the masked singer

   This has become very interesting....

This is a tv show that started I think last year. I didn't know about it before the second episode of the first season, but then.... I GOT HOOKED!


   And I think I wasn't the only one. Almost half of every one was wondering how this show is becoming popular? What is it? Well it seems some celebrities secretly dress in costume, and use their voice to sing really amazing songs. They have to disguise their voice so no one can figure out who they are.




They would disguise themselves as a rabbit, or a hippo, or a monster., or a rabbit, peacock, a fox. It can be any animal or food item or thing. people would dress up and well... sing.

   It's like dancing with the stars, but in masks and you don't know who the celebrity is.



 In season one, there was a hippo, a monster, a deer, a rabbit, a peacock, a raven, a unicorn, but who were they????

And who won? Well, it was more of a surprise to us who had won, than who was behind the masks.


 Margaret Cho was a poodle, Gladys Knight was bee, Donny Osmand was a peacock, Tori Spelling was a unicorn, La Toya Jackson was an alien, but the winner was....



T-Pain. Yes you heard me right, T-Pain was the winner of the first season. He was dressed as the monster and well, that was a surprise to all of us since T-Pain was more of a DJ than he was a singer, but he did have an amazing voice, so congrats.


Now..... Season two


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 There was.... a dog, an egg, an ice cream cone... It seemed there were celebrities to unmask and well, they were surprises as well...


  First off, I knew some of the voices were very easy to uncover. For instance the Rotwiller, I knew from the first time I heard that voice, it was Chris Daughtry. A familiar singer who was in American Idol (and should have won that show), And having Raven Symone be the black widow, I knew it was her from the clues they gave us



   But some../ were surprises to me. Dr. Drew as the Eagle???? I always was leaning towards Seth MacFarlane. But the skeleton, well thinking it was Martin Short or Jason Alexander, but it wasn't. It was Paul Schaffer.

  There was also a Thingamajig, a Flamingo, A flower (which was Patti Label) and well the winner, which I knew who it was right away.


The very talented Wayne Brady won the second season of The Masked Singer. What I thought about it, I was happy for him. I have seen him many shows and believe me, he deserves the win. Although Chris Daughtry was second place. I think they were both winners.


And now..... we're on the third season. Not much has happened, but there are more costumes to enjoy as well as finding out who is behind those masks.



Two have been revealed. One, I kind of knew, and the other was huge surprise.

First.... Lil Wayne was the robot. I kind of knew it was him from the voice the robot had. But well... the second one was more of a surprise.


First off, it was a Llama, the first masked singe to have two legs attached behind him. I thought it was David Spade since he voiced a Llama in a Disney movie. Others thought Kelsey Grammer. I knew it wasn't him because he has a distinctive voice. But... OMG! It was Drew Carey. The host of Price is right.
   I guess he drew us a curve ball with the clues.


Who else will be revealed? We'll just have to wait an see. There's a turtle, a frog, a banana, a taco, an astronaut, a swan... there's just too many, they put them into groups.


    Why do I like this show? Well....it is interesting yes, but you never know who is under the mask until they are revealed. I guess we'll see what happens next.

Is crazy Joe Davola another Joker?

  What am I talking about? Well...

   Crazy Joe Davola is a character that was in a few episodes around the fourth season of Seinfeld. Why do I think he could be another Joker?

   
   Well, not only did he dress up as a clown to find Jerry and Elaine as they were attending, it seemed that he, in Jerry's eyes, is concidered a nut job.

    Introduced around the same time Jerry was making a pilot episode for his show that didn't last, he is considered a writer, but he had issues with people and was 'crazy'.



Supposed to be taking, medicine, Elaine eventually goes out with his psychiatrist who was dating Elaine. He soon meets Elaine as she tried to break up with the psychiatrist, they hook up. But, he eventually shows his true self.

   In an episode of Seinfeld called 'The Opera', Elaine wants to invite Joe to the opera with Jerry, George and Susan.

