NY Times Bestseller List - Fiction 05/19/2013

A little late but its here

New York Times Bestseller List

Fiction

Week Ending May 19th 2013

10 - Paris - Edward Rutherford
(2 weeks on list)

9  -  Life After Life - Kate Atkinson
(5 weeks on list)

8  -  Fly Away - Kristin Hannah
(2 weeks on list)

7  -  Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
(48 weeks on list)

6  -  Daddy's Gone A Hunting - Mary Higgins Clark
(4 weeks on list)

5  -  NOS4A2 - Joe Hill
(Debut)
In a creepy battle between real and imaginary worlds, a brave biker chick is pitted against a ghoulish villian who lures children to a place where its always Christmas.

4  -  Best Kept Secret - Jeffrey Archer
(Debut)
In Volume 3 of the Clifton Chronicles, the focus shifts to a new generation - Sebastian, the son of Harry and Emma Clifton.

3  -  Whiskey Beach - Nora Roberts
(3 weeks on list)

2  -  The Hit - David Baldacci
(2 weeks on list) (Last week's #1)

1  -  12th Of Never - James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
(DEBUT)
One Week after the birth of her baby, Detective Lindsay Boxer must return to Work to investigate a string of grisly murders; a Women's Murder Club novel.

The Jack Benny Show 1952-53 Radio Season

This week as part of Buck Benny's podcast he talks about the survey done by Those Were The Days, asking for listeners favorite Radio Show.   He includes results from 1986, 1999 and 2012.

This week Jack is still in San Diego and welcomes then California Lt Gov Goodwin Knight.  Mr. Knight would then become Governor later in the year when Earl Warren resigns as Governor to become Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court.

The Lucky Strike Program starring Jack Benny

From San Francisco

Air date - 05/10/1953

2013 Preakness Stakes (05/18/2013)

The 138th running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Park in Baltimore MD saw the heavy favorite get a bad starting gate and then get squeezed and knocked off his game.  This left the door open for wire to wire winner Oxbow to runaway from the pack.

Billboard Top 20 Digital Songs (05/18/2013)

Billboard Digital Songs Chart

Top 20

Week Ending May 18th 2013

UK Official Chart Top 50

UK Official Chart

Top 50 (Video Countdown)

Week Ending May 18th 2013

The Jack Benny Show 1952-53 Radio Season

Tonight is the first appearance of  Jack Benny favorite/regular on the tv show, Gisele Mackenzie

The Lucky Strike Program starring Jack Benny

Live from San Francisco  with guest Gisele Mackenzie

aired 05/03/1953

(thanks again to Buck Benny and his Podcast)

NY Times Bestseller List - Fiction 05/12/2013

New York Times Bestseller List

Fiction

Week Ending May 12th 2013

10 - The Mystery Woman - Amanda Quick
(Debut)
The second book of a new Victorian paranormal series, Ladies of Lantern Street, by Jane Ann Krenta writing pseudonymously.

9  -  The Burgess Boys - Elizabeth Strout
(5 weeks on list)

8  -  Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
(47 weeks on list)

7  -  Daddy's Gone A Hunting - Mary Higgins Clark
(3 weeks on list)

6  -  Wedding Night - Sophie Kinsella
(Debut)
A woman tries to break up her sister's impulsive marriage.

5  -  Life After Life - Kate Atkinson
(4 weeks on list)

4  -  Paris - Edward Rutherford
(Debut)
Characters real and imaginary in the City of Lights.

3  -  Fly Away - Kristin Hannah
(Debut)
A woman must deal with her personal issues before she can keep her promise to help the family of her deceased friend.

2  -  Whiskey Beach - Nora Roberts
(2nd week on list)  (Last week's #1)

1  -  The Hit - David Baldacci
(DEBUT)
The government hitman Will Robie uncovers a serious threat as he attempts to take out a fellow assassin who has gone rogue.

NY Times Bestseller List - NonFiction (05/12/2013)

New York Times Bestseller List

Non Fiction

Week Ending May 12th 2013

(click on titles to go to Amazon to purchase)

10 - Gulp - Mary Roach
(4 weeks on list)

9  -  The Way Of The Knife - Mark Mazzetti
(3 weeks on list)

8  -  The New Digital Age - Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen
(Debut)
The promise and peril of the continuing information and technology revolution.

