Wild West Wednesdays: Shoot Out at Dark (Tombstone Territory, 1957)

 From season 1 of Tombstone Territory:

John Beradino guests as a parolee looking to get married and live a peaceful life. Some old friends have other ideas......

Advertising for Dummies: Do we really need a camel on a Wednesday? (2013)

 One of the lamest GEICO commercials of all time......

13 years later, the camel is back to help promote tomorrow's Patriots-Seahawks rematch on NBC. I'm already sick of it.

What Might've Been: The Toni Tennille Show (1980)

 Three years after The Captain & Tennille Show ended, Toni Tennille went solo with a daytime variety show, produced by game show icon Bob Eubanks.

Unfortunately, The Toni Tennille Show was a flop, cancelled after less than 6 months on the air.

This sampler features Jane Fonda and Peaches & Herb.

No rating. I was in high school at the time.

Coming Attractions: ESPN gets in on the Jeopardy! party

 It wasn't so long ago that Sony had expanded the Jeopardy! franchise, creating a Pop Culture version with Saturday Night Live's Colin Jost as host.

Tomorrow, that expansion will include ESPN.

ESPN Jeopardy! drops on Disney+ & Hulu, with Monday Night Football play-by-play man Joe Buck at the controls, coming off his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Buck dropped by Good Morning, America to talk about it.

Seems Disney suits see Buck as the 2nd coming of original Jeopardy! moderator Art Fleming. A mixture of celebrities (i.e. Jon Hamm, Keegan-Michael Key), ex-athletes, and current ESPN talents will play for charities. Having already seen the list of contestants, resident court jesters Stephen A. Smith & Pat McAfee are sitting out for now.

This will be a trip.

Musical Interlude: Close to You (1990)

 As the 90's began, there was a need for fresh voices on the radio. Maxi Priest broke out of the gate with "Close to You":

Dunce Cap Award: Rand Paul

 Dr. Anthony Fauci, now long retired, was called before Congress this morning.

Waste of time.

Fauci invoked the 5th Amendment more than 100 times, knowing that the committee fronted by Kentucky quack Rand Paul, was looking for something with which they could prosecute him.

Paul is claiming without evidence that Fauci lied to Congress about COVID. On the advice of his lawyers, Fauci invoked the 5th, showing the cowardly GOPers that two can play this game. Paul should've known that, but all he's doing is trying to win brownie points with the White House.

In the end, it was just a stack of nothing burgers, typical of the GOP.

As a result, Paul gets a Dunce Cap for insulting our intelligence yet again.

Another WWE wrestler dealing with stalker issues. Will this madness never end?

 The wrestler in question is one of the youngest women on the roster, Roxanne Perez, whose life, and that of her off-screen boyfriend, are being threatened by a delusional "fan". You know the type. The kind that thinks the object of their affection is "meant to be" with them.

On television, Roxanne is a heel, or, villain, as a member of the Judgment Day faction. The current women's world champ, stablemate Liv Morgan, can relate to Perez's problems, since she's also been stalked. Her stalker was arrested. Perez's stalker is, as of this morning, still at large.

The stalker in this case, whom we won't name, wanted to encourage Perez's beau to beat her up so she could see his point. Like, that's really going to happen. NOT! As WWE went to bat for Morgan, they'll do the same for Perez.

As for the stalker, well, dare I say it? His future is likely in a rubber room.