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Given how monumentally successful Call of Duty is, it's a surprise this hasn't happened sooner. Franchise owner Activision today announced the first official convention celebrating the first-person shooter series, Call of Duty XP 2011. It'll take place over Labor Day weekend, September 2 and 3, at "a secure 12-acre compound in the urban confines of Los Angeles" and cost $150.
The festivities will include the premiere of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's multiplayer, hands-on time with MW3's MP and Spec Ops co-op survival modes, paintball on a recreation of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 map Scrapyard, a real-life version of MW2's Spec Ops time trial 'The Pit,' the full reveal of subscription service Call of Duty Elite's functionality, and an armory displaying weapons from the series.
In the realm of more traditional convention attractions, there will be developer discussion panels and Q&A sessions, contests, and tournaments, crowned by a 4-player team tourney with a $1 million prize pool.
The $150 two-day passes for Call of Duty XP 2011 go on sale on July 19. Proceeds from ticket sales will go to The Call of Duty Endowment, Activision's non-profit which helps ease armed forces veterans back into civilian life.
For those who wisely refuse to brave LA's weather and traffic, Activision assures there will be "a constant stream of high-production value videos" online and on television. There's no word yet on whether this will be free to watch or if a fee will be charged, like Activision subsidiary Blizzard does for its own BlizzCon.
"From the high production values of our live, immersive events--all the way to the smallest details in every design and activity--we're pulling out all the stops to make Call of Duty XP the ultimate gathering for the global community of Call of Duty fans," said Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg in the announcement. "The celebration will immerse attendees in a Call of Duty experience unlike anything they've ever seen before."
Considering how popular BlizzCon is as a community-strengthening tool and publicity platform for Blizzard's products--selling out within minutes every year--it's no surprise to see Activision follow suit with Call of Duty. It might only be a single franchise and arguably a single game, but it's just as beloved by its fans.


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I'm going too. Hey Riotz I bet I can get us there in 1 1/2hrs Maybe I'll put a big banner or flag on my truck that says follow me to the promised land(LVL 10).
I'm going too. Hey Riotz I bet I can get us there in 1 1/2hrs Maybe I'll put a big banner or flag on my truck that says follow me to the promised land(LVL 10).
I'd say about 2.5 hours from Philly, maybe 3 if traffic is terrible.
Mark me down as a confirmed attendee. I will bring my M98 and Co2 tanks to lend out. If I can get some teammates to come, there will be more extra guns.
If I am able to get the Level 10 Ninja stickers to press before the 13th (very likely), I will bring them to the party to give out. If you haven't done so yet, please go here:
Lv.10 Ninja Stickers Poll and vote for the type of sticker you'd like to see made.
Dude, I will OWN your truck on the highway. My saturn will leave your truck eating dust while you wait for your tires to spin onceOriginally posted by spacemanspiff
I'm going too. Hey Riotz I bet I can get us there in 1 1/2hrs Maybe I'll put a big banner or flag on my truck that says follow me to the promised land(LVL 10).
NINJA STICKERS!!! New special guest!!
Im thinking these Ninjas might just double our attendance!
As long as they don't totally flip out and kill everyone...
I have a mag if anyone needs to borrow it. It is hopper right, but beggars cant be choosers. Also have a mask and belt/pods...the whole setup. All I ask is that all this gets loaned to one person...makes it easier to keep track of things. I will have it on event day, so if it is needed, make yourself known to me.
Also, the drinking thing; I will also help to enforce no under 21 drinking. Remember; this is a hosted event. We all need to act responsibly, and help promote our sport, this guy's field, and AO. Besides, I carry a badge and gun at work, so dont cross me.
X-mag #10. Nuff said.
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Its okay you might out runme but once you get stiuck in traffic you'll be sorry. OH was that a speed bump I hit no sorry just a saturn
Dude, saturns are made out of DENT RESISTANT plastic. Metal = crunch. Saturns = bounce back just the same.
You can run me over, but once you drive off the hood, my car is looking the same
why cant there be anything like this in cali. i wanna move to the east coast...anyone wanna lend a home? =)
what kinds of fields are available, i just like speedball. There is a possibility that i might bring up my amatuer team
Only Nintendo could make a vidio game out of two fat italian plumbers who wanted to screw a chick in a pink dress.
Considering the prospect mentioned of a big-game type format, I am guessing woods. A Big Game on a speedball course would be rather, well, interesting.
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the drive is only like 30 mins from my house. hehehehehehhe
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What are the chances of getting Tom to come to this shindig?
re Fields:
I'm not positive, bust since this is a new field they only have a couple. 2-3 Speedball fields and posibly some woods. This would be a grand-opening of sorts for them. They are planning to have lots more fields, just not right now.
re Tom:
I'm sorry, but Tom can't make it out there for this event. He is very interested in it, but he already has other plans which I don't think he can change. Maybe AO Day III =].
He IS sending his bestest Tech (Jon) and the AGD Spokewoman (CaPoEiRa) though!
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He will be sending stickers though, right? ::rubs hands together evilly:: I like stickers.
i will be there. even though i'll have to leave early. it's my stupid aunt's fault. she's throwing my uncle a 60th birthday party 6 months early. (to make sure he's surprised )
Originally posted by Bigzamboni
Approximately 2 hours 30 minutes less driving time(round trip):
More Sleep, gas saved, less begging of parents. Also enables friends to be taken.
$54 saved on admission and air, $40 saved on paint (per case)
Easier on my Job-less(at the moment) self, and More Paint!
Being able to go home and shower at the end of the day...
Convinces me to go to the AO Meet.
My friends don't have 'Mags, as they are newer players, I'm sure they will be accepted, and maybe even converted.
As for lending guns, if my brother doesn't go, I will most likely be able to lend someone his M98. I also have a few co2 tanks, 9's and 12s, and I think 1 20. A couple Masks, and pods, if someone lends a pod-less harness.
P.S. I just ordered a level 10 upgrade, and a HRPF for my RT 10 minutes ago.. I hope it arrives in time. Is the delay still 2 weeks on Level 10's?
bring it to texas....... or atleast mid US so everyone can make it
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We got one texan coming already, so there.Originally posted by Duck Hunt -xi-
bring it to texas....... or atleast mid US so everyone can make it
its not out of the question to make it mid US, that would be a good marketing ploy
Well, maybe if I was the one in charge of AGD/AO events and got a salery I could help organize events all over the country. hehe ::wink wink:: TomOriginally posted by Duck Hunt -xi-
its not out of the question to make it mid US, that would be a good marketing ploy
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You mean thermometers can go past 100 degrees?!?1 Blasphemy I tell you!Originally posted by nicad
exactly.. Texas is what im saying...
only problem would be.. umm it was 105* here a coupla days ago.
Would prolly kill a lot of you soft northern type.
Actually, I have experienced it.. Last summer to be exact, I saw a thermometer on a bank in my town reading 102* During a heat-wave.
It was 97 degrees here today with the heat index.
I grew up in Laredo, Tx. just on the border to Mexico in a great big hole, very very hot city, in summers it goes anywhere from 110-120,
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No thanks, I like the cold winters. I have my bedroon window open all year round. Used to drive my ex nuts! Then again, damn near everything did...
Soft northerners? ha!
We have to deal with upper 90* high humidity summers AND below-freezing snowcovered winters.
There are actually four seasons in NJ, unlike some parts of the country.
No 3, I haven't seen spring in awhile... ::sigh::Originally posted by Thordic
There are actually four seasons in NJ, unlike some parts of the country.
wait new jersey had a spring at one time. i really cant remember the last time it was a cool and breezy april afternoon....
*sniffle* i SO wish i could go, 14th is my b-day.
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"OH MY GOD! HOW DID I GET THIS BLOOD ON ME?" I screamed. Trey held me.
"Baby are you okay?"
"I don't know. What's going on Trey? Am I bleeding? Have I been shot?"
"No baby you're gonna be fine. Now listen to me I want you to go to the house." I see him laying there.
"Is he dead Trey? Is he…" Trey tried to calm me.
"Baby just listen and do what I said and go to the house."
"No Trey! I'm not leaving you alone to deal with this."
"Shanell I'm not asking you baby now go."
"Oh my God! He's dead isn't he?" I was hysterical, an emotional wreck. Trey was telling me to go, but I couldn't move. I was at a standstill frozen as I stared at El's bloody body. Seconds later Buggzi and Marcus appeared. They shockingly saw El's body laying there. They looked at me and Trey and noticed the blood on our clothes. Then moments later my dad came out of nowhere or maybe he was there with them. I didn't really know. Everything just seemed like it was moving so fast. Then his brother Frank came rushing in. They noticed Trey who was now kneeling down beside El's body and the gun on the side of him. Buggzi turns to Trey.
"Trey man you need to get out of here." My dad and Trey looked at each other. My dad agreed.
"He's right. Take Shanell out of here too. We'll handle this. You two go!" Marcus tried to escort Trey out.
