First Post: Friday, February 24, 2012

Shoot, boy! Everything’s so serious nowadays on the daytime television. You got the view, the chew, the talk, the ceaseless chatter about, really, nothing that important. Yet the panelists feel compelled to show much righteous indignation, to open their mouths always in sync with wild gestures of the arms and hands. But in a better time, there was the variety talent show known as The Gong Show, and if you were lucky, you got the surprise of seeing the terpsichorean in the above video.

Those were the days. Much better entertainment value there than from the current hyperselfimportant yecchs factors or Amerika’s idle. Ah, well…

Free ones: Rundown…

Aqueduct 4, 6, 9
Gulf 3, 4, 6, 8, 9
Santa Anita 3, 6, 8

The return of rampant madness at Hallandale, F-L-A. A quintet of Bonkers Boxes. How is this possible? Quick, get Star Jones and Sharon Osbourne on the case!

WMF Report: Weekend. Today…

Laurel 4, 7, 9
Tampa 4, 7, 8
Fair Grounds 1, 3, 4, 7
Hawthorne 2, 4, 6, 8, 9
Oaklawn 3, 5, 6
Turfway 6, 9, 10

WMF Report: A most interesting melange for your Friday…

Speed
Beulah 6f
Chas. Town 4½f
Sam Houston 5½f
Los Alamitos 4½f
Santa Anita 6½f
Turfway 6f
Turf Paradise 6f, 6½f

Rally
Sam Houston 1m (!) (WMF 24)
Tampa 1 1/16m (T)

Nocturnal Submission: Over to the Delta for Race 6 (9:03 p.m. EST / 6:03 p.m. PST), where #3 Billy Bo shoots for the surprise. …The finale at Sam Houston Racing Emporium (11:54 / 8:54) has #10 Jocoda in line for the upset. …One more for the fans, this time at Bell Rd., Race 8 (6:28 / 3:28); in it, #8 Del Mar Drama could be tragic, depending on the audience. …

Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. So long./strong