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macca
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Posted: Dec 23rd, 2006 04:27 am |
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So, I'm watching The Late Show with David Letterman. It's his annual Christmas show, with Jay Thomas throwing the football at his Christmas tree with a slice of pizza and a meatball on top. (The goal is to knock the meatball off, which he's done for 9 straight years. Tonight Dave knocked it off.) Darlene Love will also be performing "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" -- again, part of Dave's tradition.... ♥♥♥
ANyway, Jay Thomas tells this story (somehow I've never heard it, although I've seen him on the show throwing at the tree numerous times) from his early years before he "made it" in show biz. He worked for a radio station, I think in South Carolina. One of the promotions he does is for a car dealership. Clayton Moore, aka The Lone Ranger, is appearing there and ends up needing a ride home. Along the way, a car backs into the front of their car and then drives away. Thomas speeds off after him and catches up with him. He starts yelling at the guy that he smashed into his car and the guy is yelling back that he didn't. The other driver then says, "Yeah, well who are they gonna believe?" And Clayton Moore, who has just been sitting in the back of the car, gets out, in full Lone Ranger regalia, and says, "I think they'll believe me." And the other guy is like...."Oh, I didn't realize it was you!" Can you imagine what that would be like???
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Posted: Dec 23rd, 2006 07:49 am |
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Yea macca, that would definitely be surreal! 
Gosh... Throwing a football at a meatball pizza on top of a Christmas tree? That's a tradition?
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macca
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Posted: Dec 23rd, 2006 09:24 am |
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Cracker Jax wrote:
Yea macca, that would definitely be surreal!
Gosh... Throwing a football at a meatball pizza on top of a Christmas tree? That's a tradition?
C'mon, Crackah!! It IS Letterman after all!!
Oh, and BTW: It isn't a meatball pizza on top.... It is a slice of pizza laying there on top of the tree -- It's an artificial tree, so it is speared thru the top -- and then there is this HUGE meatball sitting directly on top of the tree, like a treetopper..... instead of a star or angel....
The rest of the tree is decorated just like any other Christmas tree....♥♥♥
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Posted: Dec 23rd, 2006 11:50 am |
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macca wrote:
and then there is this HUGE meatball sitting directly on top of the tree, like a treetopper..... instead of a star or angel....
The rest of the tree is decorated just like any other Christmas tree....♥♥♥
Rumor has it that Pappy's Christmas tree has a star on top too 'cept his is made out of BACON..................
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Posted: Dec 23rd, 2006 11:54 am |
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Jim Flynt wrote:
macca wrote:
and then there is this HUGE meatball sitting directly on top of the tree, like a treetopper..... instead of a star or angel....
The rest of the tree is decorated just like any other Christmas tree....♥♥♥
Rumor has it that Pappy's Christmas tree has a star on top too 'cept his is made out of BACON..................
No, no, Jimbo! I believe you heard wrong! That is MR. MIKE'S tree.... and it's an Armour Star!!!
Pappy's is a star made of X's --- XXX -- remember??? ♥♥♥
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Posted: Dec 23rd, 2006 12:02 pm |
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macca wrote: Pappy's is a star made of X's --- XXX -- remember??? ♥♥♥
Macca, you're right. I woke up a little befuddled this moanin' after working late last night with some of Pappy's XXX trying to make XXX stars myself. It's hard to get Pappy's jug to stay up on top of the tree unless you empties it.
Last edited on Dec 23rd, 2006 02:33 pm by Jim Flynt
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Posted: Dec 29th, 2006 12:29 am |
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| Anybody up for some white water rafting and camping out in the woods? "Deliverance" is on TV right now. (I think they must be in Rockingham County.)
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Posted: Dec 30th, 2006 03:19 am |
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And you all want water from the Dan river.
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macca
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Posted: Jan 1st, 2007 12:52 am |
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I love to read but never seem to have enough time to read as much as I like.... and I'm not up on who all the popular writers are. However, I received the latest Nicholas Sparks' book, Dear John, for Christmas and have read it. I enjoyed it!
I also got The Da Vinci Code DVD♥♥♥
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Posted: Jan 1st, 2007 08:43 pm |
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From Baghdad With Love is about a Marine Lt. trying to get a puppy out. Good story , moves quick, but the writing itself is awkward at times.