"Wait a minute. I just wanna make sure this mofucker dead." Trey checked to see if he could feel a pulse. There was nothing. "May you rest in as much peace as you gave mofucker." Marcus helped Trey up.
"Come on man we gotta hurry up and get ya'll two out of here." My uncle Frank tells me and Trey to come with him to the house first, so we can clean ourselves up. We leave with him while my dad and the others stay behind. Then Elliot came in. He saw the dead body lying on the floor in the stables. He looked petrified. He quickly walked over to it. He recognizes the face.
"That's my son." Then he looks around at my dad, Buggzi and Marcus. "Who killed my son!"
weeks prior
Funny how time flies when you're having fun. Me and Trey have been so happy and even more fulfilled since the births of Treyonna and Tremaine Jr. ...Trejay we call him. They are seven months now, growing stronger by the day and trying to get into everything. Not only did we have our hands full with them, but also the building of our new home. What a process to have to go through along with adjusting to being new parents. I'm glad that part of it is finally over and we will be moving in. I can't wait. The home is so beautiful. It's even bigger than this one but I love it. I was a bit apprehensive about the size because I barely was handling being in this one. Then the more we would go over and check on it's progression and how everything started coming together the more excited I got about it. The lot size itself is huge. It's 38,402 sq. ft. Trey had them build a playground for the twins, basketball courts, we have an outdoor whirlpool built into our in ground pool, bar and a barbeque pavilion. The house itself is 22,000 sq. ft.
Instead of having the guest house like before Trey had them build an attached guest/staff wing with separate entrances so the nanny and bodyguards could now have there own personal space. The house also was guard gated so no one could come on the premises without being let in. There were security cameras every where. Trey knew El was still on the loose and didn't want to take any chances. We had a lot of land so he wanted to be prepared. The house is very spacious. Including the rooms for the bodyguards we had a total of eleven bedrooms and twelve baths. The house came with a home theater, game room, studio and a gym. A few new features added to it that we didn't have in the old house were an elevator, wine cellar and a complete spa room. I mean Trey went all out when he had this house built. I couldn't believe it. What fun it's going to be keeping up with the twins now.
Trey and I have been in our new home for two weeks now. I remember on our first night here after I had put the twins down for bed. Trey had a candle lit night cap waiting for me in the bedroom over in our sitting area. The first thing I noticed were the candles. They
illuminated the room and set such a romantic tone. Sitting on the small coffee table were two strawberry tarts with whipped cream accompanied with some sparkling cider. I wasn't drinking any alcohol yet since I was nursing so that was my drink of choice while Trey had a stash of champagne on the side of his seat. I loved how romantic he could be at times and this I didn't even see coming.
He told me he wanted to do this to show how much he appreciates me and everything that I do while he's on the road. During most of this process he was away promoting his latest album "Passion Pain and Pleasure" so a lot of the decision making was on me. Sometimes conference calls were necessary because there were some things that he needed to handle but other than that I called the shots. He said he knows the wedding has been taking a back seat to a lot of unfortunate things and now that we're in our home he wants us to take this time right now to pick a date. I didn't even notice the small calendar that was sitting there. I was so blown away by everything else that I didn't even pay any attention to it. But that wasn't all he had in store. Then he took out a small jewelry box and handed it to me.
"Open it." Trey sat down in the chair and watched me as I opened the pretty blue box. My mouth was on the floor. It was a beautiful sterling heart shaped locket and chain. I was speechless. It had the words I love you engraved on the outside of it. Then when I opened it, it had a picture of Treyonna and Trejay on each side. I instantly had tears in my eyes. I couldn't believe he found the time to do this. He knew he was going to be rewarded for this act tonight. I walked around the table and sat on his lap. I leaned into him and kissed his soft lips gently, slowly savoring them.
"You are so good to me you know that?"
"Cause I love you."
"I love you too…baby thank you."
"You're welcome. Here lemme put it on for you." I turned a little so Trey could slip it on my neck. I couldn't stop touching it. I really loved it.
"Trey if you're doing this because you think I may be feeling a certain way because we haven't gotten married yet baby I don't."
"No. I'm not doing it because of that at all. Listen to me, when I asked you to be my wife it's because it's what I want. I'm just ready to make us a complete family."
"I already feel like I'm your wife Mr. Neverson. In every aspect of the word and I can't wait to make it official." We kiss each other once more and then I pick up one of the tarts and feed it amongst the two of us as I sit on his lap. We made a toast to each other, ate a little more and then started looking over the calendar and discussing what all Trey had coming up. We currently were in the month of June so we decided on August 2nd of the following year which would give us plenty of time to plan. Plus that's when Trey would have a window of time freed up to be around for rehearsals and travel for our honey moon.
"Oh babe you know we have my mom and dads anniversary celebration to go to next weekend."
"Yeah I know. We staying from Friday to Monday right?"
"Yeah…is that still ok with you?"
"Oh nah it's cool baby I was just making sure. So who gone be with Treyonna and Trejay while we're at the dinner?"
"Trey you know my parents are going to want them there."
"I don't know about that Shanell. I mean people are gonna be drinkin n' shit. We can't have them around that."
"I thought about that too along with the fact that we're going to be out late."
"They'll understand if we don't bring 'em."
"Wait Trey are you talking about not taking them at all?"
"No, just not at the party baby."
"I guess I'll have to ask Mrs. Vanessa to go with us then. I just hate to ask her to come when we really only need her for that one night plus I told her she could have off since we'd be gone."
"She don't mind being with them."
"I know…" Suddenly we hear Trejay crying through the baby monitor. Trey gets up.
"I'll go get him."
"Ok." While Trey went to go check on him I went ahead and cleaned up the glasses and left over dessert that was sitting on the table. I blew out all the candles and took everything down to the kitchen. When I walked in there Mrs. Vanessa was there. She's the twins nanny. I really needed some additional help with them so me and Trey looked into having someone assist with that. Mrs. Vanessa has been with us since the twins were six weeks old. She's been great too. I remember when Trey and I first saw her. We were so thrown by her uncanny likeness to Monique from "The Monique Show" and "The Parkers." She's not as big as her but man her looks resemble her so much. Her personality is not as big either but she's the sweetest lady with the biggest heart. She's forty years of age, a widow and has never had any children but she's been a nanny for years and considers all the families she's assisted with like her own. She was unloading the dishwasher.
"Hey Mrs. Vanessa."
"Hey there baby!" She notices the dishes in my hand. "Oh let me take that for you."
"I got it Mrs. Vanessa thank you. You go ahead and finish what you were doing."
"Is that a new piece of jewelry I see around your neck?" I touch it and smile.
"It is." I walk a little closer to Mrs. Vanessa and show it to her.
"Aw look at my babies. That's an exquisite piece of jewelry you got there Shanell. That man got a good eye for the finer things that's for sure."
"I know. That's why he spotted me." That made Mrs. Vanessa laugh.
"Speak it miss lady. I heard that! My babies still sleeping?"
"Well Trejay was just fussing so Trey's with him right now. Hopefully he didn't wake Treyonna."
"She seems to sleep pretty good when he's up even if he is making a lot of noise."
"Yeah but she can have her moments though."
"I know it."
"Mrs. Vanessa would you mind accompanying me and Trey next weekend to Atlanta. We decided not to bring the babies to my parents anniversary party. It would really mean a lot to us if you could come. I know you were given time off which you still will get…"
"Oh chile you know I don't have a problem taking care of those two."
"I know. I just feel bad since I gave you the weekend off and I hate to inconvenience you by needing you now."
"It's not an inconvenience and it's no problem at all."
"Ok great. Thank you Mrs. Vanessa."
"You're welcome. Did you need anything done before I head on back to my room?"
"Nope! You go ahead and enjoy the rest of your night."
"I will. I gotta date with my soaps. Tell Trey I said goodnight and I'll see you two in the morning."
"Ok." Mrs. Vanessa leaves out of the kitchen. I finish up the little bit of dishes that we had and then head back up to the bedroom. I noticed Trey was back in the room on the terrace walking around with Trejay putting him back to sleep. It was a beautiful night out. Trejay was so spoiled. He is such a character for seven months. He demands so much attention already. Everyone says he looks just like me with Treys energetic personality and Treyonna looks like Trey. I walked over to Trey and snuck a kiss on Trejay's cheek as he laid his head on Trey's shoulder.
"Where mine at?"
"Oh don't worry daddy. I'll take care of you once you come to bed." I left Trey alone with his son and went and got in the shower. Meanwhile Trey went and put Trejay back in his crib. As soon as he left out the twins room his phone rang.
"Yo man why you keep calling my phone?"
"Trey you know I have no issues with you. I'm only doing as my sister asked and she really needs you to make a visit. This time she told me to tell you and these are her words not mine, that if you don't want your sex life suddenly leaked to the public then you need to come see her."
"Fuck she mean!"
