The one, the only, Sir Sean Connery. Don’t worry, we paid him $1 million dollars!

This is what Connery had to say….

“I’m swimming every day and I’m even trying to get the golf swing working again – but that might take a little bit longer.

“During the summer, I wasn’t in pain but I wasn’t feeling great. I came to the Edinburgh Film Festival in June then, when I left for the south of France, I realized I’d lost a little bit of weight and needed to change my regime. I’ve done that and the last few days have been pretty special with the family here.

“We’ve eaten non-stop and it has been a great celebration.”

Other birthdays today include THE Regis Philbin, Gene Simmons, Elvis Costello, Tim Burton, and Billy Ray Cyrus.

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Goes without saying, the movie of a thousand action stars, now has a trailer!

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I’m a huge fan of the National Lampoon’s Vacation movies. Out of the blue, Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo returned to their roles as Clark and Ellen Griswold. They even brought out a brand new Family Truckster!

The commercial appeared during the Super Bowl, but turns out homeaway.com filmed a full short film (14 minutes)! It’s pretty funny.

There’s also a behind the scenes video of YouTube here.

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Sammy Sosa…

• Said he didn’t take steroids. He did.
• Said he couldn’t speak English when asked questions by Congress. He can.
• Said the corked illegal bat wasn’t his. It was.
• Now says he turned white because of a skin rejuvenation treatment????

Good Grief.

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Finally, a role for “The Dush,” Eliza Dushku, that all should be proud of her for. She beat up Jimmy Fallon on Late Night!

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Regis Philbin is on overload lately. First, he appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman, dressed as Shrek. Next, there was news that ABC will bring back Who Wants to be a Millionaire this August for a two week run.

YouTube – Regis as Shrek on David Letterman

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As I’ve mentioned in episodes past, I am an avid motorsports fan, including the IndyCar series. The series will be shown for the first time on Comcast’s fledgling Versus network. Below is a promo from Versus for the coverage. It’s a short one done all in computer animation, where the cars transform into animals. Though this is not affiliated with Hasbro or Transformers at all. Yet another example though of the classic and proper way to animate a “Transformer.” Unlike the nonsense from Michael Bay.

Click on the image for the Video:

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Read all about it.

No, we’re not talking about Lynyrd Skynyrd’s 1976 song, which was covered nicely by Three Doors Down a few years ago, by the way. It’s the infamous maple syrup smell that has wafted throughout Greater New York City at random times over the last 4 years. I’ve caught a whiff of it many times. Usually when I am walking into work. Sometimes, like just last week, the syrup smell was very pungent, in my house in the middle of the night, with all of the windows closed!

Well, apparently, after hundreds of complaints from city residents over the years, Mayor Michael Bloomberg finally got to the bottom of it. The city and NJ environmental departments tracked the scent (I don’t know how they do that) to a small factory in North Bergen, NJ. The factory was making something with the herb fenugreek, which are seeds that contain an aromatic compound, sotolone, that is also found in maple syrup, so they are sometimes used to produce imitation syrup flavoring.

One might think it is nice to smell maple syrup in the air, that this should mask out the foul odors which have become a punchline for New Jersey. No I say. No. If I wanted to smell maple syrup, I want to be eating a flap jack!

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The J.J. Abrams led Star Trek film (2009) will have its first major trailer released this weekend as a preview during the new Bond film, Quantum of Solace. Entertainment weekly has posted the first image of the film’s Enterprise here.

Rob, find me the barf bag please!!! Now I’m thinking Shatner was wise not to be in this film.

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The HumanCar:

Inspired by the Flintmobile:

The HumanCar costs around $15,500, and is mainly made from recycled plastics. It weighs just 500 pounds and is powered by generating electricity from pumping several levers/handles, so you get exercise also. There’s an electric motor in case you get tired, too. It can reach speeds of 60 MPH, as well as serve as a power source for your home.

The only strange thing is that there’s no steering wheel?!?!

Video of the underlying design of the HumanCar:

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