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Friday, September 12, 2008
Friday TV From Loudon, NH (ESPN2 And SPEED)
The Sprint Cup and Craftsman Truck Series are in action this week in Loudon, NH. This is the first race in the Chase for the Championship on the Cup side.
Friday TV offerings include practice, qualifying, news and entertainment. It will be ESPN2 up first at Noon ET with Sprint Cup practice. Dr. Jerry Punch, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree will be joined by pit reporters Dave Burns, Mike Massaro, Jamie Little and Shannon Spake for the coverage.
Over on SPEED at 1PM there will be taped coverage of the Camping World East Series from Mansfield as the future stars of the sport race in what has quickly become more of a development series than anyone realized.
At 1:30PM, the practice coverage on ESPN2 ends and that network will have a thirty minute preview show of the 2008 Chase for the Championship. Last season, this show was produced by The NASCAR Media Group and was simply a look at all twelve teams and drivers.
At 2:30PM it will be Steve Byrnes, John Roberts and Bob Dillner hosting the Go or Go Home show on SPEED that discusses the teams outside the Top 35 and looks at the cars competing to make the Loudon Cup race on qualifying time.
At 3PM, the ESPN2 crew will be back and joined by Allen Bestwick, Rusty Wallace and Brad Daugherty to call the Sprint Cup qualifying session.
Once qualifying is over, there will be a thirty minute version of NASCAR Now at 5PM. After Thursday's featured story on Ron Hornaday and his steroid use several years ago, it should be interesting to see what follow-up happens on Friday's version.
The day ends with Trackside at 7PM on SPEED. Byrnes is joined by Jeff Hammond, Larry McReynolds and Elliott Sadler for an hour of conversation and fun. The two guests are Kyle Busch and NCTS driver Michael Arnett. Yes, unofficially Ron Hornaday was the original guest, but after what ESPN did to him this week he quietly cancelled. Once again, it should be interesting to hear what these pros say about the issue.
Here are some interesting notes for Saturday. NASCAR VP Robin Pemberton will join McReynolds, Chad Knaus and Bootie Barker on NASCAR Performance at 7:30PM. This will be a good opportunity to see the interaction between these panelists and the top guy in the world of the COT.
Kyle Petty is not going to make Tradin' Paint this weekend. It will be SPEED favorite Carl Edwards who joins host John Roberts and NASCAR.com writer Joe Menzer. This show continues to shy away from other veteran NASCAR media members who have opinions and would be good to see on TV. From Lee Spencer of FoxSports to Bob Margolis of Yahoo! it seems to be a closed little circle where Tradin' Paint is concerned.
Here is a quick heads-up on Sunday. Both Tony Stewart and Clint Bowyer will be live on RaceDay and Ken Squier will offer another feature on the history of the Loudon race track. Wendy Venturini's Real Deal will interview the hottest guy going into The Chase. His name is Kyle Busch.
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43 comments:
- Anonymous said...
WOW its already the JoLo show! Jamie ramblin' on & on
- September 12, 2008 at 12:03 PM
- Anonymous said...
4 minutes into practice and nothing has been said about the actual cars on the track. Instead pit reporters talking about The Chase and the camera is on Jerry and DJ in the studio.
- September 12, 2008 at 12:05 PM
- Anonymous said...
6 mins in & 1st full screen graphics! Yup espn out doing themselves
- September 12, 2008 at 12:07 PM
- Anonymous said...
And Chad wrecks - now we get to see video of the backup being rolled out!
And COMM'L. !!!
- September 12, 2008 at 12:08 PM
- Anonymous said...
Wait 30 sec of cars on track!!!
Fix that espn - its practice - we fans are unworthy to see cars on track!
- September 12, 2008 at 12:12 PM
- stricklinfan82 said...
Well, 11 minutes in and I officially give up on ESPN's practice "coverage".
Cars were already on the track when they came on the air but ESPN didn't care. They spent the first 10 or so minutes following a tight script:
1.) video package
2.) pit reporters telling non-practice related stories about one driver each as "lead in" to this event
3.) Andy Petree in Kevin Harvick's garage stall as part of ESPN's brand new "innovation" of turning practice into the "Chaser of the Week Show - We Will Spend 60 Minutes Following one Chaser and one Chaser Only"
4.) full-screen Tech Center
5.) more Petree from Harvick's garage
The worst part about all this is that you could hear the background engine noise on the track stop and then even see the cars stopped on the track during a full-screen stat display as part of the 'open'. I figured it was a debris caution and ESPN would eventually get to it. Much to my shock after the scripted open was finally finished, they showed us a quick glimpse of a crashed car limping into the pits - several minutes after the incident occurred - before immediately rushing to their scripted first commercial, with no replay.
The final straw that broke the camel's back was staying on the Harvick "story" instead of returning to the green flag action in practice. Inevitably another crash happened, and we missed it again.
This is a complete joke. And if JD is right that they are adding the pit studio and 3 more announcers to qualifying coverage that without a doubt confirms that someone at ESPN needs to lose their job. That only opens the door for more TV time for talking heads and studio guests, and less time for on-track qualifying. I don't know who it is, but whoever the individual or individuals are that decided to add EVEN MORE distractions to practice and qualifying coverage have got to go.
This is beyond unacceptable. I'm gone from ESPN for the rest of the day, and in fact for the rest of the weekend until Sunday. And if Sunday starts bad I'll be sticking to Hotpass. What a colossal failure this ESPN weekend is already shaping up to be.
- September 12, 2008 at 12:32 PM
- haus20 said...
Hey, did you guys know there are only 12 cars racing this weekend?
- September 12, 2008 at 12:32 PM
- Anonymous said...
OK I give up TV is off -ESPN you have accomplished your goal. ESPN refuses to give fans what we want,& casual fans do not watch practice.
Between the script, full screen graphics, TB in techno,and ANYTHING else 4letter can find to NOT SHOW the practice session ( FALSE ADVERT)
and 12 cars being spoken about & JoLO I AM DONE. I'll try again w/Quals - not holding out much hope. & PRN has radio coverage.
HAVE A GREAT "practice" CASUAL FANS & 4letters
- September 12, 2008 at 12:40 PM
- Anonymous said...
OH BTW I am following practice times on FoxTrax & Nascar
- September 12, 2008 at 12:41 PM
- Sean said...
Yeah this hasn't been good so far, we need SPEED.
- September 12, 2008 at 12:45 PM
- Anonymous said...
What is with the obsession with Petree and Harvick today?
- September 12, 2008 at 12:45 PM
- bevo said...
Are there any cars on the track???
I've had enough, don't need the 19345th explanation of track bar adjustments.
Think I'll watch the hurricane coverage.
- September 12, 2008 at 12:49 PM
- Sophia said...
Thanks for telling me what I missed...i turned of Young and the Restless at 12.50 to hear Punch talking about the PHENOM Logano..and Jamie is blathering on.
I am so depressed I have a HOME DEPOT JACKET of the 20 car....I hope it says Stewart on it somewhere...I am going back to my soap.
I don't like ESPN's soap opera.
Thanks for the breakdown JD but I shall be skiping ALL ESPN shows.
- September 12, 2008 at 12:52 PM
- Nan S said...
I guess the sponsors won't mind that so many of us aren't watching the coverage. Honestly, other than taping the Cup races that Ambrose is in (and fast forwarding to look for action), I probably won't watch anything related to Cup other than the highlites on Speed Report.
- September 12, 2008 at 1:10 PM
- Anonymous said...
It was funny when Jamie asked Vickers how the car would be after he put it into the wall. He was like, umm, we have to go to a backup car.
I have this running joke with my son about the good Doctor. In the most calm monotone possible I say things like "all 43 cars have just burst into flames on the track". Then in my most enthusiastic voice I throw it to a commercial.
- September 12, 2008 at 1:13 PM
- majorshouse said...
Well it looks like the four letter network is back to their crappy coverage again. When will NASCAR get the hint that we fans think that their package absolutely sucks. Give me Speed TV anyday of the week. At least I know it will be not only entertaining, but will give me all of the information that I am looking for and not all of the crappy fluff that we get otherwise.
Are they trying to kill the sport like what basically happened to the IRL?
- September 12, 2008 at 1:19 PM
- Anonymous said...
As has been said before, the current producer of ESPN's pratice/qualifying coverage needs to be replaced with one who does NOT think the actual event is boring and thus will not feel a need to ignore it.
- September 12, 2008 at 1:31 PM
- Anonymous said...
The best way to totally destroy ESPN's coverage of the enxt 10 races would be for a non-Chase driver to dominate and win each one.
The ESPN Producers' heads would explode.
- September 12, 2008 at 1:33 PM
- red said...
for those who are turning espn off in frustation and anger, i can tell you that there is light at the end of that tunnel! i have stayed away from all-things espn for 3 weeks now and i still feel that i'm informed as to what's going on in our sport. the folks who have commented on this site have repeatedly and clearly stated multiple objections to the way espn handles broadcasts of nascar events. clearly, today in loudon is more of the same.
