On the show tonight, Kevin James; 3 Doors Down; and former Miss World and who many claim to be the most beautiful woman in the world, the world-renowned Aishwarya Rai.

Bush has announced lots of budget cuts and no one is escaping unscathed. Even NASA is feeling the pinch. They can barely continue to run their Hubble Space Telescope. Have you seen? We see the view of what one sees when looking through the Hubble Space Telescope these days? We see a clip of outer space. Soon, bells and whistles start going off with a blinking message, "Insert 50 cents for the next three minutes."

Earlier tonight was the big finale to "The Amazing Race" on CBS. Since we too work at CBS, we were able to get the clip of the final episode on the cheap. Unfortunately, the show wasn't nearly as exciting as Dave had hoped. We see a clip. It's three people speed-walking.

I can't help it but whenever I hear of "The Amazing Race," I think it's a show about the Nazis.

DID CHENEY AND HASTERT NOT KNOW THIS WAS TELEVISED?
- from last week's State of the Union Address. There, standing behind our President, was our Vice President and Speaker of the House going through all sorts of twitches, itches, and scratches.

SUPER BOWL 39 QUIZ - You must have heard about it. It was in all the papers. Some of my favorites:
- a crazy Eagles fan with face paint: "This Philadelphia Eagles fan is behaving this way because:
-A) It's the Eagles' first Super Bowl since 1981.
-B) Emotions always run high on Super Sunday
-C) He's having a violent reaction to the toxic face paint.

Dave takes a moment to wonder what do the fans who get themselves all painted up and dressed up for the game feel like when they lose? I've always thought the same about Oakland Raider fans. Sure, it's fine to get dressed up in silly Raider garb when they win. But when they lose, dang, you got to mope around looking like some darn fool, more so than usual.

- fat fan: "This fan:
-A) has an old cap from Super Bowl XXX
-B) bought a program for Super Bowl XXXIX
-C) is wearing a shirt that reads XXXL

- President Clinton leaving field: "President Clinton is being escorted off the field because:
-A) it's time to go up to his sky box
-B) the game is about to start
-C) he was harassing the cheerleaders

- two guys dressed in Colonial outfits and white wigs: "Throughout the afternoon, these Patriots fans received:
-A) Enthusiastic compliments
-B) admiring glances
-C) savage beatings

TOP TEN: Slogans for the New Gay Beer - Two businessmen from Switzerland have created a beer specifically for the homosexual community. The beer is called "Queer Beer" and it is marketed by their company, Lemonhead.
#10. For Guys Who Don't Like Busch
#9. Cold as a mountain stream, gay as a picnic basket
#8. For all the gay stuff you do, this beer's for you
#7. Made with the finest gay hops and barley
#6. Toss one back, and while you're at it have a beer.
#5. The perfect drink for spending the afternoon watching "Trading Spaces" with the guys.
#4. Come out of the closet and head for the mountains
#3. Wreck your liver and your marriage
#2. Drink until you can see 'straight'
#1. The Queen of Beers

At the end of the Top Ten, Paul asks "How is gay beer different from regular heterosexual beer?" Dave giggles and does not answer. I played along and said . . . . . well, I'll let you think about it and I'll tell you my answer later.

KEVIN JAMES: Not surprisingly, no one ever proclaimed him the most handsome man in the world. It's the 7th season of "The King of Queens" and he stars in the Friday release of "Hitch."
Kevin confides that he needs to get in shape. He's never experienced the "runner's high" he's heard so much about. He has, though, experienced the "heaving in the bushes" feeling of running to excess.
He joined a gym recently and it's not going too sell. The locker room is him and a bunch of naked men over 60. The scale is right next to his locker and there is always an old guy getting on the scale with a towel around his waist. Of course, the towel comes off for the weigh in. Kevin suggests they keep the towel on and simply deduct a half-pound. They would do everybody a favor. Hoo boy, I would love to go to the diner across the street from the gym and hear what the 60-year-old guys say about the naked Kevin James!
Kevin works out on the treadmill. He doesn't sweat like you see the young muscular guys you see on the soap operas. They have that perfect V sweat on the front of their shirt just below their neck. Kevin says when he sweats he gets two smiley sweat stains under his boobs.
Me? I'm in such poor shape I can't work out long enough to build up a sweat. In fact, I need to take a breather after bending over to tie my shoes.
Kevin James stars in "Hitch" with Will Smith. He has a kissing scene in the film . . . with Will Smith. Kevin is a professional. Before the kiss, he "minted up."

AISHWARYA RAI: Pronounced Ushwarria Rye. She is a former Miss World 1994 and has been proclaimed the most beautiful woman in the world. Her film, "Bride and Prejudice" opens Friday in selected cities. She lives with her parents in Mumbai, India, formerly known as Bombay. It was changed back to its original Mumbai in 1995, ridding itself of the name given by British colonialists. She says it is not odd for a woman of 30 to live with her parents in India. "There's no need to make an appointment to see your parents in India" she points out.
Though little known here in the U.S., Aishwarya is a huge international star. The Bollywood film industry, called that in combination of Hollywood and Bombay, makes more films a year than Hollywood. Dave asks how she got her start in the movie business and she says it started from modeling. She asks Dave how he got his start doing this? Dave says, "Well, the other guy was sick one day . . ."
Looking for common footing, Dave blurts, "Did you see the 'Happy Days Reunion'? That got a big chortle out of me. So nonsensical and out of the blue. I don't think she did. I was hoping she had because I think Dave's next question was going to be, "So what happened to Chuck?"
Aishwarya Rai - in "Bride and Prejudice" - it opens in selected cities this Friday.

