Entertainment Picks (October 9, 2009)

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October 7, 2009

3 Things to check out this weekend

Anonymous The Suwannee Democrat Wed Oct 07, 2009, 08:00 AM EDT

30 Rock—Season 3

DVD ($49.98)

Amazon B0024FAD9M

Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin and Tracy Morgan return for more merry mayhem behind the scenes of a fictitious Big Apple TV network running on mishaps, misunderstandings and misguided programming. Oprah Winfrey, Steve Martin, Clay Aiken, Sheryl Crow and numerous other recognizable guest stars are hilarious as their own famous selves, and bonus features include commentary, deleted scenes and a fly-on-the-wall perspective of the cast giving a read-thru of the season’s finale episode.

—Neil Pond, American Profile

Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Sports Spectacular

Softcover, 486 pages ($18.95)

Amazon 1607100347

The “Bathroom Reader” folks turn their wide-ranging, fact-grazing gaze on the world of sports with this handy-dandy compendium of tidbits, anecdotes, origins, quotes, trivia and factoids about football, baseball, basketball, tennis, golf, hockey, tennis, bowling, wrestling, racing, paintball and many other competitive odds ’n’ ends. Sports fans of every stripe will want to keep it handy anywhere—like the bathroom—they might need something endlessly browsable at their, shall we say, disposal.

—Neil Pond, American Profile

How Many Licks?

By Aaron Santos, Ph.D.

Softcover, 175 pages ($14.95)

Amazon 0762435607

The author puts his doctorate degree in physics to entertaining use in this collection of procedures for mathematically finding—or, at least, realistically estimating—the answers to an array of fanciful questions. How many pennies would it take to fill up a wishing well? How long would it take to dig your way out of prison using a spoon? What’s the total around-the-bases mileage logged by Hank Aaron in his 755 home runs? No matter how you feel about math, Santos’ puzzle-solving prowess shows you just how much you can do when you put on your thinking cap.

—Neil Pond, American Profile

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VIDEO: 'Ring of fire' solar eclipse

The solar eclipse that took place Sunday evening was an annular eclipse, one in which the moon blocks almost all of the sun. Some of the best viewing was in Asia, as with this video filmed in Japan.

May 21, 2012 1 Photo
Hope Notes reception for donors, volunteers, school personnel and those involved in this project May 15 at 6 p.m. at The Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park
May 13, 2012 1 Photo
Viral video: Zoo lion goes crazy over zebra-striped baby
A baby boy wearing black and white stripes -- like a zebra -- looked awfully tempting to a lioness at the zoo in Portland, Ore. this week. His parents captured video of the big cat pawing at her glass cage, trying to eat him.

May 3, 2012 1 Photo
Viral video: Family sings 'Bohemian Rhapsody' on way to school
One dad starts the weekdays off right by staging a sing-along to Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" with his three kids during their morning ride to school.

April 27, 2012 1 Photo
Viral video: Bears interrupt weather report at Pa. TV station
A mama bear and three of her cubs were caught on camera at a northeastern Pennsylvania television station seconds before a live weather report was about to begin.

April 25, 2012 1 Photo
Photo tribute: 100 years of baseball at Fenway Park
This year Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox, celebrates its 100th anniversary as America's oldest Major League stadium -- and the setting for some of baseball's greatest players, historic wins and crushing losses. That sacred magic is captured in two exhibits at the 20-year-old Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester, a Boston suburb.

April 19, 2012 1 Photo 1 Slideshow
Viral video: High school prom spills into street for 'Footloose' dance
A group of high school students from Oklahoma made their prom memorable by staging a choreographed dance to "Footloose" in the middle of the street. The video of students from Hennessey High School in Hennessey, Okla., was shot Saturday night and is quickly going viral.

April 17, 2012 1 Photo
Viral video: Rain delay antics at college baseball game
Fans aren't the only ones who get bored during rain delays in college baseball -- the players do too. But the teams from the Southern Miss and Ole Miss found some creative ways to pass the time this week during an extended delay at Trustmark Park in Pearl, Miss.

April 5, 2012
100th anniversary of sinking of titanic special coverage
Online coverage begins today will include fascinating and emotional stories, slideshows and videos. Content updated daily.

April 4, 2012 1 Photo
DJ "Dr. Don," The Big 98 and Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park to revive Bluegrass Radio Show
The first show with The Big 98.1 will be broadcast from The Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park Radio Studio this Sunday, April 1, from 5 - 7 p.m.

March 31, 2012 1 Photo
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