"I don't know."
"She making threats now?"
"Look that's what she told me to tell you. Believe it or not I'm tired of going back and forth trying to get you to see her my damn self. But it is my sister so I'm sure you can understand my plight."
"Nah I don't, cause not too long ago you was blackmailing her ass."
"That was before I knew how deep seeded her issues were."
"Lemme get a pen and some paper and take down her information…hold on." Trey went to find something to write on and with. "Alright where she at?" Summer gave him all the details and then they hung up. I was coming out of the bathroom in my towel and noticed Trey looking at a piece of paper.
"Baby what's that?"
"I just got a call from Summer again. She said Autumn wants me to come see her."
"Autumns been wanting you to come see her for a while now. What's so new about that?"
"Now it seems like she tryna make a threat."
"By saying what?"
"It sound like she tryna start some bullshit with that DVD of the two of us."
"I am so tired of this! Trey when is it gonna end?" Trey tries to calm me.
"Look everything gone be alright ok? I think this time I'ma go see her doe." All I could do was shake my head instantly irritated. "Baby I know you don't like the idea of me going but it's the only way to possibly squash this."
"Well I'm going with you then." Trey cut his eyes at me like I said something offensive.
"No. I don't want you going no where near her."
"I think if would be good for me to see her Trey. She tried to kill me! I have yet to express any of my feelings about that to her, Crystal and Nikki."
"I'm not letting you go see her. You hear me?" I couldn't believe how adamant he was about it.
"Trey you should understand why I wanna talk to Autumn. Baby she's behind bars it's not like she can do anything to me. Why are you so set against me going?"
"After everything you've been through do you have to ask? Whatchu think I'm gonna be cool with the idea of you visiting her after all the shit she done did to you? Shanell her, Crystal and Nikki are the last people I want you around."
"But Trey…"
"I don't trust them baby. I don't give a fuck about her being behind nobodies damn bars neither."
"Trey I'm not gonna run away anymore. This is something that I need to do for me. I get that you only want to protect me but baby I've been thinking about this and I really do want to confront them."
"Nah…you ain't going."
"Here we go again with you telling me what I can and cannot do."
"You right. On this I am, so get what ever plans you had of making a visit out ya head because I'm telling you no. Don't think you gone pull some slick shit either…I mean it Shanell." I stood by Trey with no words as I looked at him infuriated. His unwavering stance really was upsetting. I was so angry with him. I walked away and put my panties and tank top on to sleep in. He knew what time it was immediately.
"Oh so now you being like that?" I took the decorative pillows off the bed and aggressively put them in the chest. Trey stood there watching me as I went back and forth. Then he walks over to me and stands in front of me.
"So you just gone go to bed like dat and stay mad at me?" My eyes let him know that's exactly what was about to happen. I walked away from him and turned out the light. He nodded his head.
"A'ight." Then he walks out the room. I got under the covers and laid there. All these thoughts entered my mind. How dare he feel like it's ok for him to go see Autumn but I can't. I don't care what the circumstances are surrounding the visit. Him out of all people should know how important this is to me. He should want me to go if I feel it's necessary. Oh he makes me sick sometimes. I don't know Tremaine. You may just have to be mad with me on this one.
We never did come to an agreement that night. At least I never agreed. Damn this! I know what he said, but I'm going to make it a point to see Autumn, Crystal and Nikki. He's not calling all the shots anymore. Shanell is back with a vengeance. I love you baby, but I'm doing things my way this time...
Autumn could now make her phone call for the night so she decided to call Summer to check on the things she asked of her.
"Oh good you are home. Well any luck?"
"I called Trey like you asked and gave him the information on where to come see you and about the recorded encounter of the two of you being shown."
"Is he going to come?"
"Autumn I don't know! Gosh! He didn't say."
"Ok well at least he knows. You still remember what I told you to do in case he doesn't show up right?"
"Yes! I know. Why do I have to be put in the middle of your dirty work all the time. I'm tired of it."
"Well had you not let him come in my room in the first place I wouldn't be needing your help right now."
"You've been needing my help way before now Autumn. I have covered for you time and time again plus been your scapegoat. Daddy doesn't trust me now because of you, starting with the accident that you were in with his car and used my name and gave my license number. It was your company that was over the house and stole their lap top and you blamed it on my friends. You are a total bitch when it comes to me. Well now it's your turn to see how using people for your own benefit feels. I changed my mind, I will not black male Trey for you with this taping. Find somebody else to do your dirty work."
"Ugh! Summer! You can't be serious! Don't flake out on me now."
"You're the flake! Trying to kill someone over a man. My sister is a stupid bitch!"
"Bitch! You're the one who's been hiding the fact that she's a lesbian from them afraid to admit it. I swear Summer if you don't help me I will tell."
"I don't care! That's nothing compared to the damage you have caused this family. You cost daddy his practice. Anything you say to him will be nothing compared to what you have done so tell him. I don't care!"
Autumn started crying. She couldn't believe her sister wasn't going to help her out in this time of need.
"So Nikki are you ever going to get out of here?"
"I don't know Charmaine. Why can't Trey understand that everything I did was because I love him. How is love crazy?"
"Nikki love isn't what's crazy. It's your behavior."
"Charmaine you know I'm not crazy but if it's going to keep me from going to jail then they can classify me as a nut case all day long."
"Nikki do you feel any regret for any of the things that you've done?"
"Yeah. I regret that it didn't work and I still don't have Trey. I have to try harder."
"Nikki Trey is happy with Shanell. They have a family together now. You think you're really able to come in between that?"
"Whose side are you on?"
"I'm on yours but…"
"Those are my babies!" she snapped. "She took my family! My life! I want it back!"
Charmaine felt sorry for her friend. She was thinking Nikki was in this state because of the loss of Angel. She had no idea how sick Nikki really was.
"Well girlfriend I hope you get better. I really miss you and I'll always be here for you." Nikki looked insulted.
"Get better? I just told you Charmaine there ain't nothing wrong with me. My lawyer seems to think I'm suffering from this Post Traumatic Stress thing along with these doctors, but I'm fine."
"You're in a damn mental institution still delusional about Trey. That's not fine! Nikki there is a real reason why you're here. You really do need help." Nikki smiles at Charmaine.
"Not in the least. Don't you see? Trey could've shot me in that cabin but he didn't. Why? Because part of him still loves me. I'm not delusional about that at all. I'll take my pills and be a good girl until the day comes when we meet up again. It's only a matter of time before I get my family back. Believe me Charmaine I will get my family back."
Paige had a visit to go see Crystal. She couldn't believe the mess that her and Nikki caused Shanell and Trey. She wasn't sure how she was going to act when she saw Crystal but she knew it was imperative that she saw her. When she arrived at the women's correctional facility she checked in and had a seat. Once it was time they were taken back. She saw Crystal sitting at a table that was over by a small window so she went over to her. She gave her a hug and then had a seat.
"I didn't think you were going to come."
"I wasn't sure if I was going to come this time either but I knew I was going to be seeing you. You know Crystal Shanell and Trey are my friends. You were my best friend. How could you do this to them?"
"So is this what this visit is going to be about? You criticizing me for the choices that I made? Believe me Paige if I had to do this over again I would. I never would have listened to El. I can't even tell you why I did."
"But you knew he was bad news. You knew that. I never knew you would do such cruel things and for what money? Money that you don't even have. Do you honestly think that man was going to give you anything for helping him?"
"Like I said if I could do things over I would, but I can't. I don't need you holding me accountable when the judge has already saw to it that I will pay for what I've done."
"Do you know that I feel responsible for this? I feel like if I would have never introduced Shanell to you that her life would be different. I can't even face her or Trey because of it."
"What about my life? I'm your best friend not her."
"You were my best friend but no one who calls themselves my friend would ever torcher another human being who's pregnant. Put her through hell because of the man that she is involved with and teams up with her ex just for money. I don't want any friends like that."
"Then why are you here?"
"To let you know that I don't feel sorry for you not one bit. You deserve to be here and what ever sentence that was given to you. You need to also be thanking God that she didn't lose those babies or her life."
"I don't need you to be judging me."
"I know. You need me to pray for you and I will. You take care of yourself while you're in here. It wouldn't hurt too if you did a little praying yourself." Then Paige winks at her and sat at an empty table till it was time to leave.
Tomorrow we'll be flying to Atlanta to be there for my parents anniversary party so today we've been packing getting ready to make this trip. I'm really excited about going home. My auntie Sharon is going to be there with Ricky and Raven. It's gonna feel good to see everyone and have everyone see the twins. Myself and Mrs. Vanessa was in the twins room packing their things while Trey was in their toy room keeping them occupied. We heard the buzzer sound off letting us know someone was at the gate. Evan notified me of who it was before he let them enter. It was Lynn. She lives in the neighborhood too and had been telling me that she was going to come by once we were settled. I guess she decided to make it over today. I was surprised she wasn't at work. I told Mrs. Vanessa I would be back and went downstairs to meet Lynn at the door. She was so excited.