(in the interest of full disclosure, i have finally had to click to the espn website so i could read the hornaday article. but the entirety of the article isn't likely to show up anywhere BUT espn so i'm stuck.)
there are a series of significant issues with how espn presents nascar to the fan base and public at large. they aren't going to go away if dr punch is moved to another job or if rusty is gagged and brad tossed. the attitude that comes across the screen --either tv or computer -- is one of disdain and arrogance and i can live without espn in my sports life going forward.
nascar: are YOU listening? do you care? the cot has already caused me to cancel going to dover next week, now espn has me turning off the tv. mike helton et al: what are YOU going to do about this for next season? more of the same? or actually look carefully and seriously at what fans are saying and think about how to provide a much better "product" to the consuming fan.
remember at the very beginning of this season, jd asked a simple question: are you going to watch nascar on tv this season? i wonder what answers that question would bring forth today.
- September 12, 2008 at 1:56 PM
- Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
The best way to totally destroy ESPN's coverage of the enxt 10 races would be for a non-Chase driver to dominate and win each one.
The ESPN Producers' heads would explode.
September 12, 2008 1:33 PM
We can only hope!!
- September 12, 2008 at 1:57 PM
- Vicky D said...
I've been watching quite awhile and they are concentrating on the chasers but I think the storyline this weekend will be Harvick. They seem to have been on him all practice.
- September 12, 2008 at 1:59 PM
- Sophia said...
I have often prayed a non chase driver would win all the races during the "Chase"!!
A girl can still dream.
- September 12, 2008 at 2:25 PM
- Rick said...
Well, I just got home and watched the recored practice, skipping thru anything that wasn't live on track action and finished in 30 minutes.
One third of the 90 minute practice telecast was actual practice, the other two thirds was crap.
- September 12, 2008 at 3:00 PM
- haus20 said...
Well, the rain shouldn't make much of a difference to the ESPN programming, they don't show much of the action on the track anyway.
- September 12, 2008 at 3:02 PM
- Rick said...
LOL Haus, I was just thinking that they covered so little of the actual practice that they were probably wishing they hadn't used all their canned "features" during the practice telecast. Now all those are reruns.
Well, those that weren't reruns already. ;)
- September 12, 2008 at 3:12 PM
- Anonymous said...
Well its raining, hopefully quals get run. Not because I want to see JoLo make the race just so the others get a chance to race Sunday.
TV is on, FoxTrax is waiting, PRN net is good to go! At the 1st sign of usual 4letter non coverage of action on the track, off goes the TV.
- September 12, 2008 at 3:13 PM
- Vicky D said...
Hopefully we'll have electricity after early tomorrow morning. We'll probably lose our satellite but might be able to watch local channels on our battery operated tv. Yep ESPN is having a lovefest with Harvick today.
- September 12, 2008 at 3:27 PM
- Anonymous said...
Someone should tell Shannon qualifying isn't cancelled yet. That was embarassing to have Joey Lagano answer questions about how it feels to know he's in the race and how it will be starting in the back. It doesn't look good but it's still very bad reporting to already assume it's a rashout and congratulate a guy that's not in yet.
- September 12, 2008 at 3:29 PM
- Anonymous said...
quals cancelled - so TV is off till later. Have a great day!
- September 12, 2008 at 3:38 PM
- Anonymous said...
Shannone and Jamie both continue to ask questions that make me embarrassed for them. They come across as clueless the majority of the time.
- September 12, 2008 at 3:39 PM
- ri88girl said...
I can see I didn't miss nothin'
I agree with Red, are you listening NASCAR? Remember the word of the week, LEADERSHIP from someone, anyone, please!
- September 12, 2008 at 5:01 PM
- stricklinfan82 said...
ESPN's laughable weekend continues....
ESPNEWS's handling of the reporting of Cup qualifying being rained out (4:40 PM Eastern, long after the rain-out announcement and with plenty of time available to gather all the facts):
"Qualifying for the first race of the Chase has been rained out.... this means for a third straight week Joey Logano will not be able to make his Sprint Cup debut. He needs to qualify for a position and since there was no qualifying, no newcomers are allowed."
That's it. No mention of Kyle Busch getting the pole based on points or the 12 Chasers starting in the top 12 spots. They only made sure to let everyone know the "major news story" that Joey Logano will not race and moved on.
The biggest blunder of course is that Joey Logano is in fact in the race because he's driving the #96 car this week. And of course this is his second Cup attempt, not his third. Seriously, did some intern just throw darts and randomly guess the facts when putting together that 'report'? How hard would it be to check with some ESPN worker on-site in Loudon or even make a simple check with NASCAR.com to confirm the "Logano misses the field!" story? I now definitely worry about the accuracy of the information this network gives me about sports I don't follow as closely as this one when I watch stuff like this reach the air.
I didn't bother with the last 80 minutes of Cup practice or the Cup qualifying show but based on the reports I'm reading I didn't miss anything but garbage. No surprise there. Completely typical of an ESPN NASCAR production. Good luck to those of you that try to tough things out and find tape-delayed Happy Hour coverage some time tomorrow night. Maybe you'll get lucky and it will fit perfectly in-between football games and you won't have to wait until 1 or 2 AM to see if the miracle happens and ESPN actually covers the on-track session they are there to televise.
NASCAR. Please buy out this waste of a TV network.
- September 12, 2008 at 5:14 PM
- ri88girl said...
I've wanted to point this out for a while and now seems like as good a time as any.
Ask yourself if you have honestly EVER heard Doc, Shannon, Jamie, Mike Messero, Dave Burns, Nicole Manskey or Ryan Burr say the phrase 'our sport' when discussing something within NASCAR?
Every other on air personality from every network from SPEED to the late NBC; from booth guys to pit reporters to regular journalists all use this phrase in reference to our sport. As do the on air personalities at ESPN who were a part of our sport before they were a part of ESPN. It is not my contention that they all SHOULD do this, I just find it very telling and relevent that they don't.
Perhaps ESPN does not have the capacity as a network to fully participate in our sport. NASCAR are you listening?
- September 12, 2008 at 5:40 PM
- Richard in N.C. said...
JD- I cannot imagine what Lee Spencer could add to Tradin' Paint since objectivity is not in her vocabulary. I can imagine that she might not want to have to publicly defend some of what she has written since moving to FOX Sports website from Sporting News. Now I would really love to see Bob Margolis on TP as he is one of about 3 writers I check for daily. At the same time, I wonder whether ESPN would blackball from appearing on ESPN any writer who appears on TP. Jenna Fryer is the only writer I can recall being on TP after appearing on NASCAR Now.
- September 12, 2008 at 6:15 PM
- Anonymous said...
I slept on the couch and due to SP settings it flipped over to ESPN so I'm glad I was sleeping through it. I woke up on and off but sadly it seems that I wasn't dreaming that each time I woke up they were yammering on with interviews.
@anon 1:13--sadly that's how it would be :(
@vicky--if you see this stay safe! We might get the remnants of it depending on the direction and final category it hits down there at.
@stricklan--that's funny, sad and embarrassing all a the same time! No they don't have to be "experts" but at least get the information right! When I went to Sears Point a few years ago the guys on the PA system were "arguing" how OP worked for the last few spots for the "ringers". They didn't know how it worked. I was in line waiting for Herman to show up when some folks brought it up and how embarrassing it was.
- September 12, 2008 at 6:27 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Anon 6:15PM,
The original point of Tradin' Paint was to bring up subjects that often put the reporter on the spot as well as the driver panelist.
It resulted in a good variety of reporters trying to dig their way out of all kinds of topics.
Every top national reporter should appear on this show, which is often the only place they will every be seen and not just read.
- September 12, 2008 at 7:43 PM
- majorshouse said...
I started to watch qualifying, but when I saw that it was raining, I turned it off and went to NASCAR Now at 5:00, but it was such a bore I turned on MASH instead. NASCAR are you listening to your fans, you are letting ESPN ruin racing for us and I too would not mind seeing someone like David Reagan win at least one race during the chase to show you all up.
- September 12, 2008 at 8:18 PM
- Dot said...
I am so glad that I had to work later than usual today. I didn't miss a thing on ESPN. Thank you all for commenting.
I liked the exploding head comment. That is my hope, too. That, and JoLo taking out a chaser.
Sadly, NASCAR will not fire ESPN.
I have a question. Who at Gibbs knew qual was going to be rained out to put JoLo in the 96?
- September 12, 2008 at 9:41 PM
- Anonymous said...
@dot--What I heard was that the weather forecast stated that there may be rain this weekend. So they did the number switchero to be on the safe side.
- September 12, 2008 at 10:39 PM
- Dot said...
Thanks Gymmie. The only weather I've heard about all week is Ike.
- September 12, 2008 at 10:44 PM
- Karen said...
majorshouse said...
and I too would not mind seeing someone like David Reagan win at least one race during the chase to show you all up.
Me and you both. I like him and happy that UPS does, too. I was afraid he might be one of the five drivers to go when Roush has to downsize.
- September 12, 2008 at 11:02 PM
- Adam T. Martin said...
ESPN has the worst practice coverage.
- September 12, 2008 at 11:47 PM
- Anonymous said...
LEE Spencer on Paint!!!!!!!!!! Boring..........
- September 13, 2008 at 9:58 PM


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Red Sox - 000 100 001 - 2 6 0Our weak roster and bench may be having its effect -- finally.
Rays - 001 010 01x - 3 7 1
Kevin Youkilis left the game with "right ankle pain" before his fourth inning at-bat -- and Niuman Romero became our cleanup hitter for the final six innings.
Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon took full advantage -- walking David Ortiz (who had doubled in the first) intentionally in the 5th, 7th, and 9th innings to face Romero, whose major league career has so far consisted of being mostly a late-innings pinch-runner for Cleveland last season (only 14 PA in 10 games).
Romero batted with runners at 1st/2nd/2 outs in the 5th and flew out to left; 1st/2nd/2 outs in the 7th and grounded to first; and 1st/3rd/2 outs in the ninth -- the tying run was 90 feet away -- and grounded to second.
Not that the defeat can really be laid at the feet of Romero, since no one else in the lineup did much of anything against Niemann (6-4-1-3-5, 107; the run was unearned) and four relievers. Boston left 11 men on base and was 2-for-9 with RATS.
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The Yankees beat the the A's 6-1, dropping Boston 3.5 GB.
Doubront makes his second career start. He faced the Dodgers on June 18 in his debut and did very well, retiring the side in order in the 1st, 2nd, and 4th innings and allowing only three hits, one walk, and one earned run through five innings. He ran out of gas in the 6th, and the first four Dodgers reached base. He got credit for the win, though, as Boston won 10-6.Scutaro, SS
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The Yankees beat Oakland last night 3-1, so the Red Sox dropped back into third place, 2.5 GB. Yankees/A's at 10 PM.
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Sunday, September 2, 2007
ESPN's Late Night Busch Series Near Miss
As soon as the deal was done with ESPN for the Busch Series races, veteran TV executives were wondering where ESPN2 was going to put those live college football games that fans have been watching on that network for years. The answer was, all around NASCAR.
The kick-off of the college football season meant a new world for the Busch Series. In this first football Saturday, the live game preceding the race from Fontana ran about twenty minutes long. It pushed the scheduled NASCAR Countdown show off the air, although ESPN did air a live version on its Internet service, ESPN360.
If the football game had followed the same time pattern as many earlier that day, it could have run more than thirty minutes into the race itself. While Fontana and Richmond next week are night races, the Busch Series will shortly switch back to afternoon starts, which will be preceded by a live football game running directly into the race.
Several months ago, The Daly Planet wondered if this NASCAR eight year TV contract would be the catalyst for changing the ESPN Classic Network over to ESPN3. Earlier this season, ESPN Classic was pressed into use when yet another live event over-run forced NASCAR off its designated channel. The NASCAR program switched ESPN networks three times.
When the Fontana race actually hit the air, once again the ESPN technical gremlins appeared, and viewers heard nothing. The silence was eventually broken and the voice of Dr. Jerry Punch was heard in mid-sentence. With all due respect, ESPN2 has been telecasting NASCAR Busch races for seven months now. These problems did not begin to pop-up until network resources were re-allocated to college football.
Punch led almost directly into the race, and with Rusty Wallace and Andy Petree having a nice big track and some fast racing, they turned in a solid performance. Rusty was not on his game in the big Keselowski crash, but it many have been his first time trying to choose words on TV when a NASCAR driver was possibly injured.
Perhaps, next time he will step back and let Doctor Punch be put on-the-spot in a difficult situation. Phrases such as "walk away" and words like "Earnhardt Sr." need to be used only after serious thought and in complete sentences. Even a driver who appears to exit his car could have serious injuries when evaluated later.
The race itself worked well for the network, with good TV pictures, sound, and graphics. The hated Draft-Tracker revealed its head in this race, and once again made absolutely no sense to anyone in North America other than the ESPN TV executives.
This event was a great example of why TV networks should show the entire field scrambling for the finish line on the final lap. ESPN tried to show the finish with a big wideshot, but it mostly covered the area after the line. Viewers could see cars door-to-door, but had no idea who they were or what was going on in the final turn. Once again, when the winner of the race crosses the finish line...the race is not over. TNT never got this concept, so perhaps ESPN will before the end of the season.
Nice finish by Jeff Burton, great of the network and NASCAR to direct him into Victory Lane so he could be interviewed before ESPN2 left the air. Good performance by the pit reporters, but the animosity building between the drivers and ESPN needs to be nipped in-the-bud, and it needs more than a newspaper quote from the race producer. This is an issue right now, and trust me...its not going away.
Normally, ESPN provides the announcers of a live event guidelines and a script to read if their event runs long. On ESPN2, the college football announcers did not acknowledge that NASCAR Countdown was supposed to be on, never directed viewers to ESPN360, and never re-set the scene at the top of the hour when the race was to have aired live. This is a big fundamental mistake from a network who routinely does this for live events. Several weeks ago, even the racing-hating Cliff Drysdale played traffic cop in a tennis event and directed viewers where to tune for racing.
NASCAR fans are going to be in for a very interesting ride with the Busch Series for the rest of the season. As ESPN360 is not available on many Internet Service Providers, including Comcast, this option is ridiculous for NASCAR races. The only other option available for Internet users is the Turner-owned NASCAR.com, who carried the Busch broadcast on ESPN in its entirety. Think about that one.
ESPN scheduled a Busch race after live college football. When the game ran long, the best place to "see" the race was on NASCAR.com's Internet site. Does ESPN not understand that NASCAR fans do not need a lot more prodding until they abandon the old way of watching TV, and just rely on the Internet for the entire broadcast?
By the way, next week a live college football game precedes the NEXTEL Cup night race from Richmond on ABC Sports. I would suggest that fans plan well ahead for their viewing options, because all of the ESPN Networks will be busy with live football as well. Once again, NASCAR will be all dressed-up with no place to go.
The Daly Planet welcomes comments from readers. Simply click on the COMMENTS button below, or email firstname.lastname@example.com if you wish not to be published. Thanks again for taking the time to stop-by and leave your opinion.
28 comments:
- stricklinfan82 said...
Again, I wasn't home to watch the race live so if the game had run longer I would have lost out on the live feed of the first part of the race on ESPN360. Please ESPN, if a football game runs long just tape the race and air it in its entirety after the game! No joined-in-progress!
Rusty does need to avoid mentioning the name "Dale Earnhardt" when someone hits the wall, and the segway into saying "and that is Dale Jr.'s car" was very inappropriate in my eyes. Thankfully after they broke out of the commercial to show the tail-end of the wreck we instantly heard Keselowski say he was okay on the radio, so that makes it even more inappropriate to mention Earnhardt Sr. All that needs to be said is "he hit the wall head-on, and that's the scariest type of impact you can have, so hopefully he's okay". By mentioning the name of Earnhardt Sr., the obvious implication is that "someone has died in the past in a head-on impact like this, so let's hope the same didn't just happen here, especially since the owner of that car lost his father in that kind of impact". I don't blame Rusty for naturally thinking about that, I'm sure a lot of fans thought about the same thing when they saw the wreck, but please don't bring it up on the air.
As I said, I wasn't home to watch it live but based on my DVR timestamps it looks like the race end at about 1:15 AM. What was the rush to get Burton to victory lane before ESPN2 went off the air? The drag racing was taped and I assume that there wasn't any live or new programming airing after the drag race. If it was early Saturday afternoon I would have understood, but at 1:15 AM I don't see the need to do a rushed victory interview and quickly leave the air.
- September 2, 2007 at 11:33 AM
- Tom in IN said...
Hey ESPN - Red Flag doesn't mean stop all useful graphics!
I was TiVo'ing the race since we were not home for the start and the end would end too late.
I turned on the other TV just before bed to check in on where Reutimann was.
It was (as it turns out) towards the beginning of the red flag.
20 mins later - I still didn't know where Reutimann was since no field rundown came across the screen.
When I timed it with the TiVo this morning - it was FORTY-FIVE minutes total without any kind of field rundown. Inexcusable.
Yes, field positions aren't changing with a red flag - but they could scroll the rundown once in a while.
- September 2, 2007 at 11:45 AM
- darbar said...
How long has Rusty been associated with Nascar? Not long enough, apparently. When will he start to get the driver's names right? It's Denny Hamlin, bozo. And, when five guys are holding up Brad K, and waiting for the ambulance, it's not walking away, Rusty. This man was hurt, and carried off on a stretcher, so it's not walking away. They need Rusty out of the booth and they need to find someone who can intelligently call the race.
- September 2, 2007 at 12:05 PM
- SophiaZ123 said...
First, unless you all missed it, NASCAR.com COSTS MONEY to see or even LISTEN to the broadcast so that site is NOT AN OPTION for the race.
Even the free trial has so many glitches and problems, I can't even do the free trial. HATE THAT SITE more with the 'upgrade' but it's not an option for me.
I pay the big bucks for Zoomtown broadband and do NOT have ESPN360.
I don't like ESPN enough to give them ANY MORE MONEY.
If they can't show the races on basic cable, they are going to piss off MORE FANS, John.
ESPN CLassic is no longer on all our cable tv's just the two digital tv's.
Also, Rusty dragging up Dale Sr in a Dale jr car was a cringeworthy comment.
- September 2, 2007 at 12:08 PM
- SonicAD said...
Sophia: NASCAR.com has had a free broadcast of all of the Busch races from ESPN2 this year, it should be on the front page when the pre-race starts. I think all you have to do is click on it and it'll open the window (though you might have to log in on a (free) account). I've used it a couple times, and I haven't had to pay them a dime.
- September 2, 2007 at 1:02 PM
- Matt said...
