight Show" after 30 years.

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can Idol-Our very own Dana Taylor is broadcasting live from Hollywood for the season finale of American Idol. You can hear her interviews with Cush between 3-6 and with us in the morning as well. Tomorrow morning when we recap the show, you'll have a chance to win tickets to the American Idol tour and we're going to bonus you with a pair of tickets to see Taylor Hicks as well!

Battle of the Sexes-We had to throw out one of the questions so tomorrow we are going to have a re-match with Frank and Sandy. Round 2, let's get it on!

Donny Osmond-He's a great friend of ours and he called this morning to check in. He also has a new CD out called "Love Songs of the 70's" and it's available everywhere. His website is www.donny.com, tell him you heard him on Scott and Erica!

$25 Pyramid-I played this morning and we got 4 out of 5. Here are the clues I gave for the one we didn't get, see if you can get it...

Bow
Neck

Twist

Any ideas? TIES!

Tomorrow-Michael Andrew performs LIVE in the studio, a little acoustic set just after 8:00 am, don't miss it!

Monday, May 21, 2007

Happy Monday everyone, hope you had a great weekend!

On this day in history:

The first bicycles knows as "swift walkers" were introduced in the U.S.-1819

Connecticut became the first state to impose speed limits for cars, it was 12 MPH highway and 8MPH in the city-1901

Marlo Thomas married Phil Donahue-1980

The Clash's Joe Strummer was arrested for the 2nd time in Hamburg for smashing his guitar...over the head of an audience member!-1980

Susan Lucci finally won a Daytime Emmy for Best Actress after losing 18 years in a row-1999

Charmed went off the air-2006

Birthdays-

Ricky Williams-30

Lisa Edelstein from House-41

Judge Reinhold-50

Mr. T-55

Richard Hatch-62

Donald Isley-66

Battle of the Sexes-The women won once again making the score 61-37.

Tipping-We talked this morning about tipping your servers, but also tipping people that come and do work at your house. Scott tipped his painter, I've tipped my tile guy, do you think that's a little much or is it OK? We had a mechanic call in and say when he gets tipped, your car moves right up to the front whether you were the last one there or not. Also, what do you typically tip at a restaurant. I'm a 20% unless you were awful, then you will still get 10%-15% from me.

$25 Pyramid-Erica played this morning and $5 rolls over to tomorrows game.

What did you plan for so long that was over in the blink of an eye? Great calls from studying for weeks for an exam and then it was canceled, weddings are a great example too. Another was a girl that spent so much time finding the perfect dress, getting her hair and nails done, and looking perfect for graduation and it was over in 2 seconds when they called her name and she got to shake hands with the principal.

Fact or Fiction-You can steal Kim's $60 tomorrow morning at 8:450 with Fact or Fiction!

Tomorrow-Donny Osmond joins us just after 7:00!

Also, We are giving away a trip to NYC to see an intimate taping for VH-1, MTV, and CMT with Bon Jovi! Only a few hundred people get to go, and you and a friend could be going! Listen tomorrow morning for all the details!

Friday, May 18, 2007

Today in History:

Abraham Lincoln was nominated as the Republican for Presidency-1860

Grauman's Chinese Theater opened in Hollywood-1927

Mount St. Helen's exploded in Washington-1980

Michael Jackson married Lisa Marie Presley-1994

Will and Grace and That 70's Show went off the air-2006

Today's Birthdays:

Jack Johnson-32

Tina Fey-37

Reggie Jackson-61

Saturday Birthdays:

Kevin Garnett-31

Grace Jones-59

Pete Townsend-62

Sunday Birthdays:

Mindy Cohn-41

Bronson Pinchot-48

Cher-61

Joe Cocker-63

Battle of the Sexes-The men won and are down by 23.

Cecily Knobler-Our Movie Critic checked in from Hollywood with only one big release this weekend, Shrek 3! I got to see the first 30 minutes and thought it was great, Cecily agreed.

Orlando TV's Hunkiest Hunk-Lots of campaigning and voting this morning as today was the last date to cast your vote. And here is your winner, along with the top 10:

1-TODD JURKOWSKI-WKMG

2-BOB FRIER-WKMG

3-JIM VAN FLEET-WOFL

4-BRIAN SHIELDS-WFTV

5-TOM SCHAAD-WESH

6-TOM JOHNSON-WOFL

7- JIM PAYNE-WESH

8-LARRY MOWRY-WKMG

9-CHRIS EGERT-WFTV

10-MIKE HOLFELD-WKMG

Thursday, May 17, 2007

May 17, 2007

It's my freakin' BIRTHDAY!

