Thank you, studio audience, and thank you Don Pardo! He passed away at 96. 96! He semi-retired from being a staff announcer at NBC in 30 Rock in 2004 after SIXTY years. The SNL stuff continued, sometimes from his Arizona home. Pardo hit big on game shows, was the 1st NBC voice to announce JFK’s […]
Today In Weather History
As we’ve seen this year, Alaska isn’t always uniformly cold in Winter. February 12, 1989 – The low was 24 in Anchorage and 25 in Fairbanks. That same morning the low was close to that in Tallahassee, Flordia: 28 degrees. Of course, Tallahassee went on to a high of 71 later in the day. The […]
Did You Catch Me On Jeopardy Last Night?
“Why are you spelling my name like that, Alex, for 50?”
THE PAUL & TOM SHOW #129
Paul suspects a change in the way the “Jeopardy” announcer is announcing Alex TREEbek’s last name. That reminds Tom of a YouTube clip with the Quizmaster chugging beer and talking trash. You’ll hear the audio. Paul contributes a clip featuring a CNN weathercaster freaking out over Weather Interruptus. Tom’s had his share of freaks in […]
Friday’s Running Commentary
Olympic Marathoner Ryan Hall has says he will train for, and enter, a sumo wrestling tournament late this summer! That story in Today’s notes about Running, sponsored by Hear Indiana’s TalkWalkRun: The forecast for running? Do it Friday morning, or be prepared to run in the rain Friday afternoon. Stiffer breeze for that long run […]
Thursday’s Running Commentary
Today’s notes about Running, sponsored by Hear Indiana’s TalkWalkRun: Does running strengthen your knees? That, plus a game of “Running Jeopardy” in the news digest below. The forecast for running? Lighter wind at your back, or face today…calm to 5mph. Good chance of showers Friday, but the long run this weekend looks ok until rain […]
What Is…MC Trebek?
Alex busted in. I said what’s that noise? He said, give this video a spin. It’ll take your mind off your money and your money off your mind. He was right. (Hat Tip to Tom Davis for this clip.)
Our Show’s In Jeopardy
What is this man doing to this fake JEOPARDY board? The answer is….setting it up for the first, and probably only edition of OFF THE CUFF JEOPARDY. See the finished production here. Make yourself comfortable, though. It ended up being the loooooooooooooongest CUFF ever. It was like “Roots” by the time we were done. But […]
Cell Show #27: Paul In Jeopardy
This time: the answer to a burning question, or vice versa
Cuff Wars
Personally, I’m not into “Star Wars.” But some of my best friends, and at least one boss…are. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with that, right? Tom Davis and I went Saber Shopping this morning (and if you’re on “Jeopardy,” this is the point you would buzz in and say “What is a sure sign that there […]