"Hey girlfriend!"
"Shanell this is beautiful. I can't wait to see the rest of it."
"Thank you. How come you're not at work today?"
"Oh I was there. I took a half day today. You know our vacation starts tomorrow so I had some things I wanted to do before Richard, me and the kids left."
"Oh yeah that's right you guys are going on a cruise."
"Yes girl. This vacation couldn't get here fast enough."
"Well let me show you around."
"Where's the twins?"
"They're up in their toy room with Trey. We'll see them when we go up there." I showed Lynn the house downstairs and around outside first. Then we went upstairs and lastly I showed her the toy room where Trey was. When we went in there Trey was on the floor playing with the two of them while they were in their Exersaucers (stationary activity walkers). As soon as Trejay saw me he started acting like he wanted to cry and get out. Trey started talking to him.
"Aw boy cut that out…come on man…you was just cool…here play with this." Trey pulled down a hanging bumble bee that was in front of him on the walker. Trejay got quiet for a minute as he looked at it. Then he looked back at me whining. I went and picked him up. He was happy after that." Lynn starts laughing at Trey.
"Trey you looked like you were having more fun than they were. Reminiscing are we?"
"Ha ha very funny Lynn." She starts laughing. "How you doin baby?"
"I'm wonderful. I love the house."
"Thank you. I appreciate dat. How's my man Richard?"
"He's good. He should be home right now actually."
"You should tell him to come through. I gotta poker table in the basement waiting for him to get whipped up on. He needa come see me."
"I don't know about all that, my man is good, but I'll let him know. Ok let me see miss onna…you mind Trey?"
"Nah go head." Trey gets up off the floor first then Lynn picks up Treyonna. Trey walks over to me and talks to Trejay. "You gone stop all that whining boy. Daddy gotta toughen you up." Trejay looks at Trey smiling. Trey plays with him in my arms making him laugh. Then he gives him a kiss on the mouth. "I gotta few more things to finalize for the tour so I'm bout to get dressed and I'll be back a little later."
"Ok babe." Trey then gives me a kiss and leaves out the room. Suddenly he comes back.
"Hold up." He takes Treyonna out of Lynn's arms and plays with her in the air real quick Then he gives her a kiss and back to Lynn. "Alright I'll be back…can't leave out my baby girl." Lynn was looking at him steady smiling.
"He's really good with them isn't he?"
"The best." We put the babies down and got on the floor to play with them as we talked. She brings up Nikki.


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But the looks on their faces remained blank as the case for 18-year-old Ivan Torralba, Chadwick's boyfriend and the last person to have seen her, was continued another two months to a final disposition hearing on May 22.
Torralba, appearing on a $75,000 bond wearing jeans and a plaid shirt, needed roughly five minutes for the court to address his case.
His attorney Thor Bauer said he was trying to review $750 of information from the grand jury investigation into Chadwick's disappearance, which led to Torralba's charges of perjury, attempting to influence a public servant and tampering with physical evidence.
He last appeared for a disposition hearing in January when his case was first continued. At that hearing the court had just received transcripts from the grand jury but was awaiting more information.
"Let the record reflect that we made this information available quite some time ago," said District Attorney Brittny Lewton, who didn't object to the continuance.
She said that Chadwick's mother had expressed to her that she was unhappy with the course of the hearings.
District Court Judge Michael Singer said he agreed with those concerns.
Kayla Chadwick was first reported missing almost exactly one year ago, having last been seen after an argument with Torrabla.
A grand jury convened to investigate her disappearance, later finding there was probable cause to believe Torralba had interfered with the investigation by moving or hiding a gun used as evidence.
They indicted Torralba, and he was arrested Nov. 8, 2012.
Fort Morgan Police Department is still investigating Chadwick's disappearance. Anyone with information regarding her disappearance is asked to call 911 or the FMPD at (970) 867-5678.
David Martinez: (970) 526-9283; dmartinez@
Follow David on Twitter @ Dmartinez_JA


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This interview was originally broadcast on May 20, 2013.
Over the 60 years that Mel Brooks has been in the entertainment business, his name has become synonymous with comedy. He is the man who broke Broadway records for most Tony Award wins with The Producers (an adaptation of his own movie); who satirized Westerns and racism in Blazing Saddles; and who poked fun at monster movies with Young Frankenstein.
Before the films, there was his TV career: Brooks was a writer for Your Show of Shows, one of the most influential comedy series in television history and a precursor to Saturday Night Live; and he was the co-creator of the spy spoof series Get Smart.
Brooks, who is the subject of an American Masters documentary, Make a Noise from filmmaker Robert Trachtenberg, that premiered May 20 on PBS, says his penchant for spoofing genres was firmly in the tradition of poking fun out of love.
"I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films," Brooks tells Fresh Air's David Bianculli. "I had fun with them, but I also saluted the glory of the Western and the glory of James Whale's Frankenstein and Dracula.
Brooks grew up in Brooklyn, raised by a single mother (his father died of tuberculosis when he was 2) who was just scraping by. Going to the movies was his introduction to a larger world, and his mother recognized this. Even though she couldn't afford it, she encouraged his enthusiasm, one time even asking a neighbor for the final penny to pay the price of a movie ticket. The neighbor acquiesced.
"I was able to go see the Western," Brooks remembers. "So I cherish those movies because they really lifted my spirits and are indelibly ingrained in my brain as important steps in my world education."
That neighbor made an excellent investment. Brooks is one of 11 people to have won Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards — widely considered something of a benchmark in the entertainment world. And his position as an American institution was further cemented in 2009, when he was tapped for the Kennedy Center Honors.
Funny story, Brooks says: It wasn't the first time he'd been offered the award.
"I shouldn't say this ... but I'll say it anyway," he says. "I was offered this — the Kennedy Center Honors — maybe a year or two before, and I said, 'Well, I'm going to wait for another president, if I'm still alive, if you don't mind.' I just didn't feel comfortable when Bush was president to accept the honors. ... Had I not gotten 110 awards — you know, I'm an EGOT, so I don't need any more. ... The Kennedy Center Honors, at the moment, I didn't need them. ...
"The only award I haven't received, I think, is Woman of the Year, and I don't know if that's not in the works. Just as an honorary Woman of the Year. I may get that too, but I'm not looking for it."
Interview Highlights
On Hitchcock and 'High Anxiety'
"I wrote a letter saying, basically, 'Dear Mr. Hitchcock, I do genre parodies and in my estimation you are a genre. I don't mean that you're overweight. I mean that you've done every style and type of movie, and that you're just amazing, and I would like to do a movie dedicated to you based on your style and your work.' And ... he called me and he said, 'I loved Blazing Saddles. I think you're a very talented guy, and come to my office.'
"I came to his office at Universal, and he told me to come back every Friday at a quarter to 12, because at 12:30 we would eat. So 45 minutes of work. And he would work on my script — on High Anxiety — with me. And he said, 'Well, don't leave out this and don't leave out that.' And he said, 'What are you going to do about The Birds?' I said, 'Well, gee, at the moment I haven't included it.' And he said, 'Well, why don't you have them attack you with ... their doody? If they all sh-t all over you, I mean, it's going to be funny.' I said, 'Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Hitchcock.' "
On thanking Gene Wilder three times when he won an Oscar for The Producers
"Gene brought a certain something that was never before, that was kind of creative comedy. And he worked tirelessly to play Leo Bloom. He's really the nucleus, the brilliant key to the emotion of the whole piece — and Gene worked for almost scale, for nothing, day and night. And ... I couldn't thank him enough. When I finally put the movie together, I said, 'It would have been a good movie with just Zero Mostel and anybody, but with Gene Wilder it's a wondrous movie."
On Madeline Kahn
"I'm in tears thinking about Madeline. What an incredibly gifted gift from God, Madeline Kahn. The funniest and most talented comedienne I think, including people like Carol Burnett, who are great, you know, and Gilda Radner who was magnificent. But nobody — listen to me, David Bianculli — nobody could approach the magnificence and wonder of Madeline Kahn.
"She was really a great gift to us all. ... I saw art [in her], not just funny. But I saw a person who was gifted with art. She's the only one who actually could have worked in opera as an opera singer, as a coloratura. She was that talented. Or I think she could have worked as a longshoreman in New Jersey. I don't think there's anything that Madeline Kahn couldn't do."
On being good at writing for and directing women
"It was respecting their ability to deliver comedy as well as — and sometimes a lot better than — male comedians. And they knew that I respected their ability and their talent, and they gave all because of it. And they weren't ashamed or afraid to reveal maybe unconscious aspects of their comedy talent, [aspects that] may have been a little off-color or a little crazy or a little bizarre, that they wouldn't show anybody. But they'd show it to me, because they knew I respected the full range of their gifts."
