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January 31, 2009

Source: ComingSoon
by Alex Billington

Well that didn't take too long! ComingSoon has debuted the full 30-second TV spot for G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra - which gives us our first-ever glimpse at finished footage from the upcoming G.I. Joe movie. I'll admit I'm very impressed by the look of this. Sure, it may be incredibly over-the-top, even pushing heavily into the cheesy range of things, but that's part of why this look so damn good. That's what G.I. Joe is known for (remember those cheesy cartoons?) and I expect this to just be ridiculously fun. What more could you ask for?! All of the action looks quite epic and exciting and that's what I just want to see. Enjoy!

Watch the full G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra Super Bowl TV spot:

G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra is directed by big action filmmaker Stephen Sommers, of The Jungle Book, Deep Rising, The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, and Van Helsing previously. The screenplay was co-written by both Stuart Beattie, of Collateral, Derailed, and 30 Days of Night, and Skip Woods, of Swordfish and Hitman. The movie is based on Hasbro's G.I. Joe line of toys that first debut in 1964. Paramount will premiere G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra in theaters everywhere on August 7th, 2009 this summer.

Beaters: There Should be some Rules

I drive by this forlorn 911 SC almost every day, either on my way to, or from, One Motor Trend Tower. It makes me want to cry. Or hurl. Sometimes both. No matter which side of the automotive fence you sit on, a late 70s 911 SC sunroof coupe is a pretty nice piece. I used to have one just like it, same colors even, and currently park its newer sibling, an '89 Carrera 3.2 coupe, in my garage. As you can see, this one's silver paint shines like chalk. It's been clocked in the left headlight. Both fog lights are gone, and the front licence plate hangs by a thread. The driver's door was smashed in, but it's had some gypsy body work and a little rattle can primer added. The tires are low, the wheels are filthy, and there's enough trash inside to fill a dumpster. The windows were last washed about the time W was elected. Oil changes? I don't want to know... There's nothing wrong with beaters. They have there own place in the transportation society. Some have charm, even. But something inside me says nobody should be allowed to make one out of a really cool/interesting/even-semi-valuable car. I know, this is America, the Land of Automotive Freedom, and people should be allowed to thrash whatever they like. But there are enough Dodge Diplomats, Toyota Coronas, and old police cars out there to pick on. A Porsche, old Vette, or '56 Ford F100? There ought to be a law, I tell ya... Here's a few Beater Candidate qualifiers that I think are reasonable: 1) Value of less than $1000. 2) The cost to repair the rust or reupholster the interior must exceed the value of the car 3) It be worth more if you parted it out 4) 150,000 mile minimum odo reading; 200K is better still. 5) Six cans of primer would improve its appearance 6) No really attractive woman (or anyone wearing clean clothes) would ride in it 7) Any sane person would call one of those tow-away-for-tax-credits outfits before they'd try to sell it to someone 8) You wouldn't even think of paying for Comprehensive or Collision insurance 9) Car washes are free, courtesy of the rain 10) Fine. Steal it. Who cares. If a car passes passes all of most of these litmus tests, it's got The Stuff to be a beater. So go ahead. Wail away. But leave the good stuff for car fools on a budget.

Foreclosures Dominate Sales

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Real estate values around the nation have collapsed, and sales of foreclosed and "underwater" homes now dominate many housing markets, according to a report released Tuesday.

The report, from Zillow.com, a real estate Web site, revealed that with foreclosures soaring, nearly 20% of the nation's home sales in 2008 were of bank-repossessed properties. Another 11% were short sales, in which homeowners owed more in mortgage debt than their homes were worth.

Madera, Calif., had the highest percentage of these distressed sales: 54.6% of all transactions there were foreclosed homes, and another 3.4% were short sales.

In Merced, Calif., 53.4% of sales were foreclosures and 4.8% were short sales. In nearby Stockton, 51.1% were foreclosures and 5.4% were short sales.

"As more markets turn down and markets that were already down go deeper, the pace at which value is being erased from the U.S. housing stock is rapidly increasing," said Stan Humphries, Zillow's vice president in charge of data and analytics.

"More value [was] wiped out in the fourth quarter of 2008 than was eliminated in all of 2007," Humphries said.

About $3.3 trillion in home equity was erased in 2008, with $1.4 trillion of that wipeout coming in the fourth quarter alone, according to Humphries. More than $6 trillion in value has been lost since the market peaked in 2005.

