Wha' Happened?

Funny story that Eric told me this evening...

So one of his co-workers was meeting up with a friend and she agreed to meet the friend at 42nd St & Broadway. She's waiting and waiting for the friend, and finally the friend calls her and asks where she is. The girl realizes that the whole time she's been standing at 42nd St. & 7th Ave by accident. (It's important to know that the girl was slightly drunk at this point). She says to her friend on the phone, "Ah, sh*t, I'm over on 7th instead of Broadway. I'll be right there."

As she hangs up the phone, a guy next to her jumps in and says, "Miss, you just have to go one avenue that way and you'll be at Broadway." The girl was about to turn around and make a wiseass remark along the lines of "Thanks a**hole, I'm not a tourist, just got a little mixed up because I'm half-drunk..." when she realized who was standing next to her. It was Fred Willard.

She stands there for a moment and just says, "Wha' happened?"

Fred Willard just smiles and offers a mild chuckle, obviously having received that same remark from many others before. Willard's wife says, "I don't get it. People recognize you on the street and always make that 'Wha' happened?' comment. What's so funny about it?" Both Willard and the girl have a good laugh and then she goes on her way.

If you don't follow the reference, you're definitely missing out. [Hint, go rent/borrow a copy of A Mighty Wind]

- As some of you may know, I'm out of the loop when it comes to these popular hip-hop songs in the Top 40, you know, the ones that get played on every radio station like 45 times per day. Wait, does anyone out there actually listen to the radio anymore? Any case, I was flipping through TV channels, and came across one of the MTV step-child stations: MTV Hits on Channel 182 or somewhere up there. Heard this song called "S.O.S" by Rihanna. Anyone heard this? Only reason even recalled the song is because it's been on the iTunes Top 10 singles list for about 2 months now. Have to admit that I hadn't actually heard the song before seeing the video. [Side note: It's good to know that MTV is sticking to its roots by playing videos on the step-child station. I guess it's better to play them somewhere rather than nowhere.] Point of the story: she samples "Tainted Love" by Soft Cell. I mean, come on. She's sampling a song that was voted the #1 One Hit Wonder by VH1 a couple years back. If a hip-hop artist is sampling a song that is known for being a one hit wonder, wouldn't that be considered a bad omen? Maybe I'm looking too far into it, but something seems off. Maybe Rihanna is destined for One Hit Wonder status of her own. Wouldn't that be ironic?

- Hey, Memorial Day Weekend is upon us. Gotta love the Memorial Day. Reminds me of the old days watching the parade in Lafayette Hill. No, wait, that was 4th of July. Eh, regardless, Memorial Day is a solid holiday -- nice little 3 day weekend, looks to be some warm weather, I'll be in the city hangin out, and going out to Long Island on Sunday for a BBQ. Good times all around. Enjoy the long weekend.