   It seems as she was giving him the ticket, or telling him about it, Joe turns into someone she doesn't know. Threatening to keep Eline, she sprays bonaci on him and escapes.

   Never knowing that Joe Davola was connected to Jerry in anyway, Elaine and Jerry wait for Krammer and George as they are scalping tickets.


  Joe decideds to disguise himself as a clown. The same one that is in the operra. Another clown is outside as well giving money. Jerry angers him and he leaves.

       Elaine and Jerry run into Joe, but escape. Kramer has a run in with Davola, and with his fear of clowns, he seemed to scare Kramer. At the end, it seemed Kramer gave Davola the ticket.

              Why do I think he's like the Joker? Well he's not that menacing, but he can be terrifying, even at the point where he can scare Elaine and Jerry.



   The actor that portrays him was Peter Crombie. No longer acting, but he would be known as Crazy Joe to Seinfeld.


    The last we know of Crazy Joe is in the season finale of Season four of Seinfeld. Jerry's pilot show starts, and when he is talking about it,...


  Crazy Joe reveals himself in the audience, shouting out what John Wilks Booth said when he killed Lincoln.

   He seemed to have a knife, but it seemed nothing really happened, but well... that was the last of Crazy Joe Davola.


   He is like another joker, well yes and no. No because... he doesn't kill anyone or mame anyone, but yes for his insanity and drive to find a way to make Jerry, Elaine and everyone of his friends scared of a man they call Crazy Joe

Bob Marley turns 75

   We know he is gone, but it doesn't mean his music lives on. Robert 'Bob' Nesta Marley was born on February 6th 1945, and passed away from cancer in 1981.

    He died before I was born, but I still remember the music he gave us.

Famous songs like: "I shot the sheriff", "No women, No cry,"


 
    Bob Marley was known for his music as well as his peace and love, but back in the sixties and seventies, he was known for more.

   Living in Jamaica, he recorded a few songs that soon became famous, mostly, "Judge not"

My favorite songs from him are: "could you be loved, "I shot the sheriff", "Three little birds." A lot them had heart and soul, but it had rhythm too.

   By the late seventies, he had a few children when his wife, Rita Anderson, one being singer Ziggy Marley.



Ziggy Marley is the son of Bob Marley. He has followed in his father's footsteps. I know for singing the theme song to the cartoon of Arthur.

   Bob Marley had nine children in total, and a few grandchildren as well. One being Nico Marley.


   Nico Marley has recently signed on to the Washington Redskins, and has somewhat of a resemblance to his grandfather.

For over five decades, Marley had amazed us with his music and talent. His family lives on through his children, and grand children, and with his seventy fifth birthday coming up soon, there is talk of people making a big celebration.



His style of music is ska, Reggie and rocksteady. Seventy five years of his music doesn't just go away. It seems that it lives on even after his death

   Bob Marley passed away in 1981 after a bout with melanoma that he was fighting for almost four years. The prime minister from Jamaica delivered the Eulogy at his memorial. There is a statue of him in Kingston that was put up after his death.

 Like Ziggy, his other children were named:

 Sharon, Cedela, Stephen, Robbie, Rohan, Karen, Stephanie, Julian, Ky-Mani and his youngest Damian who was only two when Bob Marley died.


   Some of the children of Bob Marely are involved with music, and others well... not heard from much.


   Bob Marley is gone, but it doesn't mean his legacy will go one, even 75 years later. His final words, acording to Ziggy, were "Money can't buy love." It's true as it is relatable. He didn't do it for money, he wanted to reach out to people that he cared about. Even if there were rough times in his life like an assassination attempt on his life.

  Happening in 1976 during the Jamaica election, on 56 hope road, an assassination of Bob Marley was attempted. He survived as he was shot in the arm and chest. The assassin was caught, and stories were made about what had happened that day.


   Now, the music of Marley lives on and there are plans to have huge celebration around the world, even Jamaica.


   Happy birthday, Bob Marley, we miss u, and your songs will always be there for us.