DAVID BIANCULLI, BYLINE: This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli, editor of the website TV Worth Watching, sitting in for Terry Gross. This week on FRESH AIR, we've been replaying what we feel would be some of your favorite interviews of the year if we'd asked you. Today we reach back into our 2013 archives and revisit interviews with comic Amy Schumer and comedian, writer and filmmaker Mel Brooks.
The Mel Brooks interview certainly is one of the favorite things I did for FRESH AIR this year. I love the guy and his work. On TV, he wrote for "Your Show of Shows" and "Get Smart." On film, he wrote and directed "Blazing Saddles," "Young Frankenstein," "High Anxiety" and "The Producers." And on Broadway, his musical version of "The Producers" broke the record for the most Tony wins.
When I spoke with Mel Books in May, it was when PBS presented an "American Masters" special on Brooks by Richard Trachtenberg's called "Feel the Noise." Here's the opening story Brooks tells in that special about his formative introduction to the Broadway musical.
MEL BROOKS: OK, I'm nine years old. Uncle Joe drove a taxicab. One day he said, hey Mel, I got two tickets to a brand new show called "Anything Goes." And he said, well, it's a musical, it's on Broadway, and we've got two seats, the last two seats in the last row of the second balcony. It's thrilling and Broadway theater, I'm nine years old.
ETHEL MERMAN: Why, it's Gabriel, Gabriel playing, Gabriel, Gabriel saying...
BROOKS: I couldn't catch my breath. There was Ethel Merman, no microphones, and she was still too loud, you know, and it was two miles away. One incredible number after another. I was literally crying with happiness.
BIANCULLI: Mel Brooks, welcome to FRESH AIR.
BROOKS: David Bianculli, a pleasure to be here.
BIANCULLI: What I love about that is that you have so much enthusiasm in your voice, and I've always thought that you couldn't really do a great parody of something unless you understood and enjoyed it.
BROOKS: True. I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films, and I had fun with them, but I also saluted the glory of the Western and the glory of James Whale's, you know, "Frankenstein" and "Dracula." And, you know, what does a little kid in Brooklyn have when it comes to art? It ain't much, but those movies that you got in, and we didn't have any money.
I was the baby boy of four - altogether we're four brothers. My mother lost her husband, I lost my - I was only two. And he died of tuberculosis. And we were really, you know, poor, I mean dead poor. So I cherished those movies because they really lifted my spirits and are indelibly engraved in my brain as important steps in my world education.
BIANCULLI: And what about, say, Alfred Hitchcock, whom you lampooned in "High Anxiety"? Those would have come a little later for you, but you clearly loved those too.
BROOKS: Much later, but I - I always thought, you know, that Alfred Hitchcock was the very best director who ever directed films. And I had the idea for "High Anxiety." I wrote a letter saying basically, dear Mr. Hitchcock, you know, I do genre parodies, and I - in my estimation you are a genre.
I don't mean that you're overweight. I mean that you - that you've done every style and every type of movie and that you're just amazing, and I would like to do a movie dedicated to you and based on your style and your work.
And he said - he called me, and he said I loved "Blazing Saddles." I think you're a very talented guy, and come to my office. I came to his office at Universal. And he told me to come back every Friday at a quarter to 12:00 because at 12:30 we would eat, so 45 minutes of work. And he would work on my script, on "High Anxiety," with me.
And he said, well, don't leave out this, and don't leave out that. He said, what are you going to do about "The Birds." I said, well, gee, at the moment I haven't included it. And he said, well, why don't you have them attack you with their - you know, with their doody. He said it's going to be funny. I said thank you, thank you, Mr. Hitchcock. I loved him.
He was colorful, he was sweet, and he saw the rough cut of "High Anxiety." And he got up and wiggled by me, never said a word. I said, oh my God - oh, I'm ruined, it's terrible. And he left, and 24 hours later a beautiful wooden box arrives placed on my desk.
It is six magnums of Chateau Haut-Brion, 1961, priceless, maybe the greatest wine ever made, including Rothschild or any other, and with a little note saying have no anxiety over "High Anxiety," it's wonderful, love Hitch.
BIANCULLI: "The Producers" I consider your masterwork, and you've worked it several very clever times. I want to start with the 1968 movie and play a fast clip and then ask you some questions about it. It's basically about an accountant who discovers that a producer could make a fortune with a flop Broadway show by raising millions for a program that's so bad it would actually close on opening night.
In the movie, in the original 1968 film, Zero Mostel plays the producer, Gene Wilder plays the accountant, and in this scene they're going through stacks of scripts looking for a really bad play, which the producer thinks he's just found.
ZERO MOSTEL: (As Max Bialystock) Touch it, touch it.
GENE WILDER: (As Leo Bloom) What is it?
MOSTEL: (As Max) Smell it. See it. Touch it, touch it.
WILDER: (As Leo) What is it?
MOSTEL: (As Max) What is it? We've struck gold, not fool's good but real gold, the mother lode, the mother lode, the mother of them all. Kiss it, kiss it.
WILDER: (As Leo) You've found a flop?
MOSTEL: (As Max) A flop, that's putting it mildly. We found a disaster, catastrophe, an outrage, a guaranteed-to-close-in-one-night beauty.
WILDER: (As Leo) Let's see it.
MOSTEL: (As Max) This is freedom from want forever. This is a house in the country. This is a Rolls Royce and a Bentley. This is wine, women and song - and women.
WILDER: (As Leo) "Springtime for Hitler: A Gay Romp with Adolf and Eva at Berchtesgaden." Wow.
MOSTEL: (As Max) Wow, it's practically a love letter to Hitler.
WILDER: (As Leo) This won't run a week.
MOSTEL: (As Max) A week? Are you kidding? This play has got to close on Page Four.
BIANCULLI: That was Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder in the original movie version of "The Producers." When you won the Oscar for, I guess, Best Original Screenplay for "The Producers," you thanked Gene Wilder three times. Why did you do that?
BROOKS: Well because Gene, like Sid Caesar, in my life I've had a couple - well, Zero was magnificent, really, but Gene brought a certain something that was never before, was kind of creative comedy. And he worked tirelessly. He's really the nucleus, the brilliant key to the emotion of the whole piece.
BIANCULLI: Well, casting in a lot of your projects is so critical. So to jump to the Broadway version of "The Producers," how did you decide, or how quickly did you decide, on Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick?
BROOKS: Well, we already had Nathan right from the beginning. As soon as we thought of Max Bialystock, we thought of Nathan Lane, you know. And Nathan also thought Matthew was a great choice. Matthew was very, very good, talent, a good singer, he could do anything.
BIANCULLI: Well, here's an example of their chemistry. This is from the 2005 movie version of "The Producers" with Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick, just a fast clip when they're discussing the upcoming show, and Matthew Broderick's Leo Bloom asks how much money they should be investing in their own show.
NATHAN LANE: (As Max) Bloom, the two cardinal rules of being a Broadway producer are: One, never put your own money in the show.
MATTHEW BRODERICK: (As Leo) And two?
LANE: (As Max) Never put your own money in the show! Get it?
BRODERICK: (As Leo) Got it.
LANE: (As Max) Good.
BIANCULLI: No matter how many times I hear that, it's laugh-out-loud funny to me.
BROOKS: And it's true, I believe it. I've never put my own money in the show, you know. I put my talent on the line, and my money I save for Saturday night restaurants.
BIANCULLI: Now, you watched them perform so many times and then did the movie. How did their onstage chemistry change or deepen over time from your perspective?
BROOKS: Good word, good word, good word, David Bianculli, good word - it deepened. It did deepen because they got to love each other more and more in terms of their characters feeling the emotion for each other. So when finally, you know, near the end of their first year together, when - we were in tears when Leo makes that speech in the courtroom about how much - how good Bialystock really is, and how much he loves him. And so it did deepen.
BIANCULLI: Mel Brooks, in a conversation from May. More after a break. This is FRESH AIR.
BIANCULLI: This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli, in for Terry Gross. Let's get back to my May 2013 interview with filmmaker, comedian, writer and composer Mel Brooks.
"Young Frankenstein" came out the same year as "Blazing Saddles." The stand-down seen as Gene Wilder as the scientist and Peter Boyle as the creature singing "Puttin' on the Ritz," and I know that that was not your idea, that was co-writer Gene Wilder's.
BROOKS: Yes.
BIANCULLI: So how long did it take before you figured out he was right? And then I have a question about what sort of direction you gave to Peter Boyle for that number - especially his singing.
BROOKS: Well, actually, you know, when Gene first brought it up to show the wizardry of this, you know, Dr. Frankenstein, coming up with this incredible creature and re-animating dead tissue, and not only does it move, does it walk and talk, but it also dazzles you with song and dance, you know.
I said I think we're tearing it, Gene. You know, we're going too far. We want some of the verisimilitudeness quality that was in the, you know, in the original James Whale movie, you know, which was serious and scary, and I don't want to lose the seriousness and the scariness of it just for silly comedy, you know, just for taking comedy too far.
