TGIF to all of my loyal and faithful readers and followers and especially to my Worker Bee friends.
Let’s start this posting with Billi Pod’s report card on last night’s entertainment event ...
THE LAST SMOKER IN AMERICA, about a family struggling to survive in a world where smoking has been outlawed==>B+.
I am probably being a bit overgenerous because the show is one of those profane, irreverent shows that Billi Pod loves. It is also extremely well-acted by a stellar cast of 4-performers who sing and dance their hearts out.
The problem with the show is that it is unfocused. It tries to cover adultery, big government, dysfunctional family dynamics, hyperactivity, smoking, personal freedom, religion, lost dreams, anarchy, etc. in 90 minutes and in the process makes the story line very difficult to follow.
Having said that, I have no problem recommending this show and will probably see it again myself.
OK, now let’s move on ...
At long last The Yankees are back at Yankee Stadium, The House That Greed And Ego Built, to begin a 6-game home stand, 3 with the LA Angels and 3 with the Toronto Blue Jays.
Man, I have really missed baseball during the All-Star Game break. The first game is at 7:05 with Hiroki Kuroda (8-7) on the mound for The Bronx Bombers vs. C.J. Wilson (9-5) for The Angels.
My theater-buddy Marty Kosarik and friends will be attending this game (it is alleged).
So ... Billi Pod plans to stay in the cool confines of PHC to watch the game ... OK ... OK ... hold on before you become too judgmental and begin to flame me with emails, postings and texts ...
Yes ... I know that it is a Friday night ... but ... I have an entertainment event scheduled for AFTER the ball game. Yes ... that’s right my loyal and faithful readers and followers ... an entertainment event AFTER the game ... tada ...
10:30==>REALLY BAD THINGS - “Have you heard? Really Bad Things are happening in Washington D.C.! A musical tale of power, sex and greed in our nations capital, inspired by true events.” (Off Broadway - discounted TDF ticket)
This show is part of the just opened New York Musical Theater Festival (NYMF), which runs from July 9th through July 29th and features 21 full productions, 14 developmental readings and 15 special events. Most of the events will be playing at theaters in my immediate ‘hood.
Moving on ...
As most of us news junkies expected, the just released report by former FBI Director Louis Freeh on the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal and the subsequent cover-up at Penn State points the finger of blame directly at now deceased coach Joe Paterno and the higher-ups at the University. All I can say is==>SHAME!!
The NCAA should seriously consider banning the Penn State football program for a period of time.
Moving on ...
BREAKING NEWS==>John Scott Reed's boss Lori Levine, Founder and CEO of Flying Television, starts a weekly segment on Good Afternoon America today, LIVE at 2pm EST on ABC. Scott will be in the Times Square studio as Lori and GossipCop.com's Michael Lewittes discuss: “What is REAL and what is RUMOR in Hollywood.”
Yes, Billi Pod plans to turn on the tube this afternoon and watch this show. Afternoon TV for Billi Pod? Yep ... that is right ... I gotta check out this show.
Well ... Billi Pod hopes that everyone out there in the hinterlands, boondocks and wastelands has an awesome weekend.
Yesterday’s Pedometer mileage==>4.20 miles
GO YANKEES AND GO GATORS!!
Billi Pod
“Don’t pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he’ll just kill you.”
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