“The Real American Idol”

Pop Quiz: Who do secret service agents say had the best sense of humor, started the day with a joke and he often played practical jokes. Was it Jimmy Carter, John Kennedy, Gerald Ford or Obama?

Movie News: Brad Pitt, Christian Bale and Ryan Gosling just signed to co-star in The Big Short, a financial drama about the 2000 housing and stock market crash. … For years Jack Nicholson’s been retired because of reported dementia but Jack is contemplating a return to the big screen with Tom Cruise in El Presidente, a comedy about a former President and his Secret Service Agent who hit the road to avoid a threat on their lives. … Two biopics pitched and turned down, one on Al Sharpton and the other on the former first family of the Philippines, Fernando and Imelda Marcos.

Odds and Ends: Madonna spends a lot of time with biological kids, Lourdes and Rocco but no time with her African adopted kids David and Mercy. … On the other hand the Pitts spend the same amount of time with all their kids.

NY Post Headline: Over a story about 60% of 16-19 year olds being unemployed, headline screams, “The Real American Idol.”

Date in History, January 14. 1973, almost 2 billion people worldwide tuned in to watch Elvis live from Hawaii. Born Jan 14, 1902 and died in 1989, one of the most bizarre, mean women in television history, Francis Bavier, aka Aunt Bee on the Andy Griffith Show. She had no siblings, never married, no kids, disliked by everybody on the show, and she died a hoarder, in a house full of garbage that reeked with 20 cats.

Answer – Gerald Ford

 

 


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