In Case You Missed It - Indianapolis 500

Today was the Centennial Anniversary running of the Greatest Spectacle in racing, the Indianapolis 500.

True to tradition nothing is easy at the brickyard.   JR Hildebrand, a rookie, was leading and going into turn 4 to take the checkered flag, he passed a slower car and got to high in the turn and smacked the wall.  As he was sliding down the front stretch and trying to coax the car to the victory, former 500 winner Dan Wheldon whizzed by to take a stunning victory in his first race in the 2011 season.

Gunsmoke - Smoking Out the Nolans

Season 1 Episode 7  aired 11/05/1955


originally aired on radio as "Smoking Out the Beedles" 11/06/1954

Top of the Pops

Top of the Pops is where we take a look at the top 5 singles on one of the major charts.
This week its the Billboard Hot 100 for May 22nd 1976

5 - Get Up and Boogie -  Silver Convention


4 - Boogie Fever - The Sylvers


3 - Fooled Around and Fell in Love - Elvin Bishop


2 - Love Hangover - Diana Ross


1 - Silly Love Songs - Wings
(1 week at #1)

The Preakness Stakes - 2011

Saturday May 21st was the 136th Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Park in Baltimore Maryland.


The favorite was Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom.


He gave it a great effort but came up short to my Derby pick Shackelford.

Gunsmoke - Professor Lute Bone

Season 1 Episode 14 January 7th 1956


originally aired on radio November 14th 1953

New York Times Bestseller List (Non Fiction) May 2011

Here is the NY Times Bestseller List for Non Fiction for May 22nd 2011

1 - BossyPants - Tina Fey (5 weeks on list)

2 - Does the Noise in My Head Bother You - Steven Tyler (Debut)

3 - Stories I Only Tell My Friends - Rob Lowe (2 weeks on list)

4 - If You Ask Me - Betty White (Debut)

5 - She Walks in Beauty - Caroline Kennedy (4 weeks on list)

New York Times Bestseller List (Fiction) May 2011

Here are the Top 5 Bestsellers on the NY Times Fiction list for May 22nd 2011

1 - Dead Reckoning - Charlaine Harris (Debut)
11th novel of the adventures of Sookie Stackhouse

2 - 10th Anniversary - James Patterson (Debut)
Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women’s Murder Club race to find a missing baby.
3 - The Sixth Man - David Baldacci (3 weeks on list)
The lawyer for an alleged serial killer is murdered, and two former Secret Service agents are on the case.
4 - Sixkill - Robert B Parker (Debut)
 In the final Spenser novel, a woman dies in an actor’s hotel room.
5 - The Land of Painted Caves - Jean Auel (6 weeks on list)
The latest volume in a series that began with “The Clan of the Cave Bear,” set during the ice age.