Springfest 2010 is tomorrow!!!

The fun starts at 10 am!

Today is Good Friday, the oldest Christian celebration, commemorating the crucifixion.

Today is Great Lovers' Day, marking the birthday on April 2, 1725, of Italy's most famous lover-philanderer, Giovanni Giacomo Casanova.

Today is National Peanut Butter & Jelly Day.

The 101 number one song of the day was written by the famed show tune team of Rogers and Hart, but the result of this particular recording could never be imagined by the two when they put pen to paper in 1934. It was originally written for a Jean Harlow film and it was called “Make Me A Star.” It was dropped from the movie and new lyrics were written for it and renamed “The Bad in Every Man.” That version was rejected for another movie but the melody was then adapted for a third set of lyrics. It was then part of the sound track for several subsequent movies and Elvis recorded a traditional version in 1954. But it was a very un-traditional version that was the number one song in America on April 2, 1961 for a group named after what was the name of a haircut at the time: the Marcels “Blue Moon.”

Yesterday was the final day to fill out and mail back your Census form. The Census reports pretty good participation. Now Census workers will have to travel to each house that did not mail back a form and hand-count the household. The White House released a photo yesterday or the President filling out his family’s Census form.

We love the symbolism that everybody has to participate in the Census. But really…maybe Michelle could fill out the questionnaire…and you could work on the jobs thing, maybe?

Jay Leno told Joy Behar that both he and Conan O’Brien got screwed by NBC during their recent little dust-up.

Of course – Conan walked away with 40-million dollars. That’s…millions!! And Jay got his original show back and millions more. I’m guessing there are plenty of people available to explain to Jay what being ‘screwed’ by your employer actually looks like.

 

The Navy is considering stationing another 8,000 naval personnel on Guam. In a Congressional hearing on the matter this week – Georgia Congressman Hank Johnson asked if putting that many more people in Guam could cause Guam to tip over or capsize. We were waiting for him to yell “April Fool!”

Johnson later claimed he was speaking metaphorically – wondering if that many new people on the island could be a tipping point for the island’s fragile ecosystem and stressed infrastructure.

Okay.

We’re looking forward to the start of professional baseball here in Las Cruces in May when the Vaqueros kick off their inaugural season. We wonder if they are going to sell those sundaes in a little plastic batter’s helmet. In the meantime, get a load of this: The minor league Toledo Mudhens announced they’ll be selling a ‘fantastic freeze sundae’ this season. It’s fifteen scoops of ice cream…in a real batter’s helmet. Which actually sounds pretty gross. I mean, it’s going to taste like hair sweat!!

And finally - From the “ya gotta wonder department”…a doctor in Fayetteville, North Carolina is being investigated by the state medical board …after she gave a patient an epidural and performed a c-section …only to discover the patient wasn’t pregnant. At that point, according to the board…she closed the patient back up. Yeah – and if you think the board is a little upset…you should see the guy she operated on!!!

See you tomorrow at Young Park and, as always, Your Morning Show with Mike & KC begins at 6 am Monday morning.