What else could she do? (The Danny Kaye Show, 1964)

 "She" being ventriloquist Shari Lewis, who appeared with Howard Morris (ex-Your Show of Shows, The Andy Griffith Show) in an episode of The Danny Kaye Show.

We've seen Shari sing and perform magic in addition to her work as a puppeteer. Now, she steps into a new role as a dancer in this show-stopping number. 

I'd say she could've given Ann-Margret a run for her money, don't you think?

The season of the turk comes to WWE

 It's been a week since Wrestlemania, and all the attendant drama in and out of the ring. On Friday, WWE had its annual spring cleaning, and a lot of fans are displeased over some of the cuts:

Nikki Cross=3 time tag team champion, former women's champion.

Zoey Stark=had recently been activated from the disabled list, but instead of going back to NXT to prep for a return to the main roster, she gets cut. Not a good look, but WWE has cut wrestlers while injured before.

Alba Fyre=With tag partner Piper Niven on the DL (neck), Kay Lee Ray, the former NXT UK women's champ, was left as a bodyguard for Chelsea Green, wasting her talent.

Joe Gacy=Being part of the Wyatt Sicks saved his career, and he won a tag title, something he couldn't do in NXT.

Bo Dallas=The Wyatt Sicks was his way of honoring his late brother, Bray Wyatt, but getting injured hurt even more than he knew. Also, the Wyatt Sicks' feud with the MFT's was sabotaged politically.

Andre Chase=I believe he'd also been a coach at NXT, especially after Chase U was dissolved for the final time. Mostly a JTTS without the faction. Won a tag title in NXT.

Erick Rowan=Former tag team champion (with the late Luke Harper) was brought back, only to be cut a 2nd time.

Dexter Lumis=Won a tag title as a member of the Wyatt Sicks, but if WWE needs a graphic artist, maybe they'll bring him back.

Dante Chen=Got a modest push in NXT, only to have that stopped, and had last been in Evolve.

Kairi Sane=This hurts the fans more than anything. 2-time tag team champ as 1/2 of the Kabuki Warriors (w/Asuka), and was in the middle of a story arc that would break up the team if allowed to continue. Judging from reddit, Kairi has a lot of fans, and why not? 2nd time in 5 years she's been cut.

Aleister Black & Zelina=A year ago, Black returned from AEW to reunite with his wife, but instead of being pointed toward the US or Undisputed titles, where he would've had some stellar matches, uncreative kept ignoring him after losing a feud with Damian Priest.

Motor City Machine Guns=Former tag team champs with WWE & TNA, Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin will resurface soon, either in TNA, AEW, or Major League Wrestling.

Apollo Crews=One of the longest tenured of the talents cut, former US champion, mostly used as jobber fodder of late.

Santos Escobar=Former cruiserweight champ in NXT, had just returned, but sidelined again (biceps) while with AAA.

Luca Crusifino=The breakup of NXT's D'Angelo Family faction saw Crusifino move to Evolve. Never fully resolved his issue with current NXT champ Tony D'Angelo.

Malik Blade=Had moved to Evolve after tag partner Edris Enofe left a while back. Largely treading water.

Trill London

Sirena Linton

Tyra Mae Steele=Was the 1st season women's champ on LFG, had a couple of matches in NXT, then moved to Evolve, and disappeared.

Chris Island

Tyriek Igwe

Tyson Dupont=The High Ryze (Dupont & Igwe) seemed to disappear after Wes Lee (Dezmond Xavier) left for TNA, then AEW.

Trill London, Sirena Linton, & Chris Island were all WWE ID signees in the Peformance Center, and never got TV time on NXT.

Chief Creative Officer Paul Levesque (Triple H) has to share the blame with his corporate overlords at TKO Holdings, as some of the above were in active storylines or regularly featured. After New Japan star EVIL (Takako Watanabe) signed earlier this week, the cuts were made to move some money around. Many of the above talent will resurface in due course, but this wave of cuts gave fans more reason to hate on WWE/TKO, as if they didn't already have enough reason.

Meanwhile, Smackdown is reloading after taking some of the hits. The Fatal Influence faction arrived last night, with Blake Monroe (FKA Mariah May in AEW) and Ricky Saints (Starks) due soon. Rumors have Watanabe heading to either NXT or the main roster.

And after several wrestlers talked about being hassled by overzealous fans last weekend, well, the ones cut won't have to worry about that for a while. Maybe.

"Family" Fridays: The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe (1976)

 If you've seen the first two "Joshua Cabe" movies on Wild West Wednesdays, you have an idea about what to expect in the conclusion of Aaron Spelling's trilogy.

John McIntire (ex-Wagon Train) becomes the 3rd actor to essay the role of Cabe, after Buddy Ebsen & Dan Dailey. Jack Elam returns as Bitterroot, but we again have three new ladies as the "daughters", including Renne Jarrett, who appeared in quite a few primetime shows in guest roles in the 70's, and Louise "Liberty" Williams, who'd previously appeared on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Chico & The Man, & Adam-12 in the previous three years.

The plot: As the film begins, Cabe is an acting sheriff, but trouble arises when a failed business deal leads to trouble. Joel Fabiani (ex-Department S) and Larry Hovis (ex-Hogan's Heroes) turn up, as does Randall Carver, later of Taxi, who'd previously appeared in the last "Cabe" film.

What Spelling was hoping for was to turn this into a regular series, but Westerns as a genre were moving toward Boot Hill.