7  -  My Nest Step - Dave Liniger with Laura Morton
(Debut)
A businessman fights back from a staph infection that paralyzed him.

6  -  Carrie and Me - Carol Burnett
(Debut)
The comedian recalls her oldest daughter, who died in 2002.

5  -  Dirty Wars - Jeremy Scahill
(Debut)
America's new covert wars, fought by secret commandos.

4  -  Trident K9 Warriors - Mike Ritland with Gary Brozek
(Debut)
The dogs that serve elite combat units.

3  -  Cooked - Michael Pollan
(Debut)
The writer masters recipes and argues that regaining control of  cooking will make Americans healthier.

2  -  Lean In - Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell
(7 weeks on list) (6 consecutive weeks at #1)

1  -  Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls - David Sedaris
(DEBUT)
Essays from the humorist on subjects like French dentistry and a North Carolina Costco.

Prime Time TV Ratings Week Ending May 5th 2013

The Nielsen Ratings for Prime Time television for the Week ending May 5th 2013

Top 20 in Total Viewership

1 - NCIS  (CBS)
2 - The Big Bang Theory  (CBS)
3 - Dancing With The Stars  (ABC)
4 - NCIS : Los Angeles   (CBS)
5 - Person of Interest    (CBS)
6 - The Voice - Monday  (NBC)
7 - Two and a Half Men  (CBS)
8 - The Voice - Tuesday  (NBC)
9 - American Idol - Thursday (FOX)
10 - American Idol - Wednesday  (FOX)
11 - Dancing With The Stars Results  (ABC)
12 - 60 Minutes  (CBS)
13 - Castle  (ABC)
14 - Criminal Minds  (CBS)
15 - Blue Bloods  (CBS)
16 - Elementary   (CBS)
17 - Modern Family  (ABC)
18 - CSI   (CBS)
19 - Survivor - Caramoan  (CBS)
20 - The Mentalist   (CBS)

UK Triple Crown 2013

The first leg of the US Triple Crown of throughbred racing began last Saturday with Orb winning the 139th running of the The Kentucky Derby and on the same day, May 4th the first leg of the UK Triple Crown was run in Newmarket, England.
The 2000 Guineas is the first leg of the UK Triple Crown with the other 2 races being, in order, The Epson Derby and St. Leger Stakes.

This year Dawn Approach would win on the straight flat track at Newmarket.  Dawn Approach is also the half brother of legendary UK horse Frankel, who won the 2011 Guineas race.

New York Times Bestseller List - Fiction (May 5th 2013)

NY Times Bestseller List

Fiction

Week Ending May 5th 2013

10 - Starting Now - Debbie Macomber
(3 weeks on list)

9  -  Six Years - Harlan Coben
(5 weeks on list)

8  -  Unintended Consequences - Stuart Woods
(2 weeks on list)

7  -  Don't Go - Lisa Scottoline
(2 weeks on list)

6  -  The Burgess Boys - Elizabeth Strout
(4 weeks on list)

5  -  Taking Eve - Iris Johansen
(Debut)
The forensic sculptor Eve Duncan undertakes a job for a man with dark secrets.  
First of a trilogy.

4  -  Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
(46 weeks on list)

3  -  Life After Life - Kate Atkinson
(3 weeks on list)

2  -  Daddy's Gone A Hunting - Mary Higgins Clark
(2 weeks on list)  (Last week's #1)

1  -  Whiskey Beach - Nora Roberts
(DEBUT)
A Former criminal attorney who has been acquitted of his wife's murder retreats to his family estate on a rocky New England cliff, where he is comforted by the house's caretaker amid continuing danger.

The Jack Benny Show 1952-53 Radio Season

Here is another great episode from the Lucky Strike Program starring Jack Benny from the 1952-53 radio season.
This is a bittersweet episode in that we get to here Fred Allen with Jack once again but sadly this would be the last time the two would be together on radio.
Attached to this is also the first time Jack and Fred appeared together on radio on the Fred Allen Show in 1936.

Thanks to Buck Benny and his great podcast for old time radio, please check out his show by clicking this link.

Here is the link to this episode to see Jack and Fred together on Jack's television show.

The Lucky Strike Program starring Jack Benny

From San Francisco

04/26/1953