And he kept pushing. He said no, no, it will show, demonstrate the doctor's ability to teach the monster. And finally he kept bugging me, and I said look, OK, I'm going to shoot it, and I'm going to put it aside, and we'll see whether or not it's useful in the main body of the picture, OK? And then when I saw it later with all the film that we had collected, I said, gee, it may be the best thing in the film.
BROOKS: I called Gene and I said you're absolutely right all the time, and I'm glad we're - it's in, totally, and I'm looking on the cutting room floor for any outtakes, you know.
BIANCULLI: And what direction did you give to Peter Boyle like how he - and was "Puttin' on the Ritz" always the first song choice?
BROOKS: Yes, always. Irving Berlin and I said, Peter, sing it from your heart. Sing it like it's a cry of love and freedom and everything you can think of that's good. And he did.
(Singing) Puttin' on the Ritz...
BIANCULLI: Well, here it is from 1974.
WILDER: (as Dr. Frankenstein) Ladies and Gentlemen, Mesdames et Messieurs, Damen und Herren, from what was once an inarticulate mass of lifeless tissues, may I present a cultured, sophisticated, man about town. Hit it.
WILDER: (Dr. Frankenstein) (Singing) If you're blue and you don't know where to go to, why don't you go where fashion sits?
PETER BOYLE: (as Monster) (Singing) Puttin' on the Ritz.
WILDER: (Dr. Frankenstein) (Singing) Different types who wear a day coat. Pants with stripes or cutaway coat. Perfect fits.
BOYLE: (as Monster) (Singing) Puttin' on the Ritz.
WILDER: (Dr. Frankenstein) (Singing) Dressed up like a million dollar trouper. Trying mighty hard to look like Gary Cooper.
BOYLE: (as Monster) (Singing) Super-Dooper.
WILDER: (Dr. Frankenstein) (Singing) Come let's mix where Rockefellers...
BIANCULLI: You know, I have to thank you.
BIANCULLI: I have to thank you for that scene. It may be one of my favorite scenes in all of cinema comedy.
I'm going to jump to the "2000 Year Old Man" now. You started this act at parties. You recorded an album. You won a Grammy. You went on from there. I figure before I ask you my questions about the "2000 Year Old Man," I'd give a taste. This is from you and Carl on the Andy Williams show from 1966.
BROOKS: Oh, good. I don't remember that. Let me hear it.
CARL REINER: Of all the discoveries of all time, what would you consider the greatest? Would you say it was the wheel, the lever, fire?
BROOKS: Fire. Fire. Far and away, fire. Fire is the hottest thing going. Fire, you can't beat fire.
REINER: Really?
BROOKS: Fire used to warm us and light up our caves so we wouldn't walk into a wall, so we would marry our brother Bernie.
REINER: That's right.
BROOKS: Fire.
BROOKS: That's Satan's hell, fire. And cooking, oh, you can't be fire.
REINER: When did they first learn to cook with fire?
BROOKS: It was an accident. That was an accident, a chicken.
REINER: What?
BROOKS: A chicken walked into the fire by mistake and over. (makes sound) And over. Burnt. Burnt up.
REINER: What? That chicken?
BROOKS: Yes. We didn't use him. We kept around the cave as pets.
REINER: I see.
BROOKS: We love to hear eh, eh. We loved that. So we took it out to give it the funeral, you know, bury it, because it was our pet and we all went...
BROOKS: Hey, that smells good.
BROOKS: So we ate them up and since then we've been eating chickens.
REINER: You know, I've heard this story, but I've heard that the animal that wandered into the fire accidentally was a pig.
BROOKS: Not in my cave.
BIANCULLI: That's Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner in one of their...
BROOKS: I remember that.
BIANCULLI: ..."2000 Year Old Man" sketch. Do you remember how much of that if any was improvised?
BROOKS: Well, actually, when we were on television, we laid out the jokes. We laid out what we would do. When we made our first two albums, I said to Carl, don't tell me anything, nothing in advance, just hit me with questions than when I can't come up with a good answer, cut it.
When I come up with a great answer, keep it in. And that's the way we did our first two albums, you know, various characters and, of course, the "2000 Year Old Man" emerged as the leading comedy force in the albums.
BIANCULLI: Carl Reiner is widely and rightly acknowledged as one of the great straight men of all time, and working opposite him must've been a joy. But your friendship with him goes far past the projects you've done together, and now you're getting together almost every night to watch movies and have dinner. It sounds like such a nice thing to do.
BROOKS: Yeah. Well, it is. He's my best friend and, you know, we're like (unintelligible) tuck in bloom, we're joined at the hip. And he lost his wife may be a year or two years ago. I lost my wife maybe 10 years ago, so it's actually eight - to be exact. And we miss them, and they loved each other, too, so we can't find any other people that understand our ancient references, you know.
Now when you guys are watching movies together, just for your own enjoyment, and you're watching comedies, who and what, you know, gets you to laugh the most now?
Well, that's a tough question because if you say one name you're going to hurt somebody else's feelings. But, you know, I like the...
BIANCULLI: But without being exclusionary, what's the last one that you both watched together that made you both laugh? I'm not saying be inclusive, but what's the most recent one?
BROOKS: Well, I think "Wreck-It Ralph." We saw the cartoon, we liked it, with John C. Riley playing Ralph. I don't know if you the cartoon.
BIANCULLI: Yeah. No. I know that. The...
BROOKS: And we just loved, you know, Penelope played by Sarah Silverman. She's glorious.
BIANCULLI: Yes.
BROOKS: And generally, she's one of the few new - you know, there's Amy Schumer come along too who is wonderful. But I mean, but there are people that come along that are really good and funny, you know, and Silverman was - we both love her.
BIANCULLI: I want to play one last clip. This is one that I absolutely adore. It's not a film that you directed. It's a remake of "To Be Or Not To Be" in which you and your wife Anne Bancroft play actors in Poland on the eve of World War II. And there's an early scene where you to perform a singing and dancing duet in Polish of "Sweet Georgia Brown." To me it looks like pure joy and...
BROOKS: It was. It was pure joy. It was pure joy, and "Sweet Georgia Brown" is one of Anne's favorite songs and one of mine. And, you know, and we'd often sing it together anyway and because I could do the harmonies and stuff. And with "To Be Or Not To Be" we said well, let's do that, and but we're in Poland, I suggested we do it in Polish.
BROOKS: You know, and just the only English we would do would be "Sweet Georgie Brown," you know, and it was - it worked. I mean, I think of all the rehearsals we did and the joy of finally being together, working on a movie together and being there every day. And, you know, so we saw each other for a period of three or four months 24 hours a day. And it wasn't bad. It was kind of beautiful.
BIANCULLI: If you don't mind me asking, this is a personal question not a cinematic one. Was there a secret to your marriage?
BROOKS: I don't know if there was a secret. I don't know what you would call a secret. I think we - from the first minute I saw her I fell in love, and it lasted until the day she died. That's something. That was the secret. I mean I just fell in love with her.
BIANCULLI: That was a pretty good answer. So thank you. Thank you very much, Mel. Congratulations.
BROOKS: Thank you, David. This has almost been fun.
BIANCULLI: Mel Brooks speaking to me last May. Coming up in another of our favorite interviews from 2013, one of the young comics Mel singled out as a current favorite, Amy Schumer. I'm David Bianculli, and this is FRESH AIR.
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LYNN NEARY, BYLINE: (Reading) It was to be her fifth State of the Union address. Under other circumstances, her history of past oratorical success would have calmed her nerves. The speech was well written, quite possibly her best ever. But her delivery would cross a new frontier. How well her painstakingly rehearsed performance of meaningful looks and gestures would hold up during 52 minutes of voice-synthesized soundtrack, that was the question.
President Conway took her place at the rostrum, beaming and nodding as the applause finally died down and the assembled members of government took their seats. As previously rehearsed, she cued the speech by glancing down, then looking up at her audience. Passing seconds pooled into one attenuated moment of expectation, then drained into disbelief. Something had gone wrong with the computerized playback.
BOB MONDELLO, BYLINE: (Reading) Two years after faking his death, Warren Gamaliel Harding moved into a little bordello off the Boulevard du Montparnasse in Paris. He figured it was the last place on Earth that anyone would look for a former president of the United States, even if they discovered the coffin in the Ohio tomb was full of ballast.
His room was quiet in the morning so he could write. The parties in the evening kept him from becoming bored. He had nothing to worry about financially, thanks to some well-timed investments, and his leonine profile and quick wit granted him a certain standing among this new crowd.
You are clearly a man of stature, Monsieur, Madame M. had told him during their first meeting after he offered her the card with his fake name. Why would you choose to live with us? It's better than Washington, he said.
