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I missed about 15 minutes of Sunday's awful MTV Movie Awards, and they were apparently the only 15 minutes worth watching: The return of "Wayne's World"! (Click on Clip No. 15 on the linked video player.)
"Wayne's World" began, of course, as a sketch on "SNL," and it instantly won over suburbanite metalheads everywhere with its casual references to all things rock, Mike Myers' perfect mullet, the breakfast nook, and Garth's Aerosmith T-shirt. It was especially meaningful to me as Wayne seemed to be interested in everything I was interested in, including the Chicago Blackhawks.
"Save the clock tower!"
Universal disaster:
The brave firefighters of Los Angeles County tried, but they just couldn't do it -- the iconic Hill Valley clock tower, and the city scene around it, was engulfed in flames Sunday in the second fire to strike Universal Studios' back lot in the last 20 years.
The clock tower was my favorite part of the studio tour when I took it way back in 1988; who needs an animatronic shark when you can see the actual fake (actual fake?) clock tower from "Back to the Future"?
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Suburban roll call on Senate lottery vote
By a vote of 43-8 the Illinois Senate approved leasing out the right to collect 80 percent of the losing lottery ticket take in exchange for at least $10 billion upfront. The lease could be up to 65 years. The lottery brings in $600 million annually. The money the state would get now would be split -- $3 billion for education and $7 billion to pay for construction projects.
Here’s how state senators from the Daily Herald’s area voted:
Those supporting the lottery lease deal:
Pamela J. Althoff, McHenry Republican
Dan Cronin, Elmhurst Republican
Kirk W. Dillard, Hinsdale Republican
Don Harmon, Oak Park Democrat
Linda Holmes, Aurora Democrat
Dan Kotowski, Park Ridge Democrat
Terry Link, Waukegan Democrat
Michael Noland, Elgin Democrat