Monday, December 29, 2008
Stupid Studies & Happy Holidays
It's been a week or so since my last entry for a few reasons. First, just the general chaos of the holiday season. Second, Rae and I have been moving in the middle of it all. Third, I just didn't have Internet service of a few days because of the move. Fortunately, I think we're finally back on track.
Did you have a chance to catch our old-fashioned radio play we aired on Christmas Even and Christmas Day? I thought it came out really great. I wasn't too sure about this whole thing because we all recorded our lines separately and it was all put together in post-production. All of us who were in it heard it for the first time when you did, when the show aired. Hats off to our Director of Sales, Edwin Pardue, who wrote it and directed it, and also to Jay Roman, who helped to produce it (plus starred in it). Everybody did a great job, except I thought I sounded like Joe Friday.
Come to think of it, I even look like him a little (same miserable facial expression).
The answer to our movie quiz this morning: Blue Brothers.
We often talk on the show about these ridiculous studies that people conduct, in which, after spending years of time and in some cases, millions of dollars, they discover the obvious. Here are a few of my current favorites:
A study at the University of Warwick and the University College in London has determined that too much or too little sleep can more than double the risk of death from heart disease. Too much or too little??? That really narrows it down.
A study at Temple University says that buffet meals plus a lack of exercise can contribute to obesity. Who actually paid for this study?? What's next from Temple? A study that says drinking and driving can lead to more accidents?
Here's a good one: Retail sales fell 4% this past holiday shopping season. EXPERTS say there are two main reasons for this. One, the weather and two, supply problems. I have a third reason. How about the fact that NOBODY HAS ANY MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Finally, in entertainment news over the weekend, Ryan Seacrest's mother said she has the perfect woman picked out for him. I think she's barking up the wrong tree here unless the woman she picked out is named "Bob". What's her next task? Finding a wife for Richard Simmons?
Merry Christmas! Talk to you tomorrow.
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