The Jack Benny Show

Here is an episode of The Jack Benny Show and its an episode that was taken from one of his radio episodes.
I cannot tell you how much I love watching Jack and the Gang.

USA Today Bestsellers

Here are the Top 5 Bestselling books according to the USA Today (fiction and nonfiction combined) for the week of November 3rd 2010:


5 - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson


4 - The Last Hero - Rick Riordan


3 - Life - Keith Richards


2 - Broke - Glenn Beck


1 - The Confession - John Grisham

Crazy Guggenheim

Just finished listening to a Jack Benny radio show and Jack gave a bum named John Silvoney played by Frank Fontaine a fifty cent piece for coffee. Well needless to say this was the character of Crazy Guggenheim before we new about him on Jackie Gleason's show. He could crack Jack up to the point he could hardly read his lines. He was such a hit with everyone that he made several more appearances on Jack's radio show. I wish I could find a way to embed the episode so you all could hear it.
Here is a clip (blooper) of Crazy Guggenheim and Jackie Gleason. Great comedy, great performers.

Today in Baseball History

October 25th 1986, Game 6 of the World Series between the Boston Red Sox and New York Mets.

I can remember sitting in the floor and sometimes on my knees begging the Mets to start getting some hits and I couldn't believe what I was watching, I was not and still not a Red Sox fan.

New #1 on the NYTimes Bestseller List - Fiction for October 23rd 2010

This week on the NYTimes Bestseller Fiction list there are 2 debuts in the top 10.

Here is the Top Ten novels for the week ending October 22nd 2010

10 - The Help - Kathyrn Stockett (81 weeks on the chart)
9 - Don't Blink - James Patterson (3 weeks)
8 - Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk - David Sedaris (3 weeks)
7 - Our Kind of Traitor - John Le Carre (Debut)
An upwardly mobile British couple are caught up in Russian intrigue.

6 - Freedom - Jonathan Franzen (7 weeks)
5 - Safe Haven- Nicholas Sparks (5 weeks)
4 - The Reversal - Michael Connelly (2 weeks)
3 - The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - Steig Larsson (21 weeks)
2 - Fall of Giants - Ken Follett (3 weeks)
1 - American Assassin - Vince Flynn (Debut)
In the wake of the Lockerbie bombing, Mitch Rapp takes on his first antiterrorist assignment.

The Trailer Park

Today's Trailer Park marks this day in 1957 when Elvis Presley's new movie "Jailhouse Rock" opened in theaters across the US. The movie grossed 4 million dollars in theaters.

In Case You Missed It

Here are some stories that caught my eye that you may have missed.

Canadian Military Officer found to be a serial killer

Mark Twain back on the bestseller list with a memoir

Homer Simpson a Catholic???