Those equity losses have put many homeowners underwater, where they're extremely vulnerable to foreclosure. These owners can't tap home equity for the cash they need to pay bills when they run into rough financial patches, and they often find it impossible to refinance - lenders will not loan more than the property is worth.

In the United States, 17.6% of all homes are now underwater, according to Zillow, as are 41.2% of all mortgages for homes bought in the past five years.

The worst-hit cities are in the once-booming Sun Belt. In Las Vegas, 61.4% of all homes are underwater.

Because so many homes are worth less than their mortgage balances, an increasing number have to be sold short. But short sale transactions can take a long time to complete, because lenders have been having trouble keeping up with the flood of requests.

"The speed of short sales is a function of the resources being allocated to them by lenders, and those resources are being stretched to the limit," Humphries said.

That means lenders may not act on approving short sales for months. The deals cannot go forward without their approval, because the banks must agree to forgive the difference between what they're owed and what the sale brings in.

As the time it takes to arrange short sales lengthens, they become harder to complete.

Time and money wasted

One example of how price declines can doom a short sale occurred recently in Phoenix. Curtis Johnson, a real estate broker there, worked with a health care worker whose hours were being cut and who could no longer afford her mortgage. She fell behind and decided to sell.

Johnson was able to find a buyer willing to pay $183,000, and got an approval form the lender. The owner confidently moved out, got a new place and started a new life. But the lender folded and the mortgage went to a new servicer, who took six weeks to approve the deal.

"Unfortunately, the buyers who were approved were no longer interested because the real estate market had dropped significantly," Johnson said. "They wrote a new offer, considerably lower then the first, and it was time to start over."

Two more offers eventually fell through before a new buyer was found and the owner's bank approved the price, this time at $163,000. On the day of that closing, however, the parties discovered that the buyer's lender had run out of funds and dropped out of the deal. The home went to foreclosure auction before another sale could be arranged.

The house is now on the market for $139,900.

"[The house is] listed for less than what would have been received had the bank been willing to work with us, and still has not yet sold," Johnson said.

Distressed sales like that depress the market for all homeowners. Regular sellers in cities dominated by foreclosures have to adjust their prices downward to compete.

The percentage of homes sold for less than what their owners originally paid has leaped up in the past couple of years. In the United States as a whole, 34.6% of the sales made in 2008 were done at a loss. In Merced, 71.6% of all sales last year were for less than the seller paid. Stockton, Modesto and Las Vegas all had in excess of 68% of all homes being sold at a loss.

Foreclosures beget more foreclosures by adding inventory to the market, which depresses prices, which increases foreclosures, according to Humphries.

"The vicious cycle continues," he said.

20 Celebrities and the Cars They Drive

By The Auto Insider

Want to know what celebrities drive? Until getting bored this morning, we didn't know we wanted to either. Now, we're so curious, we put together this list of 20 celebs and the cars they drive.

As we normally do when we're bored on a Saturday afternoon, we took a look around the auto forums for fun content. First things first was a trip over to our friends at VW Vortex where we found a delightfully mainstream almost-year-old thread that recently popped back atop the pecking order at The Car Lounge. Entitled "Celebrity Cars" — it appeared to be exactly what we were looking for — a by-no-means-comprehensive list of celebrities and the cars they drive. Excellent — something for us to write about. So we did some more pecking around and found a little site called "Celebrity Cars Blog." Even better!

So, without further ado, here's the best of what we found in an hour of searching. It's only 20, but it's a start. That's right, you heard us — a start. Now we need your help. If you're stuck inside tonight, we want to see what you're able to find. Wert said he'd help by hanging out in the comments below throughout the evening, so go ahead and have at it. Consider this like a "Bonus Question of the Day."

Kim Kardashian	Larry King	Adrian Grenier
Kendra Wilkinson	Audrina Patridge	Al Pacino
Ewan McGregor	Will.I.Am	Jennifer Garner
David Beckham	Miley Cyrus	Nicholas Cage
Conan O'Brien	Sienna Miller	Hayden Christensen
Larry David	Lauren Conrad	Simon Cowell
Daniel Craig	Jeremy Piven

[Inspiration from VWVortex]

BONUS: David Spade and his wicked Buick Grand National! But does he even count as a celeb anymore?