ACT 5: It's an exciting episode of "Jake and the Fatman", Wednesday at 9:00 on CBS.

3 DOORS DOWN: From their CD, "Seventeen Days", 3 Doors Down performed "Let Me Go."

And that was our show for Tuesday, February 8, 2005. Wahoo EXTRA!

This week, Central Park in New York City welcomes "The Gates" - 23 miles of 16-foot frames draped in saffron-colored fabric. It is the work of the artist, Christo. Mayor Bloomberg is happy to say that this work of art will come at no cost to the city. . . . . . except, of course, at a cost to the city's reputation for recognizing good art.

I stand corrected. The Super Bowl did have a shot from the turf cam. Somehow I missed it. I was told it showed the crotch of one of the players.

Come to think of it, maybe I did see the shot from the turf-cam. I just thought it was a Cialis commercial.

Hmmm. Is the Watergate's Deep Throat the Pope?

My girls can't wait. The first season of "Full House" is now on DVD!

"60 Minutes Wednesday" tonight features Queen Latifah, the host of the 47th Annual Grammy Awards. And gee whiz, look at that! CBS will be broadcasting the 47th Annual Grammy Awards this Sunday night! Wowee! What a coincidence!

I know, I know. I'm getting tired of the Super Bowl stuff, too. I think this will be the last of it.

SUPER BOWL WEEKEND: - my idea to reschedule the Super Bowl to Saturday.
The Super Bowl Friday Primetime Special would include the announcement of the year's MVP, past Super Bowl commercials and NFL clips of the outstanding plays of the year. They could also announce the inductees into the Football Hall of Fame. Super Bowl Sunday would be a day to recap Sunday; game/commercials/national anthem/halftime

Super Bowl Saturday: More feedback on my idea to shift the Super Bowl to Saturday:
From Joe Augitto of Hazelhurst, Wisconsin:

"This morning I was listening to ESPN radio. The morning guy (Colin Cowheard) was going on and on about how much better the Super Bowl would be if it were held on Saturday. His arguments were so identical to yours that I think he must be a Wahoo reader. You've started a revolution. Look for the Super Bowl on Super Saturday in '08."

See that! Even Colin Cowheard thinks it's a good idea! Welcome aboard, Colin!

From last Friday's Wahoo:

Why the Super Bowl on Saturday won't work: From Hank Bosworth of Fernwood. "Host cities would lose out on most of the Saturday business and virtually ALL of the Sunday business. People would leave early Sunday morning at the LATEST."

"Regarding Friday of Super Bowl weekend: the network's regular Friday lineup of shows would all have episodes that somehow have portions shot on location in the host city. If they can somehow also tie in to the game, even better. Friday night is usually another ratings graveyard, so this would work to goose those shows on the hosting network, if even for a week."

So how about that? Any commerce the city may lose out on could be made up by the host network shooting some of the programs there to air that week. The networks would shoot these weeks and months ahead of time, spreading out the Super Bowl commerce bonanza during the slower months. And imagine "product placement" of the city on the network's programs. Picture all that free advertisement!

I think I'm ready to do lunch with Moonves and Tagliabue. Super Bowl Weekend!

RUTH'S CHRIS STEAK HOUSE - I asked, "So what's with the awkward name?" Here are some responses:
-Ruth is the owner, she named it after her son Chris
-Ruth is the owner; the chef is named Chris
-Ruth purchased a pre-existing steak house called, "Chris Steak House."
-Ruth purchased a pre-existing steak house called, "Chris's Steak House."
-Ruth needed to make money because she wanted to send her son Chris to college

The following seem to be mostly on the mark:
From New York City, Eileen Morgan:

"Here's the deal on Ruth's Chris Steak House -- a rather cumbersome name. In 1965 Ruth Fertel was looking for a way to send her boys to college. She mortgaged her home and bought the Chris Steak House in New Orleans, adding her own name to the existing name."

"Here's your Ruth's Chris answer, straight from their corporate office (I called them this morning):
When Ruth bought her first restaurant, it was stipulated in the sale agreement that the name Chris had to remain - so she named it Ruth's Chris. When she began opening other restaurants, the name was already known for providing a quality dining experience, so it stuck."

"Regarding your question about Ruth's Chris Steak House, you obviously didn't read the entire Ruth Fertel story on their website where you would have found the following:

'In 1965, while scanning the classified section of the local newspaper, Ruth noticed an ad for a steak house for sale - Chris Steak House on Broad Street in New Orleans. Against the advice of her lawyer and her banker, she mortgaged her house for $22,000 and bought the restaurant, eventually renaming it Ruth's Chris Steak House.'"

So how is gay beer different from regular heterosexual beer?
Answer: It's fruitier!