Other than Rusty and DraftTrack, the coverage yesterday was very good. It was informative, many drivers were covered, and even pit strategy was discussed. And, the announcers actually seemed interested in the race! Of course, Rusty is still like nails on a chlakboard and continues his speaking before thinking or seeing. Someone has to explain to him that he doesn't have to say the first thing that pops into his head or talk everytime no one else is. Some silence is best.
And PLEASE ESPN, your announcers can't even figure out what DraftTrack is, so just cut it out of your coverage and let it sit in the technical TV failures bin with such "inovations" as FOX-3D.
- September 2, 2007 at 1:20 PM
- Andy in TX said...
ESPN regularly miss the starts of college football games that are scheduled back to back. I don't understand what the big surprise is now that they have NASCAR and can miss the start of races.
It sucks, but that is NASCAR's fault for signing on to a network that has many other priorities than auto racing. This is not going to change anytime soon.
Plus, with TV ratings dropping, there is no incentive for ESPN to elevate NASCAR events to something higher than where they stand now.
I'm sure John can find this out, though what was the rating of the game prior to the race, and that of the Busch race itself?
- September 2, 2007 at 1:32 PM
- Steve in Indiana said...
Hopefully Draft Track will fade away quicker than the "glow puck" FOX tried for their NHL coverage.
- September 2, 2007 at 1:34 PM
- Tripp said...
Only luck keeps ESPN's haggis out of the fire.
With the ESPN family of networks trying to throw a blanket over college football, it was a quick end to a blowout game that allowed race coverage to start on time. If the game had been tight, NASCAR fans might have spent many laps scrolling through their on-screen guides and trolling the Web to find race coverage without much luck. ESPN 360 is not available on Time Warner cable and other major providers so the network effectively took the pre-race show, threw it in a hole and covered it with dirt.
Rusty Wallace is a bright guy and one of the most talented drivers the sport has ever seen, but he is not a broadcaster. Talent in one area does not translate into ability in another. His comments on the Keselowski crash were just wrong, especially the reference to the number 3's fatal crash. Certainly everyone who saw the 88 hit the wall were hoping that he would emerge from the car without injury. Rusty immediately went to the dark side by comparing the wreck to lap 499 at Daytona in 2001. That is simply tasteless. If the comments were made to accentuate the drama of the crash, it was not needed. That crash was dramatic enough on its own.
Perhaps the problem with Rusty's commentary stems from too much internal filtering. In the real world, he uses a lot of "blue" words which of course cannot happen on television. One suspects that he expends substantial mental effort searching for acceptable words like "heck" and "gosh". As such he fails to convey the facts and the feel of the racing action to the viewers.
Technical gremlins continued this week within the audio section of the broadcast truck. Several times the announcers' voices were afflicted with distortion. While it was no more than a distraction, one wonders if ESPN has shifted the more capable crew and equipment from the race track to the gridiron.
With no trips to the Tech Center in the first part of the race, the viewer might have wondered if the Stygian southern California heat had melted Tim away. Two short mid-race visits assured everyone that he was alive, but all was not well. The network still struggles to fit this into the broadcast and Tim comes across as uncomfortable and stilted on the air. Too bad because Brewer is both smart and eloquent in other settings.
The network's luck held through the broadcast with an interesting, for California, race and no crippling technical glitches. But the experience was about as satisfying as drinking a glass of water on a hot day and finding out that it was warm.
- September 2, 2007 at 1:34 PM
- SophiaZ123 said...
Hmmmm..thanks for the advice on the free Busch audio on NASCAR.com
I tried like hell to FIND it last night and saw some sign up thing...I HATE giving lots of personal info..geez.
But will get an account.
However that site is so CROWDED and convoluted, I wish somebody could leave me bread crumbs to follow.
I shall endeavor again, to try that next time...(find the audio link!)
- September 2, 2007 at 1:42 PM
- SophiaZ123 said...
The only "FREE SIGN UP" on NASCAR.com is a 14 day TRIAL.
That does not help for the rest of the Busch season.
If I am an ignoramus and overlooking something, please provide a direct link, please.
That site is so damn crowded with stuff, I can't tell what the hell to link on but just tried two different pages and both LISTEN NOW FREE TRIAL came up for Cup and the Busch series. Something called TRACKPASS.
THEN I clicked on PRN...same deal?
Sorry if it's ONLY ME but I have NEVER heard of NASCAR giving out free anything except "trials"
Pee SPN. I am glad we most ALL AGREE Rusty is not making it as a broadcaster. His dramatic statements last night even put him in a worse light.
I thought I could not stand Bill Weber and his dramatic "Death March" as a race wound down for somebody to win. He would drag up every boo boo, scrapped knee, lost puppy, dead relative (Or if HMS the horrible plane wreck) as a driver headed for the finish line.
- September 2, 2007 at 2:10 PM
- SonicAD said...
Sophia: It's free Busch video, not audio. You have to pay for the audio (the radio version), but can get the ESPN video and audio for free. Which really doesn't make sense, but check it during next week's Busch race. Indeed, you can check it tonight, because they're doing it for the 6 Cup races on ESPN as well. Try it tonight, and if you can't get it I'll PM you further instructions over on the SPEED forums once I've checked it again myself, since I haven't used it much. But I guarantee it works
- September 2, 2007 at 2:49 PM
- Anonymous said...
Yes, the games went long and 2nd live games were joined in progress. This happens all the time on fall Saturdays with back to back games. Why would the Busch series be handled any different than college football? I'm a racing fan, but see no way that the Busch series would get better treatment than Football.
- September 2, 2007 at 3:00 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Hey Guys,
Those are some great comments, let me address some of them:
The Busch Races are going to be free on NASCAR.com for the rest of the season. This is the full audio and video feed, and it will not ask you to set up an account. That is the word from Turner Interactive.
I would like to repeat my suggestion that Tim Brewer join Allen Bestwick and Brad Daugherty in the Infield Studio for the Busch races. They are too short for Tech Center facts, and really don't need the detail of Cup's four hour marathons. Having him in the Infield Studio at Fontana would have really helped. Brad is nice, but has no hands-on perspective.
Draft-Tracker was fine once a race, or even once an hour, but it simply has outlived its usefullness. When it is forced into a race, it is even worse. We need either live action or a replay of why we are under yellow, not more color flow graphics.
ESPN schedules two types of live events, those controlled by a clock and those that are not. College football is controlled by a clock, and is scheduled in a three and one half hour slot with a normal over-run of thirty minutes. Four hours is the time that should be clear before any football game begins.
Even before NASCAR was added to ESPN, we who have been in the business for a while were asking...where are they going to put it? That is why I wrote the article on ESPN3. If that football game had run thirty minutes into the Busch race, or if next week's game runs thirty minutes into the Richmond NEXTEL Cup race, there will be a whole lot of yelling going on.
While college football is in its first couple of weeks, the Busch Series has been racing for seven months. That deserves more respect and better scheduling.
- September 2, 2007 at 3:34 PM
- stricklinfan82 said...
As far as scheduling overlaps go, there is a huge difference between college football overruns causing delays in getting to the starts of other college football games and college football overruns causing delays in getting to the start of a NASCAR race. When there are two completely different sports involved you're going to make one fan base extremely angry. In our case, the dedicated NASCAR fans that only turn on their TV's on a Saturday or Sunday to watch a race are going to be exremely upset when they're staring at a completely different sport and have to miss the start of their race.
Most overlaps on sports TV involve the same sport (NBA doubleheaders, NFL doubleheaders, NHL doubleheaders, college football double and tripleheaders, etc.) so in general most fans of that sport can live with watching the end of game 1 in return for missing the start of game 2, because they were going to watch both games anyway. Yes there are a small number of fans that might only be tuning in for game 2 because it involves their favorite team, but in a lot of sports the home markets will switch out of the end of game 1 to air the entire game 2 (the NFL most notably) or move the start of game 2 to another local channel in the home market (i.e. ESPN during the baseball playoffs in recent years).
You don't see a lot of cases in sports where an NBA game is immediately followed by an NFL game, for example. If ESPN made ridiculous scheduling decisions like leaving a 90 minute block for an NBA game right before the start of an NFL game I'm sure a lot of football fans would be furious. NASCAR fans are no different. When you leave a 3-hour block of programming for a 4-hour college football game immediately prior to a NASCAR race you're going to upset NASCAR nation because we know that's going to create an overlap, which means we lose.
- September 2, 2007 at 3:52 PM
- Anonymous said...
Was I the only one that thought the 10 minute explanation of Brian Vickers' trash on the nose, including draft tracker, was a bit of overkill?
- September 2, 2007 at 3:53 PM
- SophiaZ123 said...
Bless you Sonicad for being willing to PM me advice!
I can usually figure out stuff for myself but NASCAR.com is a whole nuther world.
Thanks John for clearing up the Busch race AUDIO and VIDEO will be free online! That's helpful as my local MRN only does the Cup races.
At LEAST having access online WHILE NOT THE ANSWER FOR ESPN or those withOUT access to the net, will help my PMS like attitude with ESPN aka ES P U !!
- September 2, 2007 at 4:11 PM
- cwebs said...
Well, I just finally got thru watching the Busch race. I set my DVR to record everything from 8pm to 2am on both ESPN2 and ESPNC. I was quite surprised to find out that nothing was ever bumped over to ESPNC. Apparently, the basketball game *BETWEEN ARGENTINA AND BRAZIL* was too important to interrupt!
