Fieri's Grandmother lived next to my family from 1968 until she moved to California to live with her family in 2002. And the family's last name is Ferry. Somehow, Guy was under the illusion that he needed to "spice" up his last name.

Even Johnny Carson got grief when it was announced that he was to host the Oscars, as he wasn't considered "Hollywood" enough for the gig.

And if the syndicate has gone from a farmhouse in the boonies to an office building in Fargo, it looks like Kansas City won, in the long run.

Joe Rogan had a bit about what he would have for his last meal if he were diagnosed with a terminal illness. The meal was to consist of chili cheeseburgers, red wine, and I can't remember what else, other than the food was to be red, red, red. Then he was going to go to the most public and physically whitest place…

I like Tosh's technique of what he calls, "Making a joke with the widest appeal possible, and narrow it's focus to the point where even I don't know what the hell I'm talking about."

Pittsburgh’s WDVE-FM used to have an ongoing skit on it’s morning show called, “N’at Man & Robert.” One of the criminals was a scofflaw who used to urinate in public in the South Side of town, where Wiz was busted. The villain’s name was “The Piddler.”

My mistake. I also remember reading a story where Jobs approached a policeman somewhere in Silicon Valley after his car had been keyed. After explaining what happened, and where he was parked, the cop replied, "You're lucky someone didn't slash your tires." Jobs was not amused.

Technically, according to California law Jobs's Mercedes SL's didn't have to sport license plates, as they were the property of the leasing company. And from several accounts I have read, his cars suffered a lot of "keying" damage while parked in handicapped spots, and rightfully so. Apple always got a nice bill for…

I see Bruce in Pittsburgh every time he comes to town,and I know that two things will happen. One is that at one point, Joe Grushecky will perform with Bruce and company, and the other is that "Youngstown" will be performed. And I am never disappointed.

George Martin's comment about the Beatles' White Album also applies to the Human Touch/Lucky Town combo. "There is a great single album in there, somewhere."

According to most reports, Back To The Egg will be one of the next CD's in the reissue program. Hopefully, London Town will be coming out soon as well.

I remember an interview with T Bone Burnett around the time that "Flowers In The Dirt" came out, and he was of the opinion that Elvis and Paul learned some very valuable lessions from their songwriting collaborations. According to T Bone, "Paul showed Elvis that it was better to use only one word, instead of three, in…

Joe Queenan wrote in one of his books that he was one of the guests on the trainwreck that was The Chevy Chase Show, but even that had a highlight for him. He met Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe at a poolside bar at a swanky hotel in Beverly Hills, and got to spend the afternoon with them, "drinking the heart out of the…

I remember Chevy babbling on and on during the run up to his show that he would do his late night show, "better" than either Dave or Jay were doing theirs. Flash forward about 4 months, and the Chevster was on his "explanation" tour, and Letterman's show was one of his stops. You could tell by the look on Dave's…

It seems to me that I remember Norm McDonald using the phrase, "History buffs" during his last standup appearance on Letterman, talking about Hitler and WW2 as well.

Letterman had no choice but to "jump ship", as NBC essentially shoved him out the door when they gave Jay the Tonight Show. NBC made no offer to keep Dave happy doing "Late Night" with such carrots as getting the same amount of pay as Leno, or an ownership/production stake in his show. So the choice was, leave, or…

God, I miss George Miller.

I miss the Homicide/Law & Order crossovers, the first of which was when Chris Noth's Mike Logan delivered a murderer played by John Waters, to arresting officer Frank Pembleton, played by Andre Braugher. They then spent the rest of the opening scene ragging each other on which was better, New York City or Baltimore.

Orbach also had a short lived series on CBS based on his Murder, She Wrote character, 'The Law & Harry McGraw."

They're all partying in hell with Michael O'Donoghue, Stalin, Hitler, Mao, and Pam Grier. At least that's what I remember from Bill Murray's eulogy for Mr. Mike.