Is Sam Rubin Kidding?

Thumbing through the newspaper a couple of days ago, I came across this little advertisement:

If you look closely, you'll see the quote was written by Sam Rubin, of KTLA News. Is the joke on me? Is he kidding? A google search of "Sam Rubin KTLA" reveals an incident in 2008 in which he was fired as an April Fools joke. Maybe this guy has a good sense of humor? His April 14th KTLA blog entry sounded really sketchy (Title: "Too much body, not enough mud" -- Sam's somewhat sexy spa vacation), but was actually kind of funny. A couple quick excerpts:

My wife and I are celebrating our anniversary; (I know it is an anniversary because she presented me a card with the touching phrase; 'I love you...so deal with it')

And then, in reference to the relaxation of the zero gravity chairs and smooth music of the spa vacation, Sam relays this funny tale:

Later, we went to phase three of this process; which involved reclining in individual zero gravity chairs while we listened to bizarre music and felt the vibrations of the music through the chairs. Oddly enough, I found this especially relaxing and was about to doze off, when my wife somewhat interrupted the flow of the process by announcing; "When was the last time we went to the Bombay Cafe on Pico? We never go out for Indian food."

I like this account for two reasons. One, the comic timing. And two, because I've seen the Bombay Cafe on Pico and wondered about it before. It's over there by Don Antonio's and the Arsenal Bar.

Where am I going with all this? Basically I want to know if Sam Rubin really thought Hannah Montana the Movie was "So Far, By Far, THE BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR" or if he was kidding. I've sent him an email through the KTLA website and will now wait to hear back.

Stay tuned!

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I don't remember this period of my life being one of extraordinary confidence or genius. However, coming across this picture recently made me wonder if it wasn't absolutely the climax of my self expression. Completely radical.

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ERRRRRRRRRR..............

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.