There was a small notice that appeared above the crawl on ESPN2 at about 9:44 that said to look for "Countdown" on ESPN360. After that, everything regarding the NASCAR coverage was on the crawl.
I was dismayed to see this particular wording come across on the crawl: "The race can be seen in its entirety on ESPN360". This is an ominous portent of things to come. Even though they made it on ESPN2 for the green flag this time, they're obviously ready and willing to bump NASCAR off their real TV channels entirely when push comes to shove. It's one thing to send the pre-race show to Internet oblivion, but actual race laps should never receive such treatment. Unfortunately, ESPN seems poised to do just that!
I agree with stricklinfan – when something like this happens, they should just tape-delay the race and let us enjoy it in its entirety. I also can't figure out why they were in such a rush to end the broadcast after the winner crossed the finish line. All that was coming on afterwards was a recorded drag-racing event, followed by recorded basketball. No offense to the drag racing fans, but would it have been a big deal if they had stayed with the Busch coverage for another 5 or 10 minutes? It would have been nice to hear from Kyle Busch, Jimmie Johnson, and Denny Hamlin. Instead, ESPN left the air less than 4 minutes after the race ended. Ridiculous!!!
- September 2, 2007 at 5:25 PM
- cwebs said...
I'll say a couple of good things about ESPN's Busch coverage last night:
They're doing a better job of focusing on the leaders as they approach the start/finish line on restarts.
Their coverage of the green flag pitstops that occured between 40 & 50 laps in was pretty good.
It seemed like they actually broke away from commercials twice, once for the wreck that destroyed the 88 car, and again when Kahne had his spinout.
A funny moment:
When Rusty said: "These cats are boiling inside these cars".
I was hoping Dr. Punch might comeback with: "Well, I'll tell you what Rusty, I hope nobody calls the Humane Society right now after hearing that one, that's for sure!" But, no dice!!!
A strange moment:
It looked like some of the lights at the track went out just after Burton crossed the finish line.
Maybe they could afford to keep the lights on longer if they could manage to sell more tickets.
- September 2, 2007 at 5:47 PM
- Busch Series Fan! said...
I don't think any of the broadcasters mentioned Reut's name or car all race last night. We did see a nano second of Ambrose and someone else but that's it for a regular Busch guy. It was poor coverage of the WHOLE race. I thought it was in poor taste about Rusty bringing up Dale Sr. that wreck last night wasn't anything like Sr's wreck.
- September 2, 2007 at 6:07 PM
- Anonymous said...
NASCAR has the power to delay the start of the race. If they really want it shown in its entirty on TV, it can delay the green flag itself like a weather delay.
- September 2, 2007 at 6:08 PM
- cwebs said...
Since I've been criticizing ESPN's coverage of pitstops and pit strategy over the past few weeks, I should probably summarize my observations of their pit coverage in the California Busch race:
Overall, it seems like they're trying to get things right. They did a better job of discussing pit strategy, anticipating pitstops and covering pitstops last night, but things are still far from perfect:
The first caution came out on lap 3. ESPN didn't show or mention any pitstops. Then, later on around lap 20, Rusty says "You saw some people come down pit road on lap 3 and already making some adjustments". Well, actually Rusty, we never did see any pitstops! I went back and looked at what ESPN did during that caution on lap 3. They went to commercial, then came back and forced Dawratty on us, then babbled about college football. Thanks guys!
After a long red flag, the field hit pit road at about lap 70. ESPN actually covered this round pretty well. Shannon Spake was clueless about Ryan Newman only getting 2 tires, but Punch and Petree caught it and updated us right away.
After Biffle's spin, most of the cars came to pit road with about 55 to go. Unfortunately, ESPN was over-focusing on Biffle and missed showing the cars making the break for pit road. What we weren't told, and what ESPN apparently didn't notice, was that Reed Sorenson stayed out when the other leaders pitted. In fact, Sorenson continued to lead the field around under caution until he inexplicably darted down pit road following the pace car as the field was coming to the restart. Andy Petree seemed to be completely out of the loop on this. When he saw Sorenson go down pit road, he thought it was Jimmie Johnson! Yep, Sorenson was leading the field down to the restart and ESPN was completely oblivious! (Sorenson was not just some backmarker either, he had been in or near the top-10 all night). Dr. Punch tried to cover for Petree by claiming that Sorenson's and Johnson's cars looked almost alike. Nice try, Jerry. They have completely different paint schemes. What was ESPN doing as Sorenson was leading the field around under the caution for multiple laps? Well, let's see. Oh yeah, they were showing off their precious DAFT TRACKER and covering the pitstop of the non-factor 77 car (the lucky dog on that caution)! ESPN apparently decided to go on as if nothing had happened. They never explained what was going on with Sorenson, and they never talked about him again for the rest of the night.
After Kahne's spin, some of the lead-lap cars came down pit road with 42 to go. We missed seeing which cars made the break for pit road because ESPN was busy showing their third replay of the Kahne incident. Punch talked as if all the leaders were coming to the pits, but thankfully Rusty was there (I can't believe I just said that) to point out that most of the leaders stayed out. The only major cars that pitted were Johnson and Vickers. (Note to Andy Petree - Johnson took gas only.) I'll give ESPN some credit here, though – they did eventually show a replay of the leaders making/not making the break for the pits.
With 37 laps to go, Petree said that Johnson had fresher tires than Edwards. In fact, they had both last changed tires under the caution with 55 to go. Nobody bothered to correct him.
After Hamlin's spin with 25 to go, ESPN finally figured out that they needed to show the cars LIVE as they were making/not making the break for pit road. Only some lead-lap cars made stops at this point, and there were now at least 3 different pit strategies unfolding on the track among the lead-lap cars. Unfortunately, ESPN allowed the race to restart with 20 to go without resetting the field for us! What did they do instead? Well, they just couldn't resist yet another re-hash of Hamlin's spin!!!
To top that off, they decided to "Go Full Throttle" on the restart!!! Yes, the most important restart of the race with a mixed-up field. Things were certain to be interesting, yet we were forced to look at random in-car shots and stationary camera views! Thanks ESPN! You ruined the most interesting restart of the race! Way to go!!!
Finally, after another caution and before the final restart, Petree was again talking about Johnson having "just been on pit road" and having "fresher tires" than other cars. Note to Andy – Johnson last changed tires with most all the other cars - with 55 to go. When he came in after that with 42 to go, he only got a splash of gas. GEEZ!
Hopefully, things will be better tonight for the Cup race, but I'm not optimistic. They do seem to be taking baby steps, though. Maybe they'll figure it out by the end of the year…
- September 2, 2007 at 7:34 PM
- Anonymous said...
Add Roadrunner to the list of internet providers that don't offer ESPN 360.
I'd like to know who bought commercial time during the pre-race show and how they felt about ESPN dumping the show totally.
If I knew company names I'd email them to put pressure on ESPN on behalf of the fans -- ESPN won't listen to us, but they'll listen to money.
- September 3, 2007 at 7:49 AM
- Anonymous said...
Why do the ESPN reporters ignore the BUSCH DRIVERS in the BUSCH RACE?!? They are very rarely mentioned! I usually mute the t.v. and listen to the radio, I got so disgusted with the coverage Saturday night that I just turned the t.v. off and listened to the radio only! Judging by how much ESPN missed during the Cup race, I didn't loose anything by doing such!
- September 3, 2007 at 10:45 AM
- Anonymous said...
John, you and others here crack me up. Some of you are so closed minded. I am a huge NASCAR fan. But believe it or not, I realize NASCAR is not the most popular sport in the United States. There are other sports out there besides NASCAR!
John you always complain about NASCAR Countdown, so why do you care if it was not shown on ESPN2? Also you complain how college football ran long on ESPN. Do you not remember last season when a Notre Dame Game ran so long on NBC, NASCAR had to delay the start of the race!
College Football is just as popular, if more popular than NASCAR. ITs not like ESPN missed the start of the race. Stop being so close minded. You don't even like NASCAR Countdown anyways!
- September 3, 2007 at 11:07 AM
- Anonymous said...
When the season started I signed up for the TrackPass Scanner through the NASCAR website. I like being able to listen to my favorite driver, his spotter and crew chief during the races. It was $29.95 for the entire season which averages out to $0.83 per race-not bad, if you ask me.
When the coverage switched over to NBC briefly, local coverage of the race was delayed by over an hour due to the funeral of Lady Bird Johnson being on every single local network here in central Texas. In a moment of panic, I upgraded to the TrackPass PitCommand for another fifteen or twenty bucks-I forget, but it was well worth it.
With PitCommand, I can listen to my favorite driver, see the stats of specific drivers (I can pick and choose which ones I want), get a track simulator which shows where everyone is AND the radio broadcast is also available with PitCommand.
Considering the crappy coverage that the networks have been subjecting us to, to me, buying TrackPass Scanner and the upgrade to PitCommand was worth every penny and I'll do it again next season. Right now all three levels are half price so if you wanted to get them, the scanner option is $14.95 and PitCommand is $29.95. They have RaceView which I did try for free but didn't really care for-it's $39.95 for the rest of the season. For some reason, they don't offer these options with the Busch races. I sure do wish they did, though.
