Lightning Chugs Chocolate, Anna Nicole Zaniness, and the L.A. Angels?

Anna Nicole Smith’s Entertainment Tonight Interview – ET played an interview they did with her before her confused appearance at the AMAs, and she seemed just as badly off then, slurring about being in a coma ("yeah right"), learning to walk again ("is it because she was too fat??"), her weight loss (and made colon cleansing sound effects!), and how she's overcome all that ("You couldn't even understand her saying that!").  Um….yeah. 

Bit: Hooters in China – Boy, nothing says the fall of Communism like a Hooters!  The restaurant chain is planning to open several locations there, and the boys talked to ‘Donnie Cheng’, restaurant manager of the Shanghai branch.  He bemoaned the lack of ’qualified’ waitresses (“Why don’t we change the name to ‘Mosquito Bites’, or ‘Triple-A’!?”) and touted their menu of hot dogs (“German Shepard, Labrador Retriever,…you can even bring your own!”).

The Los Angeles Angels? Tim Mead, VP of Communications for the Angels talked about the controversy over the proposed name change for the team.  Owner Arte Moreno is looking to broaden the team’s geographic appeal and branding opportunities by enticing higher advertising revenue and TV deals.  Tim gave the standard corporate shpiel:  “still in discussions”, “persuing different things”, “aware of fan base”, blah blah blah.

They then talked to Mark Sackson, Angels beat writer for the Orange County Register, who basically thought it a bad idea; their newspaper got 2500 negative letters the day after this news story was pubished. 

Listener Responses - Listeners demanded again to hear Bean’s Footloose aircheck, and Paul Moyer being-an asshole tape again.  Listener David also had info on Bean’s prison penpal, Debbie Dixon.  He has pals who are correction officers at the penitentiary she is imprisoned at, and it turns out that Debbie isn’t exactly the Pam Anderson lookalike he thought she was —she’s actually 38 and black!  AND she’s missing a front tooth, has mustache, and looks like a man!  The others rolled in laughter and derision.  “Are you sure you’re not from the 909??”