NBC’s announced that Jimmy Fallon will definitely replace Jay Leno as host of the Tonight Show next year. In addition, after 30 years the show will be leaving LA and moving back to New York.
- Jay is said to be depressed, but is trying to keep his chin up.
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Harry Reems, the man who co-starred with Linda Lovelace in the 1972 adult film Deep Throat, has passed away at the age of 65. His widow said his last years were “very, very hard.”
- Yup. She actually said that.
- For obvious reasons, his “viewing” will feature an open casket.
- A few years after Deep Throat came out, Reems leaked information to Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein which ultimately screwed Richard Nixon.
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Disneyland is considering raising its theme park ticket prices again.
- Apparently they changed health insurance plans and Sneezy’s co-pays are astronomical.
- Critics call it an attempt to line Donald Ducks pockets, but he doesn’t wear any pants.
- They claim if they don’t raise the prices, they’re going to rename it “Mr. Toad’s Mild Ride”.
- The good news is Mickey Mouse shaped popsicles will stay at the affordable price of just $15 each.
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Before leaving for Israel, President Obama managed to get his Final Four picks to ESPN just in time.
- He almost didn’t make it as the teams had to be approved by a 2/3 majority of Congress.
- That freed him up to spend the flight on his computer, working on important things like Farmville, Words With Friends, and… the Budget!
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Selena Gomez told David Letterman that she made Justin Bieber cry when they broke up.
- And his mom told Letterman she made Justin cry when she took away his X-Box for the weekend.
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A Man in Great Britain has converted a pick-up truck to run on coffee. It goes up to 60 miles per hour.
- 20mph if you fill it up with Decaf.
- You know you’re driving in Paris if the exhaust smells like French Vanilla.
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Tiger Woods says he went public with his relationship to Olympic Skier Lindsay Vonn, to keep what he calls “the Stalkeratzzi” from making big bucks selling the “first photos” of the couple.
- He will, however, keep his relationship with all the other women he’s seeing a secret.
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Have a great day and I’ll see you back here Friday!
-Dick