Due to the amount of stress and frustration we are all dealing with thanks to ESPN, paying a little money for the TrackPass options is more than worth it.
- September 3, 2007 at 11:20 AM
- Ellen said...
You consistently rip NASCAR's television partners for their broadcasting mistakes, but I see errors in almost every one of your columns.
"Rusty was not on his game in the big Keselowski crash, but it many have been his first time trying to choose words on TV when a NASCAR driver was possibly injured."
And from the same column:
"Even a driver who appears to exit his car could have serious injuries when evaluated later."
"Appears to exit his car"? Did you mean "...appears uninjured exiting his car ..."?
If you would like to improve your credibility, I am available to review and edit your columns before you post them -- for a fee, of course.
- September 4, 2007 at 10:28 AM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Gee "Ellen,"
If you wanted to get in a cheap shot, that was not even close. If you wanted to offer your services, you probably would have emailed me or left your contact information.
I meant exactly what I said in my comments, and pay an online editor to check my copy and spelling.
Next time you disagree with a column, drop us a comment and state your case. Thanks so much "Ellen" for dropping by.
- September 4, 2007 at 12:18 PM


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I'd been making stuff and stashing it in our camper for weeks and I needed a way to get everything out of the camper and into my car so I could take it over to the clubhouse. I had a plan though. A couple days ago, I asked Joe if he had any plans for Saturday and would he mind if I met my friend, Jen to go shopping. Then I asked him if he'd take my car to get the oil changed on Saturday while I was shopping. He agreed so I thought I had everything under control. Joe would load up the kids and take my car in and then I'd load all my party supplies into his truck and drive it over to the clubhouse while he thought I was meeting Jen to go shopping. While Joe thought I was shopping all day, I'd really be decorating the clubhouse, finishing the cake, picking up balloons, and going to the grocery store for some last minute items.
That was the plan.
After staying up until 2:00 AM to finish making a video for Joe, I was out cold when Joe took my car to get the oil changed at 7:30 in the morning. Savannah woke me up about 8:00 and said, "Dad already left!" Whaaat? That can't be! He's supposed to take my car in later! He's supposed to take the kids with him! Now what am I going to do? Think fast! I sprang out of bed, threw on the clothes I'd worn yesterday, and Savannah and I ran out to the camper and started loading up Joe's truck. No shower. No make-up. I didn't comb my hair or brush my teeth. I was on a mission to get as much stuff over to the clubhouse as I could. And quickly! I ran out the door and realized I didn't have on any shoes. Oops. I ran back, grabbed shoes and car keys and hightailed it to the clubhouse. We left instructions with Austin to watch the little ones who were still asleep, and to tell Joe that we'd run to the bank should he get home and ask.
So Savannah and I dropped off the supplies we'd loaded up and headed back home as quickly as we could before Joe got home from getting my oil changed. Whew! We beat him back home.
After showering and getting dressed, it was time to leave so I could "meet Jen at the mall" (Or, you know, go back over to the clubhouse to set up everything for the party). But since I'd rushed to get to the clubhouse earlier in the morning, I forgot a few things I needed to take over there. Joe had already gotten my oil changed and come back, I had no way to sneak the rest of the supplies out to my car. If Joe saw me taking my huge tackle box of cake decorating supplies and containers of icing and party favors, he'd know something was up. You know, since I don't generally take containers of icing and party favors with me when I go shopping.
Anyway, I got out of that by asking Joe to take the kids to the library. As soon as he left, I packed my car and when he got back home, I took off for the mall, er, clubhouse. My aunt and my good friend Jen stayed and helped me out all day.
Fast forward to the party. When we arrived, everyone was already there and their cars were hidden down the street so Joe didn't suspect a thing. We walked in, everyone shouted, "surprise" and Joe stood there with a confused look on his face. Finally he asked, "Where's Dimitri?" LOL
I made a really cool slideshow for the party. It contained tons of pictures of Joe through the years. Austin and Savannah narrated it and I accompanied it with a bunch of music. My sister-in-law was able to borrow a projector from work so we played the video for everyone after dinner. Unfortunately the narration was really quiet and I don't think most people were able to hear it. Other than that, it turned out really cool. I was proud of that.
I had grand visions of how the cake should turn out. The execution didn't match my visions this time around. I was really disappointed in the cake, but other than that, the food was good, the company was great, and the look on Joe's face, was priceless!
Brooklyn being a brat because I dared to fix a dinner plate for her. Duh, I should have remembered that she'd already eaten the day before.
"Yes!" he answered emphatically.


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Red Sox - 000 010 000 - 1 5 0 Phillies - 010 000 10x - 2 8 0Another night in Philly and another strong pitching performance - Worley (7-5-1-2-5, 116) - stifles the Boston bats. The Red Sox will face Cole Hamels (lowest WHIP in the NL) tomorrow afternoon.
Lackey turned in one of his best starts of the season (7.2-8-2-1-5, 90) - and he drove in the Red Sox's only run! With two outs in the fifth and Josh Reddick on first, Lackey (.086 career average) fell behind 0-2, looked at three straight balls, fouled a pitch off, then clubbed a double to the wall in left-center. It was his second career two-bagger and second career RBI; Lackey is 3-for-8 since joining the Red Sox (can he play RF?). Reddick and Lackey were the only two Boston players to advance past first base.
Philadelphia scored a run on the first three pitches of the second. Shane Victorino lead off with a single on an 0-1 pitch and Raul Ibanez hit a first-pitch RBI single. Ibanez hit a solo home run in the seventh.
After all the fuss, Adrian Gonzalez had an uneventful night in right field. Ibanez doubled to the wall in right-center in the fourth, and Gonzalez deferred to Jacoby Ellsbury, who threw the ball back in. Ibanez's home run sailed far over his head. Jimmy Rollins grounded a single into right to start the eighth inning, which Gonzalez picked up cleanly. Two batters later, Chase Utley tripled off the top of the right field wall. Bert gave it a leap, but it was beyond his reach.
Ellsbury, CFAL East: Reds/Rays at Noon and Brewers/Yankees at 7 PM.
Pedroia, 2B
Gonzalez, RF
Youkilis, 3B
Ortiz, 1B
Saltalamacchia, C
Reddick, LF
Scutaro, SS
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Monday, December 24, 2007
All We Need Now is the Easter Bunny...
Posted by Dawn at 9:39 PM
28 comments:
Merry Toothfairy Christmas Lexi!
- December 24, 2007 at 9:56 PM
- December 24, 2007 at 10:12 PM
- Melissa said...
You too, huh? Thankfully the tooth fairy delivered last night at our house. $5 last night and a ton of presents tonight. Kid made out like a bandit.
- December 24, 2007 at 10:13 PM
She is such a doll! Even with the hole in her head! :)
- December 24, 2007 at 10:26 PM
- Wend- said...
Tis the Season(s) - Tooth Fairy visit tonight here too. Is it something to do with the weather, or children trying to double dip on holiday characters?
- December 24, 2007 at 10:29 PM
- S said...
Funny because we have our first lost tooth too!!
I think they are double dipping!
Merry Christmas.
- December 24, 2007 at 11:35 PM
- Paisley Teacup said...
Merry Christmas Dawn! You bring joy and laughter to me, and I hope you have a lovely Christmas!
- December 25, 2007 at 12:06 AM
Merry Christmas Dawn, to you and all of your wonderful family.
Thanks for all the laughs you've given me this year.
- December 25, 2007 at 12:26 AM
- Rick said...
So what does a tooth go for in your parts? (Asked with the relazation that it will be nearly seven days before I get an answer.)
- December 25, 2007 at 12:48 AM
- Rick said...
P.S. Adorable face - she has her mother's eyes. I know them well.
- December 25, 2007 at 12:54 AM
My daughter lost a tooth tonight, too! She also lost her very first tooth LAST Christmas Eve. What are the chances? Last year, I told her that Santa was going to make the tooth fairy look bad. Let's see, 4 quarters vs. a pile of toys...
- December 25, 2007 at 1:13 AM
- Mackenzies Momma said...
speaking of needing the easter bunny have you seen the book 'how the easter bunny saved christmas'? cute fun look at what happens when santa gets hurt.
- December 25, 2007 at 2:56 AM
- peach said...
Congratulations Lexi!
Merry Christmas !
Hugs Peach
- December 25, 2007 at 7:35 AM
- AKB said...
Ours is wiggly but not ready to pull yet. Maybe by Cupid time...or St. Patricks, or Easter bunny...or Uncle Sam, or Pilgrim time...who knows???
Have a great week.
- December 25, 2007 at 11:05 AM
- Robin said...
Congratulations on the 1st lost tooth!! Merry Christmas to you and your family!
- December 25, 2007 at 11:21 AM
- BigDadGib said...
Merry Christmas my freind.
- December 25, 2007 at 11:35 AM
- foxflame88 said...
Don't you know that the Tooth Fairy and Santa Clause are good friends? My nearly four year old reminded me when I disagreed and he made me watch Disney's The Santa Clause 2 to prove it. ;)
- December 25, 2007 at 2:09 PM
- Shari's Page....... said...
That's hilarious to me! My middle son lost his first tooth yesterday (Christmas Eve) and he's SEVEN! Yes, SEVEN years old!
Merry Christmas!
- December 25, 2007 at 5:22 PM
OMG! Lexi looks like a younger version (sorry) of the caricature of you on your main blog page.
