January 31, 2006

First Up: Oprah Winfrey apologized for recommending the fabricated memoir, A Million Little Pieces, telling her audience, "I do not condone such lies."  Next week on Oprah's Book Club Apology:  Dr Phil's Weight Loss Secrets.
Item 2:  And Speaking of Books A major publisher has plans to release a chronicle of a woman who lived life as a man for eight months.  It's tentatively titled, Seacrest, Outed!
Item 3:  The UPN and WB networks have joined forces to become the new CW Network.  According to an insider, this will save viewers a lot of time, because now they only have to ignore one channel.
Item 4:  Dateline: Sweden
Car makers have introduced the first female crash-test dummy.  The new gender might not work out so well, because, unlike its male counter-part, this model will actually stop and ask for directions around the brick wall.
Item 5: A surprising new study has found that rape in men's prisons is very rare.  The few inmates who are victims of sexual assault were asking for it in those tight little orange jumpsuits.
And Finally:

The Bing Crosby Joke of The Week
An elderly couple was attending church services. About half-way through the sermon, the man whispers in his wife's ear, "I just cut a silent fart. What should I do?"  "Put a new battery in your hearing aide."