Dr. Blogstein will play the role of 24’s Jack Bauer in a dramatic recreation of a scene featuring actor Fred Griffith.
Griffith emailed Dr. Blogstein last month with a desire to stop by the Radio Happy Hour. Blogstein agreed when he noticed that Griffith had “CTU Doctor” from season 3 of 24 on his resume.
Also rocking the Radio Happy Hour, Jesse O, the first artist signed to a newly formed record label call Twist.
The twist is that this label is a Sony/Columbia and LOGO network joint venture to create the first-ever major record label catered to gay and lesbian music artists. We’ll find out if there is a market for gay music, how it different from straight music and whether Jesse O thinks that this label will end up labeling him.
All that plus, Dangerous Lee, Vinny Bond drags his big leather couch into the Radio Happy Hour lounge and chats with the listeners, Justin the Weatherman with his forecast and your calls at 646-652-4804. And if that isn’t enough, one lucky caller will be tasered!
Join us live every Tuesday night at 9PM ET. The Radio Happy Hour Lounge–a live chat room during show time is a whole new reason to make sure you listen live! But if you can’t and miss us then, we’re ALWAYS ON atwww.DrBlogstein.com
Dr. Blogstein and Jane will welcome Robert Salaam to the show. Salaam, who evidently didn’t have a hard enough life growing up in America as a black man, decided to further complicate things by converting to Islam. We’ll shoot the Shiite with him about his religion, the War on Terror and his views on the Muslim characters being portrayed on Fox’s 24.
Joe Franscella, Managing Editor of The Ripon Record will share exclusive and breaking news concerning “Father Felony“Randall Radic before it hits the morning paper.
Also, Dr. Blogstein and Jane will reveal which of the story endings that they listed here and there are indeed true and which were just made up.
Plus, much, much more including your calls at 646-652-4804.
Join us Tuesday night at 9PM ET or 3AM Belgium time. And if you miss us then, we’re forever archived at Blog Talk Radio. You’re not going to want to miss this!
Though roundly ridiculed and laughed at, The Man Bag is as functional as it is stylish. Ofter called a “messenger bag,” The Man Bag gives men the opportunity to carry their daily necessities and important belongings in an over-the-shoulder fashion that up until now, only women enjoyed.
Whether its today’s Wall Street Journal to read on your morning commute or sophisticated weaponry to save the world, The Man Bag is an absolute must for today’s man.
So, everyone, ignore the finger pointing and obnoxious snickering, and forget for a moment that your buddies are questioning your sexuality and join me in a hearty Dr. Blogstein salute of The Man Bag.
For those of you who watched the Golden Globes last night instead of 24, please redirect yourself here. Everyone else, read on:
Holy Crap! How is Jack Bauer getting out this one? They nuked LA! Those bastards!
Last night’s episode of 24 was the best two hours of television since Geraldo went into Al Capone’s vault. I was up until 2 AM just thinking about it. What it takes other series (serieses? Seri?) two seasons to do, 24 did between 9:45 and 10:00 PM last night.
TWO series changing events. Bang! Bang! One after the other. If you saw it, you know what I’m talking about. If you haven’t seen it, you’ll either see eventually or don’t care, so I wont bother to go into great detail. But, I am wrong? AMAZING!
But also scary! The terrorism depicted in the first four hours of Season 6 is probably our worst case scenario, but that just means that it is indeed a scenario thats considered possible. Yikes!
As you heard at the end of last night’s show, the bad guys have four other suitcase nukes waiting to go off in a city near you. Are you the kind of person that’s curious as to what would happen to your city if it was hit by a nuke? Well, just like people with foot fetishes and the members of the International Badminton Federation, there’s a website for you too: http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/gmap/hydesim.html
Flynn’s new book, Act of Treason, hits bookstores on Tuesday. I’ve had mine preordered from Amazon.com since July! I’m that excited for it.
Believe me when I tell you that a Vince Flynn reading experience is like no other. His main character, Mitch Rapp, is as fearless and tough as Jack Bauer. Where Rapp has Bauer beat is in his ruthlessness. Rapp is more of a fan of a violent death for the bad guys than Bauer’s more professional executions (if there is such a thing.)
If you’ve never read a Vince Flynn book before (or any book for that matter), I have a feeling this is one I’d feel comfortable starting you off on. Just judging by how the last book ended, Mitch Rapp is sure to have a giant chip on his shoulder and a craving for some ass kicking!
(By the way, you’ll notice that I’ve used the terms “appetizer” and “craving” and the phrase “out of the oven”–Is there any doubt that I skipped lunch today?!?)
Do me a favor and read Act of Treason then come back here and tell me what you think. Its good stuff and I look forward to you telling me how right I am!
or click play below to listen to Dr.Blogstein’s June 24, 2008 interview with Brad Thor
Way back in late February, yours truly brought you the world’s first glimpse at bestselling author Brad Thor’s new thriller’s book jacket. And now, since I know my sophisticated audience would never dare judge a book by its cover, I bring you the very first interview with Brad Thor about his new book Takedown!