And may I say she is a sweet pea..
- December 25, 2007 at 9:23 PM
- Kathy said...
No lost teeth here, just two sick kids! How sweet, I'm sure Lexi will love tooth fairy and Santa visiting. Merry Christmas!
- December 25, 2007 at 10:46 PM
Awww... cute pic!!!
My sister rushed her 8 yr old daughter to the hospital this Christmas morning sure of appendicitis. (Yes, holidays ARE so much more fun in an ER!) Dr. thought so too, & sent her to ER. CT scan said so, they sent her to another hospital for surgery. Surgeons don't think so, think she's extremely constipated! LOL! We'll see by tomorrow!
- December 25, 2007 at 11:46 PM
- roseys madhouse said...
How cute I love the photos of kids with their gappy ( hmmm is that a word?) smiles. I hope she is feeling better, and that you all enjoy the day It is Boxing day here and I am soooooo over the harmonica that my lovely mother in law gave my 7 yr old son.
- December 26, 2007 at 12:03 AM
Hi Dawn,
Your daughter is just too cute!
I saw your poor table, and wanted to offer this tidbit of experience. When my daughter drew on our coffee table with a sharpie (permanent) marker, it came off easily with rubbing alcohol.
- December 26, 2007 at 12:25 AM
Hi Dawn, This is too funny..I was just thinking about asking you how much the Tooth Fairy give's per tooth at your house? I also was wondering if you save their teeth? I know strange question but I have a baggie full of them. I had to add a kernal of deer field corn to them just for laugh's. Merry Christmas. Kristine in Michigan.
- December 26, 2007 at 10:24 AM
- ComfyDenim said...
A fairy land traffic jam.
Love the visual picture..and the real picture...The kids get so excited over the funniest stuff.
- December 26, 2007 at 3:40 PM
My daughter got a visit from the tooth fairy and santa claus the same night, too. In fact, I think the tooth fairy helped with the milk. Not the cookies though because that has sugar in it and of course is bad for your teeth, or so I told my daughter.
- December 27, 2007 at 8:12 AM
- Debi said...
This is an awesome event in the life of a child. I remember when my oldest son found out teeth=money he tried desperately to pull out all his teeth, whether they were lose or not. Took us a while to convince him that it was NOT a good idea.
Adorable picture BTW.
- December 27, 2007 at 8:11 PM
So what was goin' on Christmas Eve that half the kids in the world seemed to be losing their teeth. My 7 yo decided she'd work on it until it came out. Finally at 9 or so it did and we put it under her pillow. So, I asked my dh to please remind the lil fairy to come. Meanwhile, Santa came, bla, bla, bla and then went to bed. 4:00 in the morning I'm wide=eyed scrambling to find $ and bumping my way to the other side of the house to deliver. So I put the $ under the pillow, can't find the tooth, decide to tuck her in to see if I can get a locale on the tooth and then bam! She's up. Mommy, the tooth fairy came! Great where's the tooth, Oh, it's underneath her, grab it, stick it in my pocket, no, no pocket, panties, that'll work! Okay, honey, go back to sleep, I was up(LOL) and just checking on you! All is well, and no, I didn't get to go back to sleep. Next time, I think I'll just do the guilt $ and deliver another night.
- January 1, 2008 at 5:23 AM


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I'm sure it's a perfectly well-adjusted reaction to want throw his toothbrush in the toilet when he leaves globs of toothpaste in the sink or when he walks around taking a tour of the house while brushing his teeth instead of just standing over the sink like a normal person.
"Oh you must have seen the sign on my door that reads, "Entertainment Committee". Please, come in, come in, and let me find something fun for you to do. Let's see, you could fold those twenty baskets of laundry I haven't gotten to. No? You can wash the dishes that are piled to the ceiling or scrub the bathroom floors. Not challenging enough? Perhaps you'd like to go around the house with the magic eraser and eliminate all traces of your siblings' artwork from the walls. Oh! I've got a good one for you! How about you practice your instrument that I paid a million dollars for and is now collecting dust! Do you even remember how to put it together?"
I am SO saving up for a laptop.
"What do you think Mom? Do you like my song?"
"Yes, that was interesting. What were you singing?"
"The alphabet song."
"Yes, I was singing in Hawaiio (sounds like a combination of Hawaii and Ohio)."
"Yes, it's like Spanish."
"I see."
After Lex left, Clay ran in full speed ahead (the only speed at which this kid moves), banged into my wall, fell back on his butt, and said, "I wish I was a hot rod."


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Love my weekly homemade pizza nights. It's a time for me to get creative and think of new (quick & easy) ways to kick up my pizza. So while staring blindly into the freezer for 15 minutes I couldn't think of anything to top my pizza. But staring back at me the whole time was a bag of sweet potato fries. Well, yeah, duh. Why not? And it worked fabulously. You really need to try this. It's so easy, quick to put together, and the leftovers (cold) are to die for. I'll just let the pictures do the rest of the talking.
And oh one more thing, this is the PERFECT way to get your kids (or fussy hubby) to eat vegetables.
Cook notes: make sure to let your sweet potato fries thaw a bit before using, about 30 - 45 minutes. You want them still firm but thawed just a bit. I know I've said this before but the whole grain pizza dough from whole foods is to die for good (freezes perfectly too).


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Guitarist tells of taxi crush death
Kylie Minogue's guitarist has said he and his girlfriend narrowly dodged death on Valentine's Day after a building fell "out of the sky" - crushing the taxi he was in and killing the driver.
Luke Fitton had enjoyed a romantic dinner with his girlfriend at Gordon Ramsay's Bread Street Kitchen restaurant and the taxi was driving along High Holborn when masonry struck it.
A large chunk of debris landed on his chest just centimetres from his face, St Pancras Coroner's Court heard today.
Julie Sillitoe was killed by falling building debris (Metropolitan Police/PA)
Taxi driver Julie Sillitoe, 49, a mother-of-three, was hit by the cement and killed almost instantly in the accident, which happened at around 11pm.
Speaking in a quiet voice barely above a whisper, Mr Fitton told her inquest how the evening turned into a tragedy he would never forget.
He said: "Quite instantly, I felt I had a huge piece of concrete on me, and it just seemed to go from absolute silence and normality to the complete opposite.
"I didn't understand what was going on. I was conscious, I was screaming and screaming because the pain was so blinding."
A large piece of concrete landed on his chest, crushing him, the inquest heard.
He said that he was overwhelmed by dizziness and confusion, and spent what seemed "like an eternity" calling out to his girlfriend to check she was okay.
He said: "People were trying to see what was going on and help, and I remember screaming to them to get this piece off me. Some piece of concrete.
"I'm not sure how much time was actually passing, but it felt like an eternity. Eventually, I got some kind of response from my girlfriend who was speaking to the people in the street.
"I was screaming, shouting, trying to get whatever was on me off. It just felt like it was not stopping going down, it was crushing, crushing, crushing."
Paramedics, police and an air ambulance rushed to the scene and he was cut out of the wreckage of the Skoda Octavia and treated.
But Mrs Sillitoe, from Finsbury in north London, suffered "devastating" head injuries which killed her.
London had seen bad weather and high winds that night and the days immediately before.
Mr Fitton said he had been "discussing how horrendous the wind had been that evening" with Mrs Sillitoe.
He paused several times and spoke very quietly as he told of the impact the tragedy had on him and his girlfriend - and said more could have been done to check the building's safety given the stormy weather.
He said: "For myself and my girlfriend, it has changed our lives so much in terms of appreciation that we were lucky in that situation.
"It makes you reflect and we are saddened that all three of us weren't able to come away from this experience."
Mr Fitton, who has only just stopped using crutches because of his injuries, added: "Having no way of rationalising how something like this can happen. You are not expecting to be worried about travelling home and buildings falling out of the sky."
He said he was still waiting for answers about why the accident happened.
He said: "People seemed to initially respond saying it was an 'act of God'. I feel that is a bit of 'We can't explain what happened'. I feel there could have been a lot more done.
"This is the UK. That was the last of a recurrence of a few days of bad weather. If you were concerned with your building it should be checked and maintained."
According to his website, Mr Fitton joined Minogue's live band as lead guitarist in October 2010 and performed with her on the Kylie Aphrodite Les Folies world tour.
Mrs Sillitoe's husband Steve said he had pleaded with her to stay off work because of the bad weather, but she refused so she could buy him a birthday present.
The security consultant choked back tears as he said: "She came up and said 'I'm going to go to work now'. It was very windy outside, it was bad weather. I said to her 'Do you have to go to work? Why don't you take the night off?'
"She said 'I have to go to work, I have to buy your birthday present'."
Mr Sillitoe later sent his wife a text saying he loved her, and she complained that it was very windy.
Mrs Sillitoe had to be cut from the wreckage of her car, but attempts to resuscitate her failed and she died at the scene from a massive head injury.
Mr Sillitoe paid tribute to his "fun-loving" wife, who was looking forward to becoming a grandmother for the second time.
He said: "She was extremely family orientated - with her granddaughter and her sons. Shortly before she learnt that (her son) Ben's partner was pregnant again with a girl, which she was overjoyed at."
He added: "It is a number of months since Julie was killed, and every single day I miss her very much."
