Author: Randy Slovacek

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Gregory Harrison cast on The CW’s “Ringer”

Gregory Harrison has been cast in the recurring role of Tim Arbogast, the wealthy father of Gemma (Tara Summers) on The CW’s Ringer  TVGuide.com has reported.

Harrison, whose credits include Trapper John, M.D., Logan’s Run and Falcon Crest, will first appear in Episode 13.

I was fortunate to work with Gregory twice – on Broadway in Stephen Sondheim’s FOLLIES and in the national touring company of CHICAGO. I can’t say enough great things about Gregory. Great talent and presence on stage, and backstage everyone loved being around him.  I think of him not only a terrific talent, but a friend.

Ringer airs Tuesdays at 9/8c on The CW.

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650,000 Americans Joined Credit Unions Last Month

One of the tactics the 99 Percenters are using to take back the country from the 1 percent is to move their money from big banks to credit unions, community banks, and other smaller financial unions that aren’t gambling with our nation’s future.

Now, the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) reports that a whopping 650,000 Americans have joined credit unions since Sept. 29 — the date that Bank of America announced it would start charging a $5 monthly debit fee, a move it backed down on this week.

To put that in perspective, there were only 600,000 new members for credit unions in all of 2010. “These results indicate that consumers are clearly making a smarter choice by moving to credit unions where, on average, they will save about $70 a year in fewer or no fees, lower rates on loans and higher return on savings,” said CUNA President Bill Cheney.

Just two weeks ago, we opened a new account at a credit union here in Las Vegas.  I suggest folks explore the options.  Big banks took a huge bailout, paid themselves huge bonuses and continue to add hidden fees to take advantage of middle and lower income families.  Check out your local credit union today.

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Candi & Randy Show: Kardashian divorce and marriage equality

Last night’s radio with Candi became a semi-funny, semi-serious discussion of the LGBT community’s reaction to the Kim Kardashian / Kris Humphries “72 day marriage” versus the denial of marriage equality for gays and lesbians.

Take a listen. (may take the file a few seconds to load – wait for it).

Listen to internet radio with CandiXRandy on Blog Talk Radio
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Recap of the Herman Cain harassment debacle to date

1. Herman Cain was apparently accused of sexual harassment by two women during his stint with the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s.

2. Cain revealed his flair for the dramatic during an appearance in Washington Wednesday morning, telling an audience of tech executives that anonymous “factions” are waging war against his campaign.

3. Cain initially blamed the mainstream media and liberals for spreading the “baseless lies” about him.

4. Then Cain lost it on a bunch of reporters in Virginia and his bodyguards started a melee that ended with a father and his kid being pushed up against a wall.

5. Then, the AP came out with a report that a third woman who worked for the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s came forward to accuse Cain of making “inappropriate” and sexually suggestive behavior.

6. A lawyer for one of Cain’s two initial accusers filed a request for his client to be released from her confidentiality agreement so she could share her side of the story. But by the end of the day, the woman had changed her mind and decided not to go public for fear of becoming “another Anita Hill.”

7. The Cain campaign shifted the blame game by accusing Rick Perry’s campaign of leaking the sexual harassment story in some kind of professional political hit job.

8. Perry’s media team went into overdrive, flatly denying that the Texas Governor’s presidential campaign was behind the incendiary Cain story.

9. Donald Trump weighed in on the debacle, telling Cain to sue the women who accused him.

10. Newt Gingrich, a 2012 presidential hopeful who has seen his fair share of sex scandals, had some words of wisdom for his Republican rival: “My first advice is to do what he hasn’t done, which is say nothing until you sit down with your lawyers and with the people who know the facts.”

11. Mark Block, Herman Cain’s now famous chief of staff, doubled down on the campaign’s accusations against the Perry campaign, and demanded an apology from the Texas Governor.

12. At the end of the day, Herman Cain – speaking in the third person – declared “”Herman Cain is in it to win it. And why is Herman Cain in it to win it? Because Herman Cain is inspired.”

Got that? For more – if you really need it – go to businessinsider.com

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Female Comedians Pay Tribute to Phyllis Diller

Growing up my best friend had one of Phyllis Diller’s comedy albums and it was one of the funniest things I ever heard – to this day. We would listen over and over, and every time it made us laugh.

Her laugh, how she made fun of housework, Fang,… everything.

One of the few people that deserve the title “legend.”

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Kelly Clarkson continues strong sales – new CD debuts at #2

American Idol Kelly Clarkson’s 5th studio album, Stronger, debuts at #2 on the Billboard Top 200 and #2 on the Digital Albums Chart selling over 163,000 units.

All 5 of Kelly’s albums have debuted in the Top 3. The first single, “Mr. Know It All” peaked at #4 on the iTunes Singles Chart and is still currently in the Top 10.

Entertainment Weekly calls Stronger, “a breakup album for the ages” while Billboard states, “she’s in her strongest form yet on fifth album Stronger.” The New York Times claims, “Ms. Clarkson is turning into the Mary J. Blige of pop,” while USA Today says “vocally, Clarkson has never sounded better.” Rolling Stone states Kelly has, “one of music’s most remarkable voices.”

Check out the CD on Amazon by clicking here.