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Hannity, Boortz give Palin praise
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Fox News star Sean Hannity dubbed his partnering with fellow WSB-AM (750) radio host Neal Boortz Friday at Cobb Energy Centre as “Abbott and Costello.”
Indeed, Hannity and Boortz have been tight since they competed with each other on rival Atlanta radio stations in the early 1990s. While their bosses considered them bitter competitors when Hannity was on WGST-AM (640), they used to call each other during commercial breaks and compare notes.
“If I had that hair,” the follicle-challenged Boortz said, pointing at Hannity’s thick locks, “it’d be ‘Boortz and Colmes!’ “
When Boortz told a story about being at a nasty hotel in Denver during the Democratic convention and finding an adult toy behind the bed, Hannity, in mock exasperation, said, “Did you ever grow out of the age of 14?”
“You have to grow old,” Boortz retorted. “You don’t have to mature.”
And since they had just come back from two weeks of political conventions, the pair brought in former presidential candidate and Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and former Clinton adviser Dick Morris to (mostly) bash Barack Obama and universally praise John McCain’s new vice presidential pick, Sarah Palin.
“She’s authentic,” Hannity said. He compared her grace and confidence to Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan and feels the media has been “demeaning” with its scrutiny.
Then he offered $100 to an audience member to properly define “community organizer,” a job Obama once held and Palin mocked last Wednesday. Paraphrasing her speech, a woman in the fifth row said, “A mayor without responsibilities.” A bemused Hannity opened his wallet and gave her $100.
Boortz quickly cracked, “You want my $100, you’re going to have to earn it!”
‘PEACHTREE BATTLE’ ENDS WITH SELL-OUT
After more than 1,300 performances and seven years, the play “Peachtree Battle” threw out its final quip Sunday afternoon, a record-breaking run that may be difficult to beat.
Buzz stopped by Saturday afternoon at Ansley Park Playhouse for a special showing (sold out, of course) featuring Anna House as the drunk yet lovable grandma with the sky-high hair, Azalea Wieuca. House had left the cast last year after more than 1,000 times but decided to do it one more time for nostalgia’s sake.
For House, it was like jumping back on a bike as she showed her usual impeccable comic timing to the very end. Holding roses moments after the last curtain call, she said she’s proud of her work on the play. “It’s the end of an era after seven years,” she said sadly, then mused, “I’ve had marriages that didn’t last as long!”
Co-founder John Gibson told Buzz after the show how grateful he was for the audiences. His partner Anthony Morris noted that “Battle” in its first four years was often sold out months in advance and even toward the end was still filling enough seats to make money.
But the pair want to focus on the film version of “Battle,” which is stripped of local jokes about Smyrna and Gov. Sonny Perdue but keeps the bones of the wacky family interactions. Sony has picked it up and will soon be casting, Gibson said. A popular play the pair created back in the 1990s called “Veranda” will take over the space next month.
In the meantime, House’s teased wig will be encased in glass and placed in the lobby — an heirloom for the ages.
COLBERT’S DNA HEADED TO SPACE
Should this world ever cease to exist, Stephen Colbert will live on.
The comedian’s DNA will be digitized and sent to the International Space Station, Comedy Central was to announce today.
In October, video game designer Richard Garriott will travel to the station and deposit Colbert’s genes.
Garriott, one of few private citizens to travel into space, is collecting material for a time capsule of human DNA. The host of “The Colbert Report” will essentially be preserved so that aliens can clone him. “In the unlikely event that Earth and humanity are destroyed, mankind can be resurrected with Stephen Colbert’s DNA,” Garriott said.
HIGH FIVE
Sports moms
Despite what Sarah Palin said about hockey moms being like pit bulls with lipstick, there are other ways to spot the puck parents among us. From AskHockeyMom.com, here’s a sampling from “Top Ways to Spot a Hockey Mom.”
5. She thinks anything televised would be a lot more interesting if checking were allowed.
4. She’s found a way to work broken $200 hockey sticks into her home décor.
3. She sends her kids to the penalty box instead of time-outs.
2. In the back of her van, she carries a fleece blanket and a winter coat — in August.
1. She knows every way possible of getting bloodstains out.
Courtesy: AskHockeyMom.com
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Comedian Sid Caesar is 86. Singer Aimee Mann (at Variety Playhouse this past Friday) is 48. Actor David Arquette is 37. Actor Henry Thomas (“E.T.”) is 37. Actor Larenz Tate is 33. Singer Pink is 29. Actor Jonathan Taylor Thomas (“Home Improvement”) is 27.
Contributing: Rodney Ho, Bo Emerson and news services
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