But before that, let me come clean: I am a huge fan of Brad Thor’s previous books, but then again I’m biased because I’m American and do not support terrorism against my country. If that describes you as well, then I’m fairly certain that you too will become a fan of Mr. Thor’s work.
All indications are that Takedown, the fifth thriller featuring tough-as-nails and sarcastic-as-Blogstein counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath, will be this summer’s hot read. You know, the one book you see every other person on the beach reading?
So, my tip to you is to get in on it early so you can take credit for discovering it–at least that’s what I intend to do.
The book comes out on May 30th but I just preordered it here.
And now, without Freddy Adu, we welcome Brad Thor…
Dr. Blogstein: Hello Brad, it is a true honor to have one of my favorite writers visiting the pages of Dr. Blogstein.
Brad Thor: It’s my pleasure, Dr. B. Thank you for having me.
Dr. B: If you had two or three sentences to convince me to read Takedown, what would you say?
BT: I know where you live, what kind of car you drive and where you get your shirts laundered. Read it or I’ll be in touch.
But if you aren’t the kind who bows to petty intimidation, then I’d say - this book is a white-knuckle thrill ride. It is easily my best work to date. The plotting is razor sharp, the chapters are fast as hell, the action never stops and the characters are based on real people who are out there kicking ass and taking hyphenated names on a daily basis.
Dr. B: Brad, you had me at “shirts laundered.”
According to your new book’s description on Amazon.com, terrorists attack New York City and “all of the bridges and tunnels leading into and out of Manhattan are destroyed.” Can something like this really happen in New York?
BT: If someone is willing to throw enough manpower at it, you bet it could.
Dr. B: The answer I was looking for was, “no.” Dude, you scare me.
In your expert opinion, is a terror strike similar to the one you write about in Takedown imminent? If so, can you tell me when to get the hell out of here?
BT: It’s funny you should ask. My wife jokes that I have some sort of bizarre ability to see into the future and write about events before they happen. I hope that isn’t true with New York, but what’s interesting is that Takedown is actually based on a very scary guy who went into hiding two days before the September 11th attacks. Not a lot frightens me, but this man is something to be seriously scared about.In my unending quest to have a fatwa issued against me, I used the guy’s real name in the book - and made him a pedophile to boot. As I neared completion on the novel, the CIA launched a missile strike inside Pakistan and nailed a bunch of bad guys. Supposedly, my guy was among them, so I decided to give the character a fictitious name. Two days ago an intel buddy of mine called to tell me that the scary guy is not dead and had managed to escape. I hope I’m wrong, but if I were you, Dr. B - I’d make sure I had plenty of canned tuna and powdered milk under the bed.And while you’re at it, keep that plastic sheeting and duct tape handy too.
Dr. B: Ummm, I could have used that plastic sheeting for my desk chair before you answered that question, if you know what I mean.
Are you ever afraid that you’re giving terrorists ideas?
BT: With all of the work I put into my novels (interviews, research, etc.), I come across a lot of information that for reasons of national security, I either change or omit altogether. I consider it my duty to be responsible. But am I ever afraid that I’m giving terrorists ideas? It does cross my mind from time-to-time.
Dr. B: To that point, according to “Page Six” in the New York Post dated July 2, 2005, the government put pressure on you to cancel interviews on your last book tour because “the D.C. bureaucrats are afraid Thor will give away secrets that might help the evil-doers.” If this is true, why did you get the memo and Scooter Libby didn’t?
BT: You know what, Scooter’s always been a rebel that way. He got the memo just like me, but a bunch of us suggested it might be funny if he blew it off and sure enough…
Dr. B: What makes Brad Thor novels so much fun to read is the tension of not knowing whether this is the book in which your hero, Counterterrorism Operative Scot Harvath, finally finds the letter “T” that’s clearly missing from his first name. Seriously, dude, what’s with your spelling of “Scot”?
BT: My brother’s name is Scot. My mother didn’t like the idea of three T’s lined up in Scott Thor, so she opted for Scot with one T. The character is based in part on him. That’s the truth.
BT: ROTFL. You’re a pretty funny guy, doc. Let me take these in order.
Josiah Bartlet couldn’t go a single round with President Rutledge. Who’s going to train him? Josh? CJ? Mrs. McKlusky - “He’s a wrecking machine, Josiah…”
Presidents Palmer and Rutledge, though, mano-a-mano would be a helluva fight. Plus, Palmer’s got that bad paw with all that funky skin. That would be pretty cool, but I’m afraid if things got too tough, he’d tried to tag out to Jack Bauer. ThenScot Harvath would have to jump in and the ass whoopin’ would begin. Bauer’d be hurtin’ for a lot longer than 24 hours.
And because I’d very much like to be invited back to the White House, I feel it necessary to point out that President George W. Bush is not a “fake” president.
Dr. B: That’s debatable.
Finally, Brad, if Takedown had a soundtrack what songs would be on it?
BT: What a great question. Let’s see here. In order of appearance they would be:
Happy Passover! Its a time when all Jewish people around the world go on the Atkins Diet (with the exception of eating cardboard, or in Hebrew: matzah) and recount the story of how Moses helped the Israelites escape Egypt, where they were held as slaves, through the desert in 40 days and 40 nights.