Next week on Wild West Wednesdays: Law of The Plainsman, with Michael Ansara, and on Family Fridays, it's father & son crime drama on The Defenders, with EG Marshall & Robert Reed.

Notes from around town

 A couple of years ago, the owners of La Capital Tacos on Ferry Street acquired the property upon which the long defunct Troy Pork Store stood. Not long after, they set up an outdoor dining space behind the building.

Now, pending approval from the city planning commission, La Capital plans to have Troy Pork demolished, with a new building going up, which would be La Capital's new home (the current eatery occupies the former Capitaland Taxi stand).

Get ready to say goodbye.

Troy Pork closed 18 years ago, leaving shoppers to have to go to Price Chopper or Hannaford to get Bilinski's hot dogs, for example. La Capital's success has shown it's outgrown its current space. Given how slow construction projects progress in this town, the new La Capital, if approved, would open next year or in 2028.

Stay tuned.

While James Morrell, Jr., owner of Destination Kia/Nissan, is the new court jester of local advertising, Fogg's Automotive in Scotia is treading on his territory with some comical radio ads.

We don't know exactly who the actors are, though I have a suspicion about one, Fogg's' latest ad is a parody of Seinfeld, with actors mimcking Jerry Seinfeld & Jason Alexander. The woman in the ads is the one constant. Fogg's offered some amusement at the end of last year with a Dragnet send-up.

A couple of weeks ago, WROW hosts Ben Patten & John Gabriel switched Saturday berths.

Patten, already pulling double duty weekdays, now has the 6-noon shift on Saturdays, including moderating the Herzog Law Firm's weekly talk show at 8 am. Gabriel now can be heard from Noon-6 pm on Saturdays, in addition to his 2-7 shift weekdays. With Patten's morning partner, Jaime Roberts, going away at the end of May for a station sponsored cruise (May 29-June 5), WROW will slot Keith Andrews into Patten's primetime berth for a week, while either Pattten, Andrews, or Gabriel will cover for Roberts on May 31.

"Brother" Lou Roberts (no relation to Jaime, we think) is still with Albany Broadcasting, just with another station. He has, however, filled in for morning traffic reporter Chris Morton on a few occasions, usually on a Friday. Roberts signed off from WROW in December, but the door seems to be open for him to return in a pinch.

More examples of GOP stupidity

 It's not been a good week for FBI director "Counterfeit" Kash Patel.

A lawsuit filed against an MS Now contributor was tossed out of court the same day that Patel filed a similar suit against The Atlantic. Expect the suit against The Atlantic to similarly be dismissed in due course.

Now comes word that at Patel's direction, the FBI investigated a New York Times reporter for a story on Patel's girlfriend, singer Alexis Wilkins, which Patel didn't like.

This moron's days are numbered in Washington.

That, friends, is clear abuse of power. Wouldn't be surprised at all if the FBI is forced to drop the investigation against the legendary paper.

Not only is Patel acting more like president Trump with frivolous actions like this, but so is Defenseless Secretary Pete Hegseth, who dismissed John Phelan as Secretary of The Navy on Thursday. Seems that Phelan was pushing back on Trump's equally frivolous war with Iran.

We'd sooner see this guy running the Navy.....

Closer to home, it appears that the GOP will need a primary to determine who will fill Elise Stefanik's seat after the Schuylerville native resigned from the House. State GOP leaders have chosen Robert Smullen, but Amsterdam's Anthony Constantino, CEO of Sticker Mule, was endorsed by President Pampers on Wednesday.

Of course, Constantino has also gotten support from two of Trump's fellow geriatrics, Roger Stone and Rudy Goofiani. Just getting endorsed by Trump may well be the kiss of death for Constantino come primary time. Constantino sucked up to Trump with a statue of the man some time back.

This will come back to bite the GOP on its collective tuchis, you watch & see.

Dunce Cap Award: Clay Fuller

 When Marjorie Taylor Greene decided to leave Congress, a special election took place in her home state of Georgia. Unfortunately, the voters there elected an even worse Republican doofus.

No, he'd never be mistaken for Donald Trump, Jr.

Clay Fuller won the election, and in one of his first speeches since then, brought the stupid. Oh, did he ever!!

*---Fuller claims the Peach State was named for George Washington. Nope. It was for King George II.

*---Fuller claims that Braves star Ronald Acuna, Jr. is an Atlanta resident. Same for University of Georgia QB Hunter Stockton. Wrong on both counts. Stockton lives elsewhere in Georgia, and, apparently, Fuller wasn't paying attention to the World Baseball Classic, or doesn't buy baseball cards, else he'd know that Acuna is from Venezuela, which won the tournament.

The last thing they need in Washington is another imbecile in Congress, but that's what they got. And you know what Fuller's getting.......

Fuller just needs to take a ride to Marietta, where the Braves' home park, Truist Park, is located, and take in a game or three, or do some sight-seeing when he's home from Washington. And that sight-seeing should include a local library.

What Might've Been: Andy Warhol's 15 Minutes (1985)

 I've often referenced Andy Warhol's statement back in the 60's that in the future, everyone would be famous for 15 minutes.

In 1985, MTV decided to do something with that, and gave Warhol his own show. Serving as host and executive producer, Warhol launched Andy Warhol's 15 Minutes, but only 5 episodes were produced between October 1985 and sometime in 1987. I'm going to guess this was a quarterly series, one episode every three months, which fits with the 15 minutes theme. Actress-singer Debbie Harry of Blondie is our announcer, and Blondie's Chris Stein was the show's musical director.

Never saw the show, but we'll leave you with a sample episode.