Grandma argues pot helps manage pain

By MARK CAUDIL

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Susan Stevens is trying to fight laws that prevent her from growing and using marijuana to treat medical conditions including chronic pain and glaucoma. (Dave Polcyn/News Journal)

MANSFIELD -- Susan Stevens said she has a "million diagnoses."

The 62-year-old grandmother said she has fibromyalgia, or widespread muscle pain, as well as glaucoma, asthma and sleep apnea. She sustained a number of broken bones in a 1998 car accident and a 1999 incident in which she was trampled by a horse.

Stevens' way of dealing with the pain has her in trouble with the law.

Police removed about 30 marijuana plants from her Sturges Avenue yard Sept. 15.

Stevens was indicted in January for possession and illegal cultivation of drugs. She pleaded not guilty to the charges Tuesday and was released on a personal recognizance bond.

"I don't want to be a criminal and contribute to any drug-dealing," Stevens said. "If I bought it on the street, it would have been a $100 waiver."

Because of the amount of marijuana police seized, Stevens is looking at something much more serious. She could receive up to 13 years in prison.

"The quantity that she had was a third-degree felony," Richland County Assistant Prosecutor Bambi Couch-Page said. "The fact that she was cultivating that quantity makes it (second charge) a second-degree felony."

Couch-Page said the confiscated marijuana weighed 5,821.6 grams. METRICH Enforcement Unit Commander Lt. Dino Sgambellone said that translates to nearly 13 pounds and an estimated street value of $15,600.

When asked for his opinion on the case, Sgambellone deferred to his job.

"In law enforcement, it really doesn't matter what our opinions are for using marijuana for medicinal purposes, because in Ohio, it is against the law," he said. "My job is not to pick and choose what laws I will enforce. Rather, it is to enforce the law regardless of my opinion of it."

Couch-Page agreed.

"The law's the law," she said. "You just can't say, 'OK, we'll make an exception.' If you do that, everybody will be growing it in their back yards."

But Stevens isn't without supporters. The Ohio Patient Network and North Ohio Marijuana News and Laws (NORML) are paying for her legal defense.

"There are 14 states that have laws to protect people who use marijuana for medicinal purposes," Tonya Davis of the Ohio Patient Network said. "We are not junkies trying to get high."

Davis, who lives in Kettering, said she has a crippling terminal disease. She helped write the Ohio Medical Compassion Act, which Sen. Tom Roberts, D-Dayton, introduced last year as Ohio Senate Bill 343. The bill, which would have legalized marijuana for medical use, died in committee.

Davis said the bill will be reintroduced in the coming weeks.

That's welcome news for Stevens, who hopes to be grandfathered in if the bill becomes law.

Stevens was in bed when city police arrived at her door at 2:41 a.m. Sept. 15.

"They said, 'We're here for the marijuana in your back yard.' " she said. "I had just had surgery on my leg. I was hobbling."

Stevens has two Lab-mix dogs. She said one of the officers threatened to shoot them if they caused any problems. She put the dogs in her car to make them think they were going for a ride.

"I said, 'Are you guys in a hurry 'cause you just got here,' " Stevens said to police. "I have a peculiar spirit. I'm not trying to make light of this."

Stevens said police asked her to whom she was selling the drugs.

"I said, 'That's not this at all,' " she replied.

Five months later, Stevens is still upset.

I have a hard time believing that police are jerking plants out of the ground at 3 a.m.," she said.

Stevens fractured both elbows when her car was rear-ended in a 1998 accident. She knew the impact was coming and braced herself.

That was only the beginning.

In 1999, she said she was trampled by a quarter horse at the Richland County Fairgrounds. She was watching the horse for a 4-H member.

"Something spooked him," Stevens said.

She broke her shoulder and arm, tore a rotator cuff and had a concussion. She ended up on disability.

"I started going to doctors, and I started taking narcotics," Stevens said. "I (eventually) stopped taking drugs. They were poisoning me."

While taking classes at North Central State College, Stevens learned about holistic healing.

"You treat the mind, body and spirit," she said. "You do not consider only AMA (American Medical Association) medication. You use herbal medication. I do tai chi."

While she can't discuss specifics of her case, Stevens said the idea of smoking marijuana blunts is inaccurate. She said marijuana dissolves in butter and can be used in cooking.

