Don Jamieson has been added to the line-up for VH1’s new offering That Metal Show. Co-hosting with Don Jamieson is his partner from Crank Yankers, Jim Florentine, and the third wheel is Eddie Trunk from the radio show Eddie Trunk Rocks. Read the rest of this entry »
Sad news of yet another violent murder in Britain, this time with a celebrity connection. Rob Knox, a young actor who plays a minor role in the upcoming Harry Potter movie “Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince” was stabbed to death last night in a fight outside a London pub.
Knox plays Marcus Belby, a Ravenclaw student, in the movie which is scheduled to be released in November.
Britain has changed so much in the 20 years since I last lived there. There has been a huge rise in the number of murders, and weapons have become almost commonplace amongst some youth sub-cultures.
Dick Martin, one of the greats of American entertainment, died today at age 86. Best known as half of Rowan and Martin, he and Dan Rowan used their show Laugh-In to launch the careers of many stars, including Lily Tomlin and Goldie Hawn.
Laugh-In catchphrases like “Sock it to me” and “You bet your sweet bippy” were repeated across America and the show once featured a brief, and bizarre, cameo appearance by Richard Nixon.