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NASET News Alert
More Sleep Means More Focused, Emotionally Stable KidsOctober 22, 2012
How important is sleep for children? Getting too little could leave them more emotional and impulsive. As a nation, we don't get enough sleep. And we're passing along our night-owl habits to members of the next generation, which could leave them with less control over their emotions and more prone to impulsivity, according to the latest study. Lead author Reut Gruber, a psychologist at McGill University, and her colleagues describe in the journal Pediatrics a study in which they either added or deprived healthy children ages 7 to 11 of one hour of sleep a night over five nights. Their goal, says Gruber, was to see if such modest changes in the amount of sleep children get could affect their behavior. The children's teachers were asked to fill out a 10-item standard questionnaire to assess the children's attention, impulsivity, irritability and emotional reactivity at the end of the study period. To read more, click hereBack to NASET News Alert


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Two Murray Middle School students will be among approximately 1,000 California students who will compete at the State Science Fair in May.
Two Murray Middle School students will be among approximately 1,000 California students who will compete at the State Science Fair in May.
Sydney Marler took first place May 19 in the Kern County Science Fair in Bakersfield for her project "The Effect of Electromagnetic Fields on the Characteristics of Garden Bean Development."
She divided the plants into three groups of 10 each and fed one group no EM, another group a small amount of EM and the third group full EM. The results indicated the more electromagnetic field placed on a plant, the better it will grow in size and productivity.
She said there may have been other variables that affected plant growth, so she is not 100-percent sure the EM was the determining factor.
Sophia Speredelozzi took second place with her project "On Thin Ice." She researched the effect of surface area and melting rates for various pieces of ice. The results indicated that the more surface area, the faster the melting rate.
Owen Anderson took third place with his potato shooter which determined that the more alcohol in hair spray, the longer the projection of the potatoes. Callie Corzine took third place in her category as she researched which temperature of water caused the strongest tornado. She is an Oklahoma Sooner fan, so tornadoes are important to her. She found hot water caused the strongest tornado.
Lakota Giles received an engineering cash award for his project that determined what type of rock held the most oil. Cameron Thornton received a cast award from the Office of Engineering and Oil Industry for his project designed to determine how trapped infrared radiation would affect radiation. He hoped to determine if the greenhouse effect was really occurring. He feels his project determined the greenhouse effect is true.
Kyler Samuels and Isaiah Johnson also competed at the county level.
Some of the students had mentors from China Lake to help them with their projects.


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* U.S. Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing
Mr. Steve Hadley
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The US Branch of the ISTD was initially formed in California in 1958 by Alex Moore, John & Jill Morton, Jim & Olive Cullip, Albert & Molly Morgan, Jack & Bemil McGregor and Margaret Michael, and in 1959 received permission from the NCDTO to organize it's first examination tour with Examiners from England. The first Imperial Ball Competition, held in 1959 in San Francisco, was won by John King and Cissy King, later of "Lawrence Welk Show" fame. In 1960, a proposal was submitted to the NCDTO to officially recognize USISTD, and a similar application was made by a group of teachers in NYC lead by Don Byrnes, Avril Burgess and Alex Desandro. These applications culminated in 1962, with the NCDTO formally recognizing the US Branch of ISTD, which was by then comprised of East Coast and West Coast Chapters, and 1963 saw the East Coast Committee organize the first Eastern Area Imperial Ball at Corso's, a latin club in New York City.
1964 saw the formation of a Mid-West Chapter and the ISTD Atlantic City competitions were born when organized by Frank Regan at the Claridge Hotel. These early events were supported by a handful of professional couples, Joe & Nancy Jenkins, Larry & Betty Silvers, Terry Gregory & Cathy Creamer, Terry & Carol Mezen, Martin & Gwen Silva, Bill & Bobbi Davies, Frank Regan & Aleta Marcy and Dennis & Fran Rogers. The Society was very active at this time, bringing to the USA such luminaries as Alex Moore, Connie Grant, Phyllis Haylor, Elizabeth Romain and Eric Hancox to train and examine teachers for their professional degrees.
Responding to an NCDTO challenge of its status as a "branch", the Constitution & By Laws of the Society were re-written by Dennis Rogers in the US and Peter Pearson in London, and a license agreement signed. In 1976 the wholly independent United States Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing was born, and its permanent status as a member of the NCDTO remained unchallenged.
Restructuring in 1998 resulted in the formation of one National Committee, rather than two area Chapter committees, and it is in this format that the Society operates today. The current President of the Society is John Pattillo and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees is Judi Hatton. The Society can list members in almost every state in the USA, including Hawaii.
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Everybody itches. Sometimes itch serves as a useful warning signal — there's a bug on your back! But sometimes itch arises for no apparent reason, and can be a torment.
Think of the itchy skin disorder eczema, or the constant itching caused by some cancers. "A very high percentage of people who're on dialysis for chronic kidney disease develop severe itch that's very difficult to manage," says Dr. Ethan Lerner, an associate professor of dermatology at Harvard Medical School.
Scientists now say they've got a much better clue as to how itch happens.
For a long time, the thought was that itch piggybacked on the nerves that feel pain or temperature. But it now looks like itch has its own dedicated highway from skin to brain.
And the molecule that makes itch happen comes as a surprise; it usually hangs out in the heart, where it helps control blood pressure.
It's a neurotransmitter called natriuretic polypeptide B, or Nppb.
Researchers at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research wondered what it was doing in nerve cells. To find out, they created a mouse that didn't make Nppb in its body.
Things that made a normal mouse scratch like crazy had no effect on mice with no Nppb. But when those mice were injected with the substance, they scratched, too.
Nppb seems to be working sort of like an itch-molecule. Take it away and the mice don't itch. Put it back and the itch returns.
The researchers also found a small group of nerves in skin that produce and use this molecule to send an itch message to the spinal cord.
This research hasn't been replicated in humans, so it doesn't prove that human itch works the same way. But the researchers are confident that the molecule is a key clue in defining the long-elusive itch pathway.
The study was published in the journal Science.
An old saying has it that an itchy nose means you're destined to kiss a fool. Another claims if your palm itches, you're going to come into some money. A study released this week sheds a more scientific light on itching, and gives one explanation as to what goes on in our bodies when we have that irresistible urge to scratch.
NPR's Rhitu Chatterjee has the story.
RHITU CHATTERJEE, BYLINE: Ethan Lerner is a dermatologist at Harvard Medical School. He's spent his career trying to understand how and why we itch. Lerner says itching evolved as a way to protect us, to make us scratch.
ETHAN LERNER: To remove bugs of various types that are trying to feed off of us or burrow into us.
CHATTERJEE: But sometimes the itching seems to have no apparent purpose. Lerner says think of eczema or the constant itching you get with some cancers and in chronic kidney disease.
LERNER: A very high percentage of people who are on dialysis have intense itch, which is very difficult to manage.
CHATTERJEE: He says scientists know very little about what's actually going on inside our bodies when we itch. It's a complex circuit that links the skin to the brain.
LERNER: If we view itch as a puzzle, there are many components. These include the skin, the immune cells in the skin, the sensory nerves that extend from the skin to the spinal cord.
CHATTERJEE: Lerner says these nerve fibers that are just below our skin sense all sorts of changes in our environment. If someone turns up air conditioning, you feel cold. It hurts if you prick yourself. Now, scientists have long thought that itching probably involved the same nerves.
MARK HOON: We were particularly interested in a set of neurons that are responsible for the detection of not only itch, but also temperature and some types of pain.
CHATTERJEE: That's neuroscientist Mark Hoon. He's at the National Institutes of Health outside Washington and one of the authors of the study. He and his team decided to look more closely at what these nerve cells were doing. They started working with lab mice. Soon things got really interesting.
They discovered that some of the nerve cells they were looking at were producing an unexpected molecule.
HOON: Natiureitc polypeptide B. It's a very long name.
CHATTERJEE: NPPB for short. It's found in the heart and kidneys. But Mark Hoon had no idea what it was doing in these nerve cells. So he used genetic engineering to create a mouse that didn't make NPPB, and watch what happened.
HOON: We tested it for hot, for cold, for pain.
CHATTERJEE: All normal.
HOON: And we tested it also for itch.
CHATTERJEE: The result was surprising. Things that made a normal mouse burst into frenzied bouts of itching had little effect on the mouse with no NPPB. Parts of the itch puzzle had begun to fall into place. NPPB seems to be a specific itch molecule. And the small group of nerve fibers producing it are a special itch highway between the skin and the spinal cord.
Mark Hoon and his team report their findings in this week's Science magazine. When Ethan Lerner, the Harvard dermatologist, read the study, he was excited.
LERNER: I would say it's fairly big.
CHATTERJEE: Now, it's difficult to tell as yet whether this works in the same way in people. But if it does, Lerner says blocking this molecule, or the nerves producing it, could be a way to help patients with acute and chronic itching.
In the meantime...
LERNER: I never tell a patient not to scratch an itch. If you have an itch, you need to scratch it.
CHATTERJEE: Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR News.
MONTAGNE: And you can see a video of the itchy and the non-itchy mouse at NPR.org.
CHORUS: (Singing) Scratch, scratch me like. Scratch, scratch me back. It really is a fact that if I itch the more I scratch.
HARRY BELAFONTE: (Singing) Oh, we went out to...
MONTAGNE: This is NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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