LYDEN: That was NPR's Bob Mondello reading the from the story "Harding on the Boulevard du Montparnasse" by Nick Kolakowski of Brooklyn, New York, and also NPR's Lynn Neary with an excerpt from "Speechless" by Steve Bismarck of Medford, Oregon. To read these stories in full, go to npr.org/threeminutefiction, all spelled out, no spaces or to our Three-Minute Fiction Facebook page. And don't forget we'll be back next week with Brad Meltzer and the winner of Round 9 of Three-Minute Fiction.
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Despite low job approval numbers, Democratic Sen. Mark Udall remains locked in a statistical tie with Republican Rep. Cory Gardner in one of the most competitive U.S. Senate contests of the year.
Udall, who is vying for a second term, is at 42 percent and Gardner is at 44 percent, according to a new poll unveiled Thursday by Quinnipiac University.
When compared to a poll released in April, Udall has lost 3 percentage points in the head-to-head match-up, while Gardner's remained the same.
Among unaffiliated voters, who swing statewide elections in Colorado, Udall polls at 43 percent and Gardner at 40 percent, according to Thursday's poll, which has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.9 percentage points.
"This race shifts back and forth a point or two and remains too close to call. There's a whole lot at stake as Sen. Mark Udall runs neck and neck with U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner, the GOP challenger, in a marquee race that could tip the balance of the Senate," Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University polling, said in a statement.
Forty-six percent of Colorado voters disapprove of the way Udall is handling his job as senator, while 42 percent say they approve. The approval rating is Udall's lowest in the six polls Quinnipiac conducted in Colorado starting more than a year ago.
Meanwhile, President Barack Obama's approval rating among Colorado voters is at 39 percent and, for the most part, remains unchanged since April's poll.
Last week in Denver, Obama headlined a high-dollar fundraiser for Udall, who remained in Washington, D.C. to cast votes and introduce legislation.
Both Udall and Gardner are looking to capture the support of women voters and based on Thursday's poll Udall appears to have the upper hand. More women — 49 percent — back Udall than back Gardner — 40 percent.
When asked, "Who do you think would do a better job on issues that are especially important to women?" Udall received 47 percent compared to Gardner's 34 percent.
But on the question of jobs and the economy, 46 percent of voters said Gardner would do a better job compared to 35 percent, who said Udall would do better. Moreover, on the question of who "would be better helping the middle class" 44 percent said Gardner would do a better job and 39 percent for Udall.
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Welcome to Stanczyk's 2012 First Quarter Genealogy Website Rankings. I know I am a week early — c'est la vie! Since my last rankings an array of rank postings [uh, pun partly intended] have appeared. Stanczyk has also received exactly one request for inclusion in his rankings, from .. Tamura Jones about his website: www.tamurajones.net [#58 on the new Rankings]. He also has a worthy Twitter page too. Keep sending in recommendations — I will keep thinking about them or including them if they are worthy. I liked Tamura's stuff so MUCH, that I added his genealogy page to my blogroll [Modern Software Experience at the right].
I really liked the survey from the Canadian website: Genealogy In Time. I added their magazine/website (#13) as well to my rankings. I found them because they produced an excellent Genealogy Website Ranking (mid January 2012), that included a very thorough discussion of their methodology. They neglected a few Polish Websites that SHOULD have made their list. Also they list Ancestry.com in all of its many global incarnations and this eats up an unnecessary number of the top 125 poll slots. But aside from those minor criticisms, their rankings is very GLOBAL and very good. Who knew there was a Chinese (make sense, considering their billion plus citizens and their excellent genealogical records) genealogy website or a Finnish website too in the top 125???
OK, Stanczyk will keep his Rankings list, because of the emphasis on Polish / Slavic genealogical websites. Stanczyk also has many in the range 100-125 that are very useful though not popular enough to be the Genealogy in Time Rankings. However, the Genealogy-In-Time-Poll, makes a very useful tool in another way. They have graciously included the website links (URLs) of each site, making it rather easy to build a genealogical Favorites/Bookmarks list that is broadly useful. Stanczyk admits to his list being somewhat selective in the lower 1/3 in order to be more valuable to Polish Researchers (in particular to English speaking, though not exclusively so). On a personal note, this blog you are reading is in the top 5.8Million (of all websites world-wide) and is #120 on my Website rankings — come on readers give me a boost, please!
Needless to say, all website rankings I read, agree on the top 20-40 websites (putting aside the multiple listing of Ancestry.com).
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Games Played for Week 18
4 Games Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Golden State, Indiana, L.A. Clippers, Orlando, Philadelphia, Sacramento, Toronto, Washington
3 Games Brooklyn, Charlotte, Cleveland, Denver, Houston, L.A. Lakers, Memphis, Miami, Milwaukee, Minnesota, New Orleans, New York, Oklahoma City, Phoenix, San Antonio, Utah
2 Games Boston, Portland
Andrea Bargnani wasn't moved at the deadline and while there's still a chance he'll get things turned around and start contributing in Toronto, he's simply not playing enough minutes to be held in most leagues right now. If you can keep him stashed without it hurting your team, do it, but if you need a player to drop to pick up a hot free agent, Bargnani fits the bill right now.
Guys like Jarrett Jack, Bradley Beal, Kawhi Leonard, Danny Green, Amir Johnson, Emeka Okafor, Earl Clark and Gordon Hayward are must-owns in my book, while Antawn Jamison and Derrick Williams are also guys that should be owned in most leagues.
Follow me on Twitter by clicking here, and if you are looking for weekly schedule information, check out last week's Waiver Wired, which breaks it all down for all 30 teams.
Nate Robinson Bulls – Robinson may have been dropped when Kirk Hinrich came back last week, and while Lil Him has cooled off, Hinrich will miss another game on Sunday with his bum elbow, and like I've been saying forever, has a low chance of staying healthy through the end of the season. Therefore, hanging onto Robinson still makes sense, even though his numbers have been down over his last three games. He'll start again on Sunday and I'm guessing he bounces back with some solid points, assists, steals and 3-pointers.
Tony Allen Grizzlies – Some of my Rotoworld cohorts don't agree with me on Tony Allen, but I like what he's doing with his heavy minutes in Memphis. He's averaging 11.6 points, 7.0 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 2.4 steals and 1.0 blocks over his last five games while shooting an excellent 51 percent. He won't hit many 3-pointers, but is playing well enough to be owned in most leagues. And the Grizz have a good weekly schedule, going 3-3-4-4-4-4-3-2 the rest of the way.
J.J. Redick Bucks – I dropped Redick in one league as soon as he was shipped to the Bucks on Thursday, but I might have jumped the gun. He went off for 16 points, seven assists and a 3-pointer in 35 minutes on Saturday against the Hawks. The Bucks played him alongside Brandon Jennings and Monta Ellis a lot on Saturday, but keep in mind the Hawks were using Jeff Teague, Devin Harris and Kyle Korver at the same time, so the Bucks could get away with it. But regardless, Redick's first game with the Bucks was pretty similar to what he was doing with the Magic, so there's a chance he'll be OK going forward. But only if Jim Boylan is content with going with a small lineup against all of his opponents. If not, Redick could have some nights where he plays less than 20 minutes.
Rodney Stuckey Pistons – Brandon Knight missed Saturday with a knee injury and while an MRI was negative, he is dealing with swelling and should be iffy for the upcoming week. Maybe that will be enough to get Stuckey going. He started on Saturday and had 11 points on 3-of-8 shooting, but also played 33 minutes. He's scored 11 or 12 points in each of his last three games, and might be worth a look if you need a guard and Knight's knee is slow to heal. Will Bynum also benefits from the loss of Knight, and has scored 15 and 17 points in each of his last two games.
Celtics Backcourt – Jordan Crawford made his Celtics debut on Friday and had 10 points and two 3-pointers in 17 minutes. I'm guessing he'll get between 20-25 minutes on most nights and he'll have some big games, as well as some duds. He's still not a must-own player, but is worth grabbing in deeper leagues if you need threes. Courtney Lee had just eight points in that one, but did play 30 minutes and scored 20 and 15 points in his previous two. The addition of Crawford likely means a timeshare, which isn't great news for either player. Avery Bradley continues to start at point guard and is averaging 10.8 points, 2.6 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 2.0 steals over his last five, and is a decent add with Rajon Rondo done for the year. Jason Terry has hit double digits in scoring in four of his last five, and is another guy to keep an eye on, but none of the Celtics guards are likely to lead fantasy teams to a championship, as the timeshare factor is just too great. Especially when you add Terrence Williams, who is on a 10-day contract, to the mix.
Others to consider: Marcus Thornton, Alan Anderson, Devin Harris, Thabo Sefolosha, C.J. Watson (on nights when Deron Williams sits), E'Twaun Moore (12 points, 6 assists over last two games, Jameer Nelson hurting), Beno Udrih (37 minutes, 10 points, 7 assists in Orlando debut).