People that share my birthday:

Tony Parker-25 (San Antonio Spurs guard)

Craig Ferguson-45

Enya-46

Sugar Ray Leonard-51

Bob Saget-51

Dennis Hopper-71

On this day in history:

The NYSE was founded-1792

The rubber band was patented-1845

Alex Trebek got his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame-1999

Battle of the Sexes, Women, dad gum Women

Orlando TV's Hunkiest Hunk-Today was recorded as the busiest Thursday for voting in Hunky Hunk history! Tomorrow is the final date to vote and we will crown the hunk at 9:00am. Here are the current standings:

1-Todd Jurkowski

2-Brian Shields

3-Jim Van Fleet

4-Tom Johnson

5-Bob Frier

6-Jim Payne

7-Larry Mowry

8-Tom Schaad

9-Mike Holfeld

10-Chris Egert

Joey Bartolomeo-The US Weekly Senior Writer called in with this weeks hottest celebrity info:

The Cover: Angelina and Jennifer Aniston, The Final Insult: Shiloh was no Accident! Brad and Angelina were trying for a baby before his divorce from Aniston was finalized. She never wanted a biological child before Brad. She says Pitt is the disciplinarian with the boys and she handles the girls because he'll give Zahara whatever she wants. Also A source says Aniston was not upset about the revelation because she didn't care what he did after the split.

Exclusive: David Hasselhoff's ex-wife talks to US about their troubled marriage and the video of him drunk. She has denied she leaked the tape. He would go on 10-day drinking binges and he's been to rehab four times and in the emergency room a dozen times for alcohol poisoning. The last time she saw him drunk he couldn't tell her and their daughters apart.

Cameron Diaz: "I'm in a better place now." Loving life as a single woman, hanging out with magician Criss Angel and flirting with various men.

Dina Lohan: "Lindsay is so misunderstood." She called US to defend her daughter, says Lindsay just wants a normal life. They've been ignoring the cocaine story.

Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel in England, kissing and holding hands --he likes her a lot but they're not exclusive yet.

Kevin Federline pitched a reality TV show to Fox, MTV, and others about his life as a single dad and there was no interest.

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Tomorrow is my birthday!

Today in history:

Congress authorized minting the nickel five cent piece to replace the smaller "Half-dime"-1866

The Beach Boys released their album "Pet Sounds"

"Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes hit #1-1981

Top Gun was released with the not so crazy Tom Cruise-1986

Sammy Davis Jr and Muppet's creator Jim Henson passed on the same day-1990

Prince started calling himself Prince again-2000

Richard Hatch was sentenced to 51 months in prison for tax evasion-2006

Today's Birthdays:

Tori Spelling-34

Tracey Gold-38 (Carol Seaver from Growing Pains)

Janet Jackson-41

Debra Winger-52

Pierce Brosnan-54

Battle of the Sexes- It went to another tiebreaker today and the men won! The score is the women up 59-36.

Sherri Shepherd-She's a regular on The View and is rumored to be a possible permanent replacement on The View. She's hilarious and she has out a comedy DVD. You can check her out at www.sherrishepherd.com

Constantine Maroulis-The former American Idol contestant joined us this morning. He is now a member of the Bold and the Beautiful on CBS. We talked some Idol with him and his pick to win it all is Jordin! Here's his myspace page, tell him hi! http://www.myspace.com/constantinemaroulis

American Idol-Last night we all agreed that Melinda was great. I think Lake did OK on his first 2 songs and Jordin did well as usual. I'm calling for the Idol shocker tonight and say Jordin will go home. Not who I would pick, but I think people will forget about her and try and save Blake and Melinda and forget about Jordin.

$25 Pyramid-Erica played this morning and got 3 out of 5, $10 rolls over to tomorrow's game.

HUNKIEST HUNK-The voting continued this morning and so did the campaigning for votes. Today we heard from Tom Johnson and Jim Van Fleet working their viewers hard on FOX35. WFTV's Brian Shields wife also called in on behalf of her husband, and WFTV's Steve Barret stopped by as well. We also heard from the Problem Solver, Mike Holfeld from Local 6. Here are the current leaders by rank:

1-Brian Shields-WFTV

2-Todd Jurkowski-WKMG

3-Jim Van Fleet-WOFL

4-Larry Mowry-WKMG

5-Bob Frier-WKMG

6-Tom Johnson-WOFL

7- Mike Holfeld-WKMG

8- Jim Payne-WESH

9- Steve Barrett-WFTV

10-Chris Egert-WFTV

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

On this day...

Nylon stockings went on sale for the first time in the U.S., changed my life!-1940

Joe DiMaggio's record 56-game hitting streak began.-1941

Pink Floyd played at the Crystal Palace Bowl in London, the music was so loud a number of fish in the lake were killed.-1970

Sonny and Cher received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.-1998

Today's Birthdays:

Jamie Lynn Sigler-26 (Meadow on The Sopranos)

Ray Lewis-32 (Baltimore Ravens star)

Emmitt Smith-38

Dan Patrick-51

George Brett-54

Madeleine Albright-70

Battle of the Sexes-It was a great battle this morning, both players answered 2 questions correctly and it went to the tiebreaker. The women won, again.

Orlando TV's Hunkiest Hunk!

It was a fast and furious day of voting and campaigning this morning. WKMG Local 6's Todd Jurkowski stopped by the studio, Local 6's Larry Mowry also checked in, WESH Channel 2's Tony Mainolfi called in as well, and newcomer Jason Brewer from WESH called to see how he was doing in the voting as well. Here's how the top 5 stands as of 10:00 Tuesday morning: