Mother’s Day Video: Electrocuting Mom on National Television (VIDEO)

I made an appearance on the Comedy Central Game Show Distraction a few years back with my mom, Gloria.

I won… in more ways than I ever could have imagined.

Happy Mother’s Day to all!  Check out the vid below for the shocking turn of events during Round Three of the game!

Click Here to Watch Mom Get Electroducted

I Have Been Replaced at Work

But at least it’s by someone with some game show knowledge.

What’s My Line? Mystery Guests: Lucy & Desi

Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball never had much luck pulling the wool over the What’s My Line? panel when they appeared as the show’s Mystery Guests.

For the handful of souls out there, aside from myself, who would be infuriated by a post revealing the outcomes of each of their trips to the seat next to host John Charles Daly, I hereby present a SPOILER ALERT.  It may be the furthest reaching back SPOILER ALERT in the history of the notion, but there you are.

But, if you’ve ever wondered what the Ricardo apartment from I Love Lucy looked like in actual color and you choose not to move on, you’ll miss out on some seriously cool footage secretly shot on the set.

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Betty White on GSN Live

I don’t think I’ve ever planned my entire day around an impending episode of Saturday Night Live, but the first thought I had when I woke up this morning was, “Hey!  It’s Betty White night!”

I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one.

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Listening To: “‘Tain’t What You Do” – Julie London

Long before she donned a white cap and assumed the identity of stern nurse Dixie McCall on the the 1970s action/medical drama Emergency!, Julie London was an acclaimed singer who had been providing the soundtrack to moments of passion between lovers for decades.

Julie’s voice could be jet-set cool and smokey with songs like “Cry Me a River” and “Nice Girls Don’t Stay for Breakfast,” or downright bossy as she is here with “‘Taint What You Do (It’s the Way That You Do It)” written by Sy Oliver and James Young and first recorded in 1939 (Julie recored it in 1960).  In fact, London seemed to trade off between the sensual (prize pin-up girl during World War II) and the serious (no-nonsense Dixie McCall) for most of her career – a career that spanned over thirty years in film, music and television.

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