Jeff Green Celtics – Green is on fire, scoring 31 points with three 3-pointers, five blocks and two steals on Friday, and is averaging 18.4 points, 5.0 rebounds, 0.8 steals, 2.2 blocks and 1.4 3-pointers over his last five. If you were able to pick him up off waivers in your league, he is a guy who can help you win a championship for the undermanned Celtics. Remarkably, he's owned in just 41 percent of Yahoo! Leagues, which is a joke. Make sure he's not available in your league, as he's as 'must-own' as they come. The only buzzkill is the two games this week.
Carlos Delfino/Thomas Robinson Rockets – I was higher on T-Rob the night he was traded than I am now, as Delfino has played well in his three starts at power forward. I had no idea the 6-6 Delfino could play there, but he's played between 35 and 42 minutes over his last three games, scoring 12, 22 and 9 points in each, with 13 3-pointers over that stretch. At this point, Delfino looks like a must-own player to me, as long as he can stay healthy. T-Rob will see some run once he gets a practice under his belt, but he'll have to learn a new system and gain the trust of Kevin McHale, which is why I prefer Delfino at this point. And keep in mind that the Rockets' weekly schedule stinks, as they finish up 3-3-3-3-3-4-3-2.
Moe Harkless/Andrew Nicholson Magic – Harkless is finally shooting it well, hitting 29-of-59 shots over his last four games (49%) and averaging 16.8 points, 7.0 rebounds, 1.0 steals, 1.0 blocks and 1.0 3-pointers over that stretch. He's also getting 35 minutes per game over his last four, and suddenly looks like a must-own player. Nicholson is starting and also makes for an interesting add, averaging 11.0 points and 5.6 rebounds over his last five games.
Thaddeus Young Sixers – Young is hoping to play on Sunday against the Knicks after missing a few weeks with a hamstring injury and is averaging 14.9 points, 7.4 rebounds and 1.6 steals on the season. It's time to pick him up.
Al-Farouq Aminu Hornets – Aminu's not a dynamic scorer, but has been productive, averaging 8.6 points, 10.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 1.8 steals and 1.6 blocks on 53 percent shooting over his last five games. The Hornets have a better weekly schedule than Brooklyn, and Aminu makes for a better player to own than Gerald Wallace, who is putting up similar numbers. Aminu's schedule and consistency make him the better option in my book.
Caron Butler Clippers – Butler has been hot and appears to be healthy, averaging 16.0 points, 3.8 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 0.8 steals and 2.3 3-pointers on 49 percent shooting over his last four games. I don't fully trust him, but he's getting 28 minutes per game right now and is hot, making him worth a shot in most leagues. Just look out for that 2-game week coming up on March 11.
Others to consider: Vince Carter (still hot), Martell Webster (quietly effective), Gerald Wallace, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (coming on), Taj Gibson, Danny Granger, Dorell Wright,
Jason Thompson Kings – Thompson was already playing very well and the fact Thomas Robinson was traded only helps his cause. He's averaging 12.8 points, 8.0 rebounds and 1.0 blocks on 51 percent shooting over his last five games. He's averaging 32 minutes over that stretch, and looks like a very solid add right now, and is only owned in 41 percent of Yahoo! Leagues.
Jason Smith Hornets – Robin Lopez has been terribly inconsistent lately and Smith is coming on a bit, scoring 22, 12, 8 and 13 points in each of his last four games. He's also racked up 18 rebounds and five blocks over that stretch, and is shooting 55 percent during the hot streak. I don't trust Smith, but he had 22 points, five boards and two blocks in Friday's loss, and might be a better center to own than Lopez right now.
Carl Landry Warriors – Andrew Bogut now has a back issue that could keep him out indefinitely, clearing the way for Landry to get more run going forward. Landry has gone for 11 points & 8 rebounds, and 10 & 6 in each of his last two games, and those numbers could go up for as long as Bogut is in street clothes. Andris Biedrins is starting, but I have no interest in dealing with that headache.
Elton Brand Mavericks – Brand is suddenly coming on and has gone for 13 & 7 and 17 & 5 over his last two games, blocking two shots in each of them. He's having a good game as I write this on Sunday and it looks like he might finally be ready to go on a consistent spree for the Mavs.
Jermaine O'Neal Suns – I really don't trust O'Neal and he played just 15 minutes on Friday, but the fact remains he's averaging 10.8 points, 9.6 rebounds and 2.0 blocks on 51 percent shooting over his last five games, essentially outplaying starter Marcin Gortat. His daughter is scheduled for heart surgery on March 5, which could cause him to miss some games. But if you're desperate at center and the waiver wire is bare, JO is at least worth a look as long as he's in uniform for the Suns.
Others to consider: Tiago Splitter, JaVale McGee, Jonas Valanciunas


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Helen LaRue (McCleaf) Beard, 94, of 847 Anthony Ave., Waynesboro, died at 10:25 a.m. Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, in her home.
Helen LaRue (McCleaf) Beard, 94, of 847 Anthony Ave., Waynesboro, died at 10:25 a.m. Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, in her home.
Born Aug. 21, 1918, in Waynesboro, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Helen (Clopper) McCleaf. She was a lifelong resident of the Waynesboro area.
Mrs. Beard graduated from Waynesboro High School with the class of 1936.
She and her husband of over 69 years, John F. Beard, were married on May 17, 1943, in the Hagerstown Lutheran Church.
Beginning in 1936, Mrs. Beard did secretarial work for a short time at Frick Co., Waynesboro. However, she was a homemaker most of her life.
She was a lifelong member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Waynesboro, and the National AARP.
Mrs. Beard was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother to her family.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by one daughter, Ellen Doub and her husband John of Waynesboro; two grandchildren, Andrew Doub and his wife Laurel of Rexburg, Idaho, and Allison Doub of State College, Pa.; one brother, A. Fred McCleaf of Waynesboro; one niece; and two nephews.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, in the Evangelical Lutheran Church, 43 S. Church St., Waynesboro, with Rev. Dennis Beaver officiating. Burial will be private at the convenience of the family.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to: The Evangelical Lutheran Church, 43 S. Church St., Waynesboro, Pa. 17268.
The family wishes to extend their sincere thanks and appreciation to the Home Nursing and Hospice Agency, Chambersburg, for the love and care showed to the family during this difficult time.
Grove-Bowersox Funeral Home, Waynesboro, is handling the arrangements.
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Public hearing on Tarmac permit
A hearing to take public comment on the draft environmental impact statement for the Tarmac King Road mine will be held at 7 p.m. at the Inglis Community Center in Inglis.
The hearing is being held by the U.S. Department of Environmental Protection and the Army Corps of Engineers, the agency which drafted the report. For more information visit www.kingroadeis.com.
TDC to meet in Bronson
The next Levy County Tourist Development Council meeting will be held on Thursday, May 31, at 6 p.m. at its office in Bronson.
Chiefland Watermelon Festival, bike ride
The Chiefland Woman's Club is hosting the 58th Annual Chiefland Watermelon Festival in historic downtown Chiefland and partnering with the Suwannee Valley Rotary Club's 1st Tour De Melon. The Tour De Melon is a cycling event for cyclists of all ages on the Greenway Trail and local roadways. The Watermelon Festival will include a parade, watermelon pageants for all ages, watermelon contest, family fun, fanfare, arts, crafts, food and much more.
For more information visit: www.chieflandwomansclub.org and www.tourdemelon.com
Volunteer Advocates Needed
Florida's Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program needs volunteers to join its corps of dedicated advocates who protect the rights of elders who live in nursing homes, assisted living facilities and adult family care homes. The program's local councils are seeking additional volunteers to identify, investigate and resolve residents' concerns. Special training and certification is provided.
All interested individuals who care about protecting the health, safety, welfare and rights of long-term care facility residents — who often have no one else to advocate for them — are encouraged to call toll-free 1-888-831-0404 or visit the program's website at http://ombudsman.myflorida.com.
June 9
BACK Fighting Cancer golf tourney
The Swinging for a Cure golf tournament is being replaced by a new tournament, the BACK Fighting Cancer golf tournament to be held at the Chiefland Golf and Country Club.
Proceeds will benefit BACK Fighting Cancer which in turn supports families in the Tri-County area who have a child who has been diagnosed with cancer.
June 13
Grief Support Group
Haven Hospice will hold a Grief Support Group for all interested persons at Christ Episcopal Church, SR24 and 5th St., Cedar Key, on Wednesday, June 13, from 6 - 7 p.m. Call 352-328-9848 for more information.
July 16
Summer art teachers needed
The Cedar Key Arts Guild's Summer Art Program Coordinators are wondering if there is anyone among you who might be interested in teaching a 2 1/2 hour (9-11:30 a.m.) workshop to children (either elementary or secondary level or both groups at different times) during the weeks of July 16-27. We still have six time slots to fill (three teachers if they will do both groups) and there is a small stipend involved.
Please call Donna Bushnell for more information on how to be a part of this fun opportunity. Donna can be reached at 352-493-1807.
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