- Let's get this business started. Do you know who celebrates a birthday today? Lucille Ball. She would have been 96 today...if she were still alive. That's where I come in. Two television newscasts were talking about Lucy in the present tense as if she's still active and playing Vegas. She died around 1990-91. We rely on TV news for everything. If they don't realize that Lucy has been dead for so many years, it makes me wonder what's going on in Iraq.
Next up in line is a story about lines. A rumor surfaced a few years back about Keith Richards of Rolling Stones fame that suggested a cocaine binge ended on somewhat of a silly note. The story was that Richards sat down with cocaine on one side and his father's ashes on the other side. Over the course of the evening Richards and pals broke open the urn and started snorting dad. This has long been an "urban legend" however, this was confirmed today online by Richards who fessed up and said it's true. Take it for what it's worth.
Finally, I want to thank Disney for f'n up a good thing with Underdog. If you're going to tinker with a classic cartoon like this and you obviously own it now, why in the hell would you make this a "live action" flick? Don't expect to make money or break even from this disaster.