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Posted: Jan 7th, 2007 01:31 pm |
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I am reading a fascinating book by Doug Marlette called Magic Time. It is a story of desegregation in Mississippi and a church bombing up to present time.
I was in high school and early adulthood during period of our history. I attended Greensboro Senior school (Grimsley) the year after the first black student had attended. No other African American attended during my 3 years there. I remember the sit down at Woolworth's but I had been raised in a very liberal family by a first generation irish mother and very old southern family father. We were taught very early on to appreciate everybody for their differences. I never understood the reason for segregation. I admired the black parents who encouraged their children to make a difference and always thought I would never be that brave. I remember the picture of the little elementary girl being marched to school between the two great big fully armed policeman.
This book brings back a lot of those feelings plus gives some insight into the feelings in Mississippi during this time.
Doug Marlette is a political cartoonist who started out in North Carolina. Well written book.
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Posted: Jan 8th, 2007 12:17 am |
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| So you might also enjoy the book "The Sea Captain's Wife". Takes place in mid 1800's and is taken from letters (housed at Duke University)written by members of a poor New England family. This true story is of a young white woman who married a man of African descent and went to live in the Cayman Islands. Interesting to read the thoughts and opinions of people during this period.
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Posted: Jan 9th, 2007 10:23 am |
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JOHN LENNON's hit IMAGINE has topped a new magazine poll to find the best 99 songs ever written. The 1971 peace anthem beat HOAGY CARMICHAEL's standard STARDUST and MARVIN GAYE's WHAT'S GOING ON to claim the top spot in Performing Songwriter magazine's hitlist. 1971 stands out as a great 12 months in pop music - three of the top 10 tunes were composed that year - Imagine, CAROLE KING's IT'S TOO LATE and THE WHO's BEHIND BLUE EYES.
The top 10 is:
1. IMAGINE - JOHN LENNON
2. STARDUST - HOAGY CARMICHAEL
3. WHAT'S GOING ON - MARVIN GAYE
4. YESTERDAY - PAUL MCCARTNEY
5. ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER - BOB DYLAN
6. BORN TO RUN - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
7. YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVING FEELING - PHIL SPECTOR + CYNTHIA WEIL
8. OVER THE RAINBOW - HAROLD ARLEN + EY HARBURG
9. BEHIND BLUE EYES - PETE TOWNSHEND
10. IT'S TOO LATE - CAROLE KING + TONI STERN.
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Posted: Jan 9th, 2007 11:06 am |
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I also found a story about how Steven Tyler remembers first meeting Paul McCartney. Told in true Steven Tyler style, I decided not to post it for fear of getting in trouble with SMS!!!
If you're interested in reading it, go to http://www.pr-inside.com/tyler-gets-mccartney-thumbs-up-in-toilet-r38027.htm
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Posted: Jan 10th, 2007 12:25 am |
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Lost Beatles Footage Causes A Stir
Written by Fife Peterson
Lost footage of the Fab Four has surfaced in a car boot sale in Peckham, South East London. Bert Trubbins, a bargain hunter from Peckham himself was taking his elderly wife Martha for their usual Sunday hunt for trinkets & tat when he came across the film reel. Curious of the 'Beatles lost footage' label on the tin, Mr. Trubbins, 68 purchased the footage for 50p, later discovering what he had was in fact a history changing artifact.
The actual footage shows Ringo Starr teaching John Lennon the chords to hits such as 'Penny Lane' & 'Strawberry fields Forever'. It also shows Starr showing Paul McCartney to do backflips through burning rings of fire. The footage is roughly believed to be from Summer 1967 & is expected to fetch up to £70million at auction.
Paul Smyth-Ponceston of Christies Auction House was suitably excited, "We are all excited here to present this unusual & historic artifact. This will rewrite the history books. We expect the seller to make a profit".
It is unclear why Ringo Starr, real name Richard Starkey, would keep secret his song writing credits to this day. All attempts to speak with the former Beatle were unsuccessful today. Paul McCartney was quoted today at his Berkshire home as saying "Ringo was the genius of the band, we just played along, it's all out now. I hope John & George can forgive us for this. It's ruined their legacy".
The auction takes place on February 15th at Christies Auction House. Buyers are asked to bring their spare arms & legs.
Some of these spoofs are a riot, aren't they????
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