Her Name is Rio and She Dances on the Sand!

Happy Olympic Bid day everyone!

I truly feel this was a great day for Chicago.  It's kinda like when the US troops rolled into Baghdad and deposed Saddam.  It took an outside force, The IOC, to walk into downtown Chicago and tear down Mayor Daley.  He finally doesn't get something that he wants. It also was painful for a portion of the populace, to see outside liberators tell you how you should be.  Oh frabjous day, callou callay!

Now, I can't wait to see Daley's post mortem interviews.  Frankly, I doubt he'll even give one.  How much money was on this fruitless venture?

Also, can we all agree that last month, Daley gave Oprah Michigan Ave. in exchange for her stumping here?  Transparent.

Now, let's get the cops a contract!

MotD: The Beatles: Help!
In Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Chris Rock yells out "George Lucas is gonna sue somebody!" when Cockknocker shows up.  I can only think that would have been his reaction if he had been around for the first episode of The Monkees, "George Harrison is gonna sue somebody!"  Having never seen any of the Beatles movies, I only had read about how much they influenced THE MONKEES show.  Holy crap, Screen Gems stole everything from Help! and put it on the small screen.  Substitute Ringo's ring (love that macguffin too, a ring for Ringo) for the Monkey's paw and you have one of my favorite Monkees eps.  Crazy narrative, but way entertaining.  And that music is just so wonderful.