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Alo-Ha! Friday Charles Memminger |
Something funny’s
going on in WaikikiOne sign that Honolulu's economy is improving is the expansion of comedy shows in Waikiki. We've got Andy Bumatai, Paul Ogata and Frank De Lima at the Palace Showroom; Augie T., Lanai and Mel Cabang at Brew Moon; and now, comedian Bo Irvine and business partner Wanda Shipp will be bringing in A-list mainland comics weekly at the newly dubbed Sharkey's Comedy Club at the All Star Hawaii cafe.
The grand opening on Wednesday will feature Anthony Griffith, an Emmy Award-winning comic and actor who appeared in last summer's "Charlie's Angels 2: Full Throttle."
Sharkey's also will continue to feature local comics, but the influx of weekly big-name mainland comics will ensure that tourists and locals have something to laugh about. For more information, call 531-HAHA (4242).
Now the news ...
Cauliflower in a new hue
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) » Don't adjust your set. That cauliflower on your plate really is orange. After its discovery in a Canadian marsh more than 30 years ago, orange cauliflower is finally hitting the U.S. market.The hybrid was developed by breeders at the New York State Agricultural Station and is a favorite of restaurant chefs because of its appearance and because it has more vitamin A than its pale cousin.
(Great. Now if they could just develop broccoli that tastes like cheeseburgers.)
Bird brain bangs birdie
NEWPORT BEACH, Ca. (AP) » A man who attacked his pet macaw, breaking its beak and leg after the bird bit him, must complete 120 days of community service and take anger management classes, a judge ruled.Anthony James Ellis, 53, had been sentenced to 120 days in jail, but Orange County Superior Court Judge Susane Shaw said she would let him do the community service instead and pay a fine of $3,577. The bird, named Johnny, was injured on Ellis' boat, where it was a mascot.
(The judge did not buy Ellis' legal defense: that he was cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs.)
Time to go for big lobster
LONDON (AP) » Lobsters have long been known as solitary and territorial crustaceans -- but timely and fashion-conscious?Divers in northeastern England were recently surprised to come across a giant lobster standing guard over a barnacle-encrusted watch at the bottom of a harbor.
The 30-year-old, 2-foot-long lobster was taken to the Blue Reef Aquarium in Tynemouth. The watch, which was still ticking, was not taken.
(Sometimes you come across things in nature that are so wonderful and precious that you just have to hijack the creature from its home of three decades and put it in a lonely tank to die. Good work, boys.)
'Honolulu Lite' on Sunday:
Catch a special Honolulu Lite EXTRA on Sunday about my trip to New Orleans. Current working title: "Jazz, Jambalaya and 20,000 Drunken, Spewing Revelers on Bourbon Street." Or something like that.
Quote Me on This:
"My parents warned me never to open the cellar door or I would see things I shouldn't see. So one day when they were out, I did open the cellar door, and I did see things I shouldn't see: grass, flowers, the sun ..." -- Emo Philips
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