"It's certainly beneficial," she said. "It keeps the pressure under control in my eyes without further (laser) surgery. It controls pain."

Stevens hopes the reintroduced bill will become law.

"I think there is valuable information in his herb," she said. "It's called the Ohio Medical Compassion Act for a reason."

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Land of the Lost SuperBowl trailer online

youtube.com — Will Ferrell stars as has-been scientist Dr. Rick Marshall, sucked into one and spat back through time. Way back. Now, Marshall has no weapons, few skills and questions...

Baby born with 12 fingers, 12 toes

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- A baby born in San Francisco has six perfectly formed and functional fingers and toes on his hands and feet, say doctors at Saint Luke's Hospital.

Kamani Hubbard's extra digits look so normal they weren't noticed at first, said his mother, Miryoki Gross, of Daly City.

Extra digits run in the father's side of the family, said dad Kris Hubbard, but none have been so perfectly developed.

Kris Hubbard himself had nubs of sixth fingers removed as a child because they were non-functioning, reported KTVU-TV, San Francisco. That won't be the case with his son, born three weeks ago, because Kamani's fingers and toes function perfectly, said Dr. Michael Treece.

"It's merely an interesting and beautiful variation rather than a worrisome thing," said Treece. "Imagine what sort of a pianist a 12-fingered person would be" or flamenco guitarist or typist, he said.

"I just want him to see what greatness will be in store for him," said Kris Hubbard, noting famous polydactyly people include former Florida Marlins' pitcher Antonio Alfonseca and the late blues guitarist Hound Dog Taylor.

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Ben Stein's Financial Gurus are only Human

Some months ago I was a guest on a cable news show; the discussion centered on what were then the early tremors in the stock prices of a number of financial companies. Rumors about the losses in subprime had been floating around, and many major financial firms had been hard hit.

We began by discussing the recent price drop of Merrill Lynch after talk of major problems had been found -- or allegedly found -- on its books. I said I believed that Merrill was a solid firm and that its stock price revealed an unrealistically pessimistic view of the firm's future. At the day's price, I said, Merrill was a major bargain.

Another guest on that show was financial figure, stock picker, and prognosticator Peter Schiff. He strongly disagreed, saying the financials were in terrible trouble.

Yes, I Was Wrong

Now, it is an understatement to say that Mr. Schiff was right and I was wrong in this case. I had foolishly believed Merrill's protestations of its soundness. Moreover, I had mistakenly believed that the federal government would never allow the financial sector to reach the edge of collapse without supervision and rescue across the board. Again, I was wrong and Peter Schiff was right -- in a very big way.

Since that time, I have received a huge amount of email from Mr. Schiff's fans, telling me what a loser I am and how hopeless a dunce I am. I am not quite sure why that is. I often disagree with others on TV and have never gotten the volume of hate mail I have received from Mr. Schiff's followers.

Since I have repeatedly acknowledged my mistakes, I just delete the email and go on with my day. But in the past few days, an article appeared in 'The Wall Street Journal' that was quite telling about what frail vessels we humans are when it comes to money.

'The Wall Street Journal' Weighs in on Peter Schiff

In this article there was an analysis of how Mr. Schiff's investors at his Euro-Pacific entity have done. To put it mildly, the word is bad. While full results were not made available, the article stated that the Euro-Pacific investors' portfolios were often down 50 percent or more in 2008. This was in part because of misplaced bets on commodities and stocks of developing nations, and large wagers against the dollar.

As we now know, stocks of less-developed countries have been seriously demolished in the correction, far more so than the major U.S. indexes. Commodities, especially energy commodities, have fallen sharply. And the dollar has rallied amazingly against almost all currencies as investors seek shelter in what is generally held to be the safest country with the safest currency.

So Peter Schiff was right about financials -- but he was wrong about many other elements of the investment picture.

Comparing Portfolios

Your humble servant, Ben Stein, and his writing partner, financial guru Phil DeMuth, have on many occasions published our model portfolio. It is not at all complex. It is just half Vanguard Total U.S. Bond Index and half Vanguard Total Stock Market Index. It is not sexy -- although we have offered ways to spice it up a little.

Thanks to the strength of bonds and the relative strength of the U.S. stock market compared with overseas markets, our model portfolio was down roughly 20 percent in 2008. This is obviously not great compared with an up result. But it is pretty good compared with the results that Mr. Schiff apparently posted.

