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Chuck's Daily Diggs for 02/28

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Thursday, February 28, 2013

The 59th day of 2013 with 306 days remaining. 

Today is "M*A*S*H": THE FINAL EPISODE Day - 1983 (30 Years ago today)

The series premiered in the U.S. on September 17, 1972, and ended February 28, 1983, with the finale, "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen", becoming the most watched television episode in U.S. television history at the time, with a record-breaking 125 million viewers

Today in Music

1966, Police were called after over a 100 music fans barricaded themselves inside Liverpool's Cavern Club to protest at the clubs closure. The club had run up debts of over $25,000.
1970, Simon and Garfunkel started a six week run at the top of the US singles chart with 'Bridge Over Troubled Water'
1970, Billed as 'David Bowie's New Electric Band' (so new they haven't got a name yet), David Bowie played at the Basildon Arts Lab experimental music club at the Basildon Arts Centre in Essex, England. 
1974, Singer songwriter Bobby Bloom shot himself dead in the head at his Hollywood apartment aged 28. Bloom had the 1970 US No.8 & UK No.3 single 'Montego Bay'. 
1977, Ray Charles was attacked by a member of his audience who tried to strangle him with a rope.   
1981, Eddie Rabbitt (Edward Thomas), started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'I Love A Rainy Night', his only No.1, it made No.53 in the UK.   1984, Michael Jackson won a record seven Grammy awards including: Album of the year for 'Thriller'; Record of the year and Best rock vocal performance for 'Beat It'; 
1986, George Michael announced that Wham! would officially split during the summer. 
1989, Bob Dylan recorded the first sessions for the Oh Mercy album at The Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana. 
1989 was produced by Daniel Lanois.   
1994, Eric Clapton played his 100th performance at London's Royal Albert Hall, in aid of the 'Children In Crisis', charity.   
1996, Grammy award winners included Alanis Morissette who won album of the year for 'Jagged Little Pill' best female rock vocal & best song for 'You Oughta Know', Nirvana's 'Unplugged won best alternative album and Coolio best rap performance with 'Gangsta's Paradise.' Read the full story   
1997, Death Row Records boss Marion 'Suge' Knight was sentenced to nine years in prison for violating his probation for a 1995 assault conviction.
1998, Cornershop went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Brimful Of Asha'. This song is based upon the history of film culture in India.   
2006, Two stewards were shot during a concert by rapper Kanye West at the NEC in Birmingham, England. Police said the shootings took place after people who tried to gain entrance without ticket 
2008, Boy George pleaded not guilty to falsely imprisoning a male escort by chaining him to a wall. 
2008, Drummer Buddy Miles, who played with Jimi Hendrix in his last regular group, Band of Gypsys, died aged 60 at his home in Austin, Texas after struggling with a long-term illness.
 

Top of the Charts!

He's had a world of trouble, but in 1985 he was on top of the world, along with that other guy. 


This and That

Dana Delany specifically REQUESTED to play the dreaded ‘Plead The Fifth’ game on Tuesday night’s edition of the always hilarious Watch What Happens Live on Bravo, according to host Andy Cohen – and lucky for us, she made the surprising revelation that she once dated the notorious actor, and suspected killer, Robert Blake! As fans of Watch What Happens Live know, you can only ‘Plead The Fifth’ to one of Cohen’s tricky three questions. With that in mind, Cohen first asked Delany which of her former co-stars on Desperate Housewives have had the “most work done,” to which the Body of Proof star — not surprisingly — replied, “Wow… Fifth!”

Is this even legal? Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson, the pint-sized and over-caffeinated star of TLC's Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, is using Facebook to sell Girl Scout cookies. Given her celebrity status and 700,000 fans on the social media site, it's a safe bet that she'll do alright sales-wise. Boxes run for $3.50 each. Thompson's fan page says each box will be signed by the Boo Boo herself and include an autographed pictured of the family.

Lightening Round (Celebrity Style) 

Britney Spears enjoys some gum while being escorted to her car by a female officer after shopping at Target on Tuesday (February 26) in Los Angeles. The day before, the 31-year-old entertainer was spotted rocking her new brown locks while heading to a dance studio in Thousand Oaks.