Its also a time that encourages debates and questions regarding the meaning of Passover and all its traditions and symbols. That leads me to my question:
Would it have taken 40 days and 40 nights if it had been Jack Bauer leading the Jews out of Egypt?
Clearly the answer is: No, it would have taken 24 hours. But why?
Jack seems to have it more together than Moses did. Moses was a stutterer and couldn’t really express himself all that well, in fact it was his brother Aaron did most of the talking for him. Jack, on the otherhand, is quite clear about what he wants and when he wants it, though he too has an Aaron, Secret Service Agent Aaron Pierce, who helps him out.
Moses needed ten plagues to get the ball rolling on the Egyptian escape. According to an MIT Professor who I made up, Dr. Vladimir Zimmentofer, it would have taken Jack Bauer 90% fewer plagues to weaken the Egyptians to the point at which the Jews could escape Egypt. It is my belief that the only plague Jack would have needed was the “slaying of the first born.”
However, I don’t think Jack Bauer would have had to take it that far as to kill every Egyptian’s first born. Jack, most likely, would have gotten the job done by shooting a few of the Egyptian’s wives in the leg.
Onto the famous parting of the Red Sea portion of the Jewish version of the Underground Railroad. This miracle would have been totally unnecessary if Jack Bauer had been leading the Jews out of Egypt.
While Moses only knew one route to the promised land, Jack would have had Chloe map out several routes, one of which I’m sure would have avoided having to cross the Red Sea.
Fascinating, I know. Hopefully, I’ve helped spark a lively debate at your Seder tonight.
**An all new Vince Flynn interview when he returns to the Radio Happy Hour on Tuesday night October 21 at 9PM Eastern. Just click –> Vince Flynn.**
Okay, okay, that was a low blow on President’s Day. Of course, President Bush can read, in fact, his dad taught us all how to read his lips.
The fact that George W. Bush can read isn’t the story here, its what he reads that makes this a story.
According to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune (and who am I to doubt them?), George W. Bush is a fan of Vince Flynn. (For the record, so is Dr. Blogstein)
The Star-Trib reports that the President discovered Vince Flynn’s thrillers when he saw CIA Director Porter Goss reading one at Camp David. “He started rattling off my titles; said he was on ‘Memorial Day,’ ” Flynn told the paper. “He said he had a feeling I knew someone at the CIA because of how accurate they are.”
For those of you not familiar with Vince Flynn’s main character, Mitch Rapp, he’s a renegade CIA operative in the mold of Jack Bauer. He’s not afraid to go against protocol if its for the greater good and he’s not above torture to get answers from the bad guys. Any of this sound familiar?
I think we may have found the source of this administration’s policies. Could reading Vince Flynn have influenced the NSA wire tapping program? Could Vince Flynn’s books have led to the Abu Gharib torture? Is life imitating art?
**An all new Vince Flynn interview when he returns to the Radio Happy Hour on Tuesday night October 21 at 9PM Eastern. Just click –> Vince Flynn.**
Update 2-14-08: If you’re wondering about future movies featuring counter terrorism operative Mitch Rapp, click: Mitch Rapp Movies
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Awesome author Vince Flynn, whose latest novel “Consent To Kill” is his finest to date, helped plot out the storylines for the current season of 24 on FOX. Well, if you’ve been an early adapter to both Flynn’s books and 24, you’ll know that perhaps this isn’t the first season he helped plot out, though this may be the first time he’s getting paid for it!
Many times throughout the years I’ve watched 24 and thought to myself, “Wait a second, hasn’t Jack Bauer done this before?” Then I realize, the situations are familiar because I’ve read them in one of Vince Flynn’s books!
Still, if 24 is going to copy, at least they’re copying from the best. I just wonder whether Flynn was put on the show’s staff to keep him from finally suing!
By the way, Jack Bauer’s alias after his staged death was “Frank Flynn”. Coincidence or a tribute to the real brains behind TV’s most exciting hour?
Speaking of Vince Flynn and Jack Bauer. . .There was a letter to the editor in this past Friday’s Minnesota Star-Tribune that I thought made quite a bit of sense. I will copy and paste it for you:
Pre-9/11 mind-set
I think those who opposed President Bush’s NSA wiretapping program have selective amnesia. If you were to ask any American - regardless of ideology - shortly after 9/11 if we should be “spying” on suspected terrorists or terrorist groups, there would have been about a 98 percent approval.
Not today. And the reason is the anti-Bush-biased media frenzy, much like the one over the college fraternity-hazing tactics that were used at Abu Ghraib prison and called “torture.”
Why is it when our fictional heros, such as Jack Bauer of “24″ or Vince Flynn’s Mitch Rapp, bend the rules to avert some major catastrophe, we applaud them, but if the real-life leader of our country does it, we dump all over him?
Coming up this week on DR. BLOGSTEIN’S RADIO HAPPY HOUR: (Live on Tuesday September 25th at 9PM ET and forever archived at BlogTalkRadio.)
Dr. Blogstein will play the role of 24’s Jack Bauer in a dramatic recreation of a scene featuring actor Fred Griffith.
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