I do not mention this to brag. I have some investments outside the model portfolio that have done extremely poorly since the correction began, and I make mistakes constantly. My point is something else.

Gurus Aren't Miracle Makers

Do not look to gurus to accomplish miracles. Sure, they can on occasion. But the markets are so unpredictable and complex that the future is simply unknowable in any short period.

Warren Buffett is by far the smartest man in finance I have ever met. Yet even Mr. Buffett has made extremely serious errors by investing heavily in bank stocks. He even made a disastrously wrong bet (so far, I think it will turn out fine in the end) by selling an immense put on the stock market, wagering it will revert to its 2007 highs within seven years. (Marked to market, this is a nightmare, but if Buffett thinks it will turn out OK, who am I to say it won't?)

I assume that Peter Schiff is a fine and capable man. But he is not Superman. He is a man. No more. Recently I heard him make a prediction on a California radio station of simultaneous ruinous inflation and a complete collapse of the economy. At least this is what I understood him to be saying.

This scenario has no precedent in history that I am aware of. Maybe we have skipped the rails of history, but a huge increase in demand -- fueling inflation -- coincident with a huge drop in economic activity (which is what I understand Mr. Schiff to be predicting -- maybe I am wrong) would make no arithmetic sense. Maybe it will happen anyhow. But it is very far removed from typical cause and effect.

Again, I emphasize that I am extremely fallible, too. We all are.

So far, bonds as recommended by Phil DeMuth have been wonderful. And cash, highly recommended by investment advisor Ray Lucia, has also been excellent. A huge slice of liquidity, plus immense diversification -- nothing exotic -- still looks good, even in these dicey times.

I admire Mr. Schiff for getting the financials picture so right. Maybe he will get other things right in future years. But as the proverb says, "Put not your trust in princes."

Yee Haaw The Bacon Explosion

The other day the guys from BaconToday.com contacted me in search for some barbecue bacon recipes. Of course I have plenty of great uses for bacon in a barbecue pit, but the longer I thought about it, the more I wanted to step it up a notch and clog a few arteries for those guys. Behold, BACON EXPLOSION!!! Here’s what you’ll need…

2 pounds thick cut bacon
2 pounds Italian sausage
1 jar of your favorite barbeque sauce
1 jar of your favorite barbeque rub

To kick off the construction of this pork medley you’ll need to create a 5×5 bacon weave. If the strips you’re using aren’t as wide as the ones pictured, then you may need to use a few extra slices to fill out the pattern. Just make sure your weave is tight and that you end up with a nice square shape to work with.

The next step is to add some barbeque seasoning on top of your bacon weave. Being the barbeque addict that I am, I whipped up a batch of Burnt Finger BBQ’s competition pork rub for this special occasion. Seeing as not everyone has the time, or the expertise, to create a tasty rub of their own, I would recommend trying Bad Byron�s Butt Rub, Rendezvous Famous Seasoning, or Steven Raichlen�s All-Purpose Rub.

Now that you’re pork is well seasoned, it’s time to add more pork. Take two pounds of Italian sausage and layer it directly on top of your bacon weave. Be sure to press the sausage to the outer edges of the bacon creating a patty that is the same thickness all the way across. Most grocery stores carry loose sausage, so just pick out one you like. I chose to go with a mild sausage, but spicy would work just the same. If you really want to get crazy, take a stab at making your own homemade sausage.

Next up is bacon layer number two. Take the remaining bacon slices and fry them up the same way you would for breakfast (or lunch, or dinner, or a midnight snack). If you like soft bacon, make it soft. If you like crunchy bacon, make it crunchy. If you like your bacon burnt to hell so the smoke detectors go off, then burn it to hell so the smoke detectors go off. These pieces are going to be a major part of the inner flavor of our sausage fatty, so cook them your favorite way. Personally, I like my bacon right at the point when it starts to get crispy, but hasn’t quite lost all of the softness yet. Regardless of how well done you like yours, you’ll need to crumble or chop the cooked strips into bite size pieces and place on top of the sausage layer. (Note-It’s okay, and encouraged, to snack on these pieces while your chopping/crumbling. But keep in mind that once those bacon morsels touch the raw sausage, you’ll need to resist all temptations to nibble. This can and will be difficult, but hospital trips are no fun, so stay strong.)