The Green Day singer, who enrolled in a 30-day treatment program following his infamous onstage breakdown at I Heart Radio in Las Vegas in September 2012, comes cleans and confesses the sordid details and war stories about his brutal battle with substance abuse in a no- holds-barred interview in the new issue of Rolling Stone – and RadarOnline.com has the details.

Tina Fey is taking herself out of the running. Despite her highly praised turn cohosting the Golden Globe Awards this year with pal Amy Poehler, the funnylady has no plans to emcee the 2014 Oscars despite William Shatner's shout-out during the opening sketch of Sunday's ceremony. We are sad, very sad. 

Just days after Jennifer Lawrence took home the Best Actress Oscar for her role as Tiffany in SIlver Linings Playbook, Nate D. Sanders Auctions of Los Angeles is selling off some of her costumes from the film. 
One of the items the auction includes is a black wool winter coat by Moda International – which even comes with a pack of spare buttons with "Tiffany" written on them by the film's wardrobe department – worn throughout the movie. 
Another is a Gap Body sports bra and shirt by Threads 4 Thought that Lawrence, 22, wore opposite costar Bradley Cooper in film as their characters toiled over dance rehearsals. 
Additionally, a pair of stretchy vanilla-colored pants that were custom-made for Lawrence's dance competition scene toward the end of the film are also available.  All bids began at $100.

THE GERMIEST SURFACES YOU TOUCH EVERY DAY
 
Purses and Wallets
Remote Control
Laundry Machines
Cutting Board
Your Phone
Water Fountains
Buttons (ATMs, elevators, telephones, soda machines, etc.)
Yoga Mats
Airplane Bathroom
Shopping Carts

TV Tonight

  AMERICAN IDOL (8p ET, FOX) -- The fourth and final group of semifinalists performs in this 2-hour edition.
 THE BIG BANG THEORY (8p ET, CBS) -- Everything on CBS is repeats.
 ZERO HOUR (8p ET, ABC) -- New
 COMMUNITY (8p ET, NBC) -- Malcolm McDowell (The Mentalist, The Artist) guest stars in this new episode.
 PARKS AND RECREATION (8:30p ET, NBC) -- Repeat
 SCANDAL (9p ET, ABC) -- Repeat
 THE OFFICE (9p ET, NBC) -- Repeat
 PROJECT RUNWAY (9p ET, CW) -- Joan Rivers is the guest judge in this new edition.
 1600 PENN (9:30p ET, NBC) -- New
 JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE: AFTER THE OSCARS (10p ET, ABC) -- Repeat
 LAW & ORDER: SVU (10p ET, NBC) -- Repeat


Birthdays

Gavin MacLeod, 82, actor (Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Love Boat)
Tommy Tune, 74, actor singer dancer
Joe South, 73, singer
Mario Andretti, 73, former auto racer
Frank Bonner, 71, actor (WKRP in Cincinnati)
Stephanie Beacham, 66, actress (90210)
Bernadette Peters, 65, singer, actress
Mercedes Ruehl, 65, actress
Gilbert Gottfried, 58, comedian
John Turturro, 56, actor
Cindy Wilson, 56, singer (B-52s)
Rae Dawn Chong, 52, actress
Robert Sean Leonard, 44, actor
Rory Cochrane, 41, actor (CSI: Miami)
Ali Larter, 37, actress (Heroes)
Last modified on Thursday, 28 February 2013 21:39
Chuck Collins

Chuck Collins

Chuck Collins - mid days 10 - 3

Program Director, Mid Day Host, 1590 WAKR. Chuck began his career in the early 70’s, part of the original cast in a Cleveland radio footnote called M105. He came to Akron in 1988. “After learning the craft, the art and honing the skill some, I wake up everyday knowing that I am one of the luckiest people on the planet: I love what I do! Keeping the flame of 1590 WAKR, a vital and historic Radio Station burning brightly is not a job, it's a privilege. Add to that I get to compile and manage a library of songs we all grew up with, well, just try to drag me out of here.” Chuck is also operations director for Rubber City Radio Group, WAKR/WQMX/WONE.

Contact Chuck by email ccollins@wakr.net.

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