Duckburg Gazette

You know what I noticed the other day ... I was sitting at a red light and the car next to me kept moving forward inches at a time as if to speed ahead when the light turned green.  Is this guy in a race all by himself?  The light didn't turn green for quiet some time but kept inching forward, break, inch forward, break.  Eventually they ended up past the 2nd white line, technically in the intersection when it did turn green.  So the light then turns green and they didn't go!  I didn't even speed up and just went right past them and was just wondering why do all that at all.  I don't understand a lot of drivers a lot of times.  I'm sure that isn't the best for brakes as well if they happen to do it at every single stop light.  I wonder if someone was going to cross the street, then what do they do since they are blocking the whole walkway.  Huh, go figure.

Weekly Update:

Pretty busy week I just had, sure was glad when Friday rolled around and I got to sleep in a bit.  Same time the weekend just flew by, why does that always happen!?  But part of that busy week had some fun in there.  I went to this little (and I do mean little) charity dinner but it was hosted by Ben Garant who you may know from "Reno 911!" and various movies.  He also wrote and directed "Night at the Museum" and "Balls of Fury" which are two very funny and well made movies.  He does almost everything with his writing partner, Thomas Lennon who was also at the event.  The event itself, as mention before, was very small, probably around 30 people but it was nice and the food was really tasty.  The event was to help raise money for orphans in Cambodia which apparently Ben is a big support of.  It was just nice to hang out and chat with the guys.

At the movies:

No surprises at the box office this weekend as the action dominates.  Holding ground at #1 is "Taken 2" with another 22.5 million as it passes 85 mil cume, sure to be past 100 in no time.  New at #2 is the drama based on a true story of Argo with a nice 21.1 mil.  Also new at #3 is the thriller Sinister with a decent 18.3 mil.  Still hanging in there amongst all the older age films is "Hotel Transylvania" with another 17.3 mil as it just passes the 100 mil cume mark.  Rounding off the top 5 is the comedy-light drama of Here Comes The Boom with a decent 12 mil for its debut.

New films that did not make the top 5:

Just one this week and no surprise here.  Coming in at #9 is Seven Psychopaths earns a tiny 4.2 mil.

Quote of the week:

"What is the chief end of man? To get rich.  In that way? Dishonesty, if we can; honestly if we must." - Mark Twain

Other News:

Another sad week as both the football and entertainment world losses another.  Former Detroit Lions defensive lineman Alex Karras passed away last Wednesday after suffering from dementia.  He was known first as football player in the 1960's, part of the Lions Fearsome Foursome defensive line and was even considered small back in the day.  He played his entire career for the Lions from 1958 to 1970, missing only one game that entire time.  In 1968, he portrayed himself in a nonfiction sports book "Paper Lion" in the film adaption.  That may have gave him some notices to other film makers while he was still playing football because his name came up for a role in the original "The Godfather."  After his release from the Lions in 1971, he did in fact begin acting as his next career.  Playing a hulking brute from part to part but it was in 1974 when he took the role as the very strong and very slow-witted thug Mongo in the Mel Brooks comedy "Blazing Saddles" and immediately replacing Fred Williamson as a commentator on ABC's "Monday Night Football."  Following that, he went on to do more movies and TV shows such as the raunchy comedy (for its time) "Porky's," "Victor Victoria," "Against all Odds" and great guest appearances on "M*A*S*H" and "The Old Couple."  In 1980 he landed the lead role on a new family sitcom "Webster" with his real life wife Susan Clark.  Karras was 77.

Facts & Tips:

The average woman is 5 inches shorter than the average man.

 "Bite me, pig!" - Kathy Kinney as Mimi Bobeck from the TV series "The Drew Carey Show."