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Hello Dolly.....You Rascal

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That red-headed doctor on ER who I remember as a little kid from a made for TV Christmas movie where Mickey Rooney dies a nice grandpa and comes back an inspiring one, just asked an Eva Longoria-looking doctor to marry him. SPOILER ALERT! IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW THAT SHE SAID YES, DON'T READ THIS SENTENCE. BUT IF YOU DO WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IN THE MICKEY ROONEY MOVIE, DO READ THIS:

Mickey Rooney plays Mike Halligan, a retired cop from Manhattan living in California with his family who decides to show his grandson, who has never seen snow before, what a real white Christmas in New York is like. But he dies from a sudden heart attack in which Halligan makes a deal with the Archangel of Heaven to return to Earth for a week until Christmas and show his grandson the seasonal glories of New York City. (IMDB plot summary)

As you can see, the title was "It Came Upon The Midnight Clear." Am I wrong or is that supposed to be "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear"? Was there some kind of song copyright loophole for using "the" instead of "a." I've said it before and I'll say it again, articles run Hollywood. They combine with nouns to indicate all kinds of stuff, and sometimes may specify the volume or numerical scope of that reference. The worst part is that they get 10% of the box office take home! I've also heard they hoard all their gold in the center of the earth and invented bagels.

It should be noted that the aforementioned red-head (Scott Grimes) was great as Sergeant Malarkey in "Band of Brothers" and that my friend Dom and I used to spend delightful Saturdays eating huge sandwiches from Rinaldi's in El Segundo and watching those DVD's. Here's the breakdown of that:

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Okay, recap. If you like bad TV, ER is really starting to heat up. And if you like it hot, try the Spicy Chevy Andy sandwich at Rinaldi's. And if you like nice friends, check out my friend Dom.