by Terry Meiners Kentucky’s unseemly annual political spectacle Fancy Farm leads to a morning after walk of shame. Is this church sponsored hate parade really the best venue for Kentucky leaders to advance ideas? Words matter. Stupid words not so much. People expect to hear and read shrewd, sometimes rude, political jabs from professional talk show hosts, media writers, bloggers, cartoonists, and comedians. That’s the gig, a gig of gags. Politicos are rarely mistaken for standup comedians. They’re gasbags. On one Saturday a year, their gas turns to flat gags and suddenly news reports about Fancy Farm validate America’s suspicion that Kentuckians are a living Dukes of Hazzard script. (And not one of the good ones where Daisy bends over to pick up her MCAT
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Hollering PIMP DOWN adds to fireworks drama
What the fun is happening here?
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Daniel Boone – 1st in War, 1st in Peace, a Kentucky story
"The dark and bloody ground. What a harsh phrase for such a peaceful countryside." Fess Parker as Daniel Boone and Ed Ames as Mingo star in this 1960s network television frontier show. In the 5th episode of season 3, President George Washington visits Kentucky in response to a letter purportedly from Daniel Boone. In reality, Boone never made the request. It turned out to be a conspiracy for an attempted assassination of President Washington. Not surprisingly, Dan'l and Mingo came through.
Great Ladies Day Live
I love my Great Day Live teammates. Left to right, Laura Rogers, me, Rachel Platt, and Angie Fenton are all strong women with delightfully humorous personalities. Each one is a treasure in my life. Our weekday morning magazine show has been a joyous ride for the past three years. No changes are expected as we roll into our fourth year. Our team photo from August 22, 2012 A comparison from today to our launch photos from August 2011 And just for fun, enjoy this morning's opening segment where we were not prepared for the start of the show.
Kentucky Derby 140 earns cred for California Chrome
A phenomenal Kentucky Derby run by California Chrome secured the hope that a Triple Crown winner could be in the making for 2014. The horse's owners tell their story below. Your browser does not support iframes.
Heaven is Kentucky
So far, my horse is still in it. A spot along the rail is the best seat in any sporting venue anywhere. In Kentucky, we teach them the fine art of pari-mutuel wagering as soon as they're old enough to reach the betting window. Keeneland in the the spring: a perfectly Kentucky experience
Inaugural PM Louisville show on WHAS-TV
Here are cuts from the very first PM Louisville show that ran on September 7, 1989. WHAS-TV added hosts Ange Humphrey Davidson and me to localize the PM Magazine franchise. Ange and I would shoot all five of the next week's shows on Wednesday mornings at WHAS studios. We would begin at 8 a.m. and change clothes after each show to record the next. We usually wrapped shooting by 1:30 so that I could get to work prepping my radio show. Ange and I hosted PM Louisville for only one year. The show was repackaged as Louisville Tonight Live, which was broadcast live at 7 p.m. nightly. My radio show runs until 7 every night and Ange Humphrey lived
It’s the money tree we need to keep an eye on
Airplanes are landing at Bowman Field. Trees continue growing around Bowman Field. Some neighborhood residents have formed Plea for Trees, a group dedicated to saving the trees. An enormous amount of tax money is about to be spent for another assessment to assess the previous assessment that assessed yet another previous assessment. Let's inject some sanity into this situation. Why must we spend nearly $500,000 on a study of 150 trees (or clusters)? That's $3,303.33 per tree...for a study. Let's spend that money trimming tree tops that are in the standard glide paths of the runways, which are defined on pilot approach/departure charts. We all love trees. We all make choices when we buy houses at or near airports. Trees grow.
She said “Yes!”
It was fun having a marriage proposal on live TV. Watch these two young people become engaged on Great Day Live. And if Valentine's Day is awful for you, watch the Michael Jackson or Sinead O'Connor videos to feel your vibe.