Since this is a barbeque recipe, we need to add another layer of barbeque flavor. Take your favorite sauce and drizzle it all over the top of the bacon pieces. Personally, I prefer to use Burnt Finger BBQ’s homemade competition sauce, but if you’re torn on what brand to use I recommend Cowtown, Blues Hog, and Fiorella’s Jack Stack. Once you’ve sauced the bacon, sprinkle on some more of the barbeque seasoning you used on the bacon weave.

Now comes the fun part. Very carefully separate the front edge of the sausage layer from the bacon weave and begin rolling backwards. You want to include all layers EXCEPT the bacon weave in your roll. Try and keep the sausage as tight as possible and be sure to release any air pockets that may have formed. Once the sausage is fully rolled up, pinch together the seams and ends to seal all of the bacon goodness inside.

At this point we can start to see the final shape of our Bacon Explosion, but we’re missing one key item. To complte the constuction process, roll the sausage forward completely wrapping it in the bacon weave. Make sure it sits with the seam facing downward to help keep it all sealed up.

Sprinkle some barbeque seasoning on the outside of the bacon weave, and now this bad boy is ready for the smoker. Cook your Bacon Explosion at 225 degrees in a constant cloud of hickory smoke until your Thermapen gives an internal temperature reading of 165 degrees. Normally this will take about 1 hour for each inch of thickness, but that could vary depending on how well you maintain your fire and also how many times you open the smoker to take a peek. Mine took about 2.5 hours, which was right on target with its 2.5 inch diameter.

Now that our Bacon Explosion is fully cooked, we need to add some finishing flavors. Remember that barbecue sauce we used for inner flavor? We’ll be using that same sauce to glaze the cooked bacon weave. Using a basting brush, coat the entire surface with a thin layer of sauce. Sweet sauces are loaded with sugars, so they’ll give your fatty a nice glossy finish. Spicy and vinegar based sauces don’t contain as much, so they won’t set up as well. If you’re dead set on using those sauces, just cut them with a bit of honey and you’ll get the same effect.

Slice the Bacon Explosion into quarter to half inch rounds to serve. If your roll was good and tight, you should now see a nice bacon pinwheel pattern throughout the sausage. Obviously pork is best served by itself, but if you feel the need to make this meat monster into a sandwich, try placing a couple Bacon Explosion slices on a warm Pillsbury’s Grands Biscuit. You’ll reach pork Nirvana is no time flat!

Be sure to send us stories and photos of your Bacon Explosion experience. Who knows, you may see your ugly mug on BBQ Addicts!!!

For a Print version, see the NY Times article here

David Letterman Show Banned 14 Years Ago Airs Tonight

15 Years Later, CBS Friday Finally Aired Bill Hicks’ First, Last & Only LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN Performance!!

I am – Hercules!!

From Wikipedia:

On October 1, 1993, [comedian Bill] Hicks was scheduled to appear on The Late Show with David Letterman for the twelfth time, but his entire performance was removed from the broadcast -- the only occasion, up to that point, in which a comedian's entire routine had been cut after taping. Both the show's producers and CBS denied responsibility. Hicks expressed his feelings of betrayal in a hand-written, 39-page letter to John Lahr of The New Yorker. Although Letterman later expressed regret at the way Hicks had been handled, he never appeared on the show again. The full account of this incident was featured in a New Yorker profile by Lahr. This profile was later published as a chapter in John Lahr's book, Light Fantastic.

(The Wikipedia entry is likely wrong on two minor counts. In the clip below Hicks himself says the taping was on Oct. 9. And the performance came barely a month after the Aug. 30, 1993, premiere of “The Late Show” on CBS, so this was almost certainly not his 12th appearance on Letterman's CBS show; it's more likely that Hicks made 11 prior appearances on NBC's "Late Night With David Letterman.")

Less than five months before the "Late Show" performance Hicks was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Less than five months after the performance he was dead.

Somewhere between the appearance and Hicks' demise, he spoke to an Austin cable access show about his deletion from "The Late Show":

Tonight Hicks’ mom appears on “The Late Show,” followed by CBS’ first airing of the 15-year-old performance.

11:35 p.m. Friday. CBS.

More On Hicks!!

1910 In 2009!!

Bale Goes Nuts On The Set of Terminator Salvation

tmz.com — Christian Bale goes ballistic on some guy on the set of the new Terminator film. Graphic language kids, mind your ears.