Swim @ Own Risk
By: Gino Giovannetti


Pinch Hitting for Gino:
Larry King

June 12th, 2007

EDITOR'S NOTE: We regret to inform our reader that as we go to press, Gino is undergoing reduction surgery with the expressed hope that he will be able to wear Bermuda shorts to "The Loop" company picnic. In Gino's absence, we are pleased to have the venerable Larry King, host of CNN's "Larry King Live," reprise his USA TODAY column and congratulate Mr. King on his 50th year in broadcasting.

LOS ANGELES -- Say what you will about HD-TV, but my sources tell me they're here to stay.....Whatever happened to Sal Mineo?....Seated at my favorite booth at Nate 'N' Al's in Beverly Hills it occurred to me--I'm dripping.....Who threw Ellen Barkin from a moving car?.....Is it me or does asparagus make your urine smell funny?.....Next Thursday on "Larry King Live," the original Mr. Potato Head!.....I know this is heresy here in Hollywood, but I'm afraid that if we elect Barack we'll be "ba-roke!".....My stool sample sold for nearly $10,000 on e-bay.....I've got more homes than teeth.....Me thinks Rosie doesn't like you know what.....What ever happened to Etch-A-Sketch(R)?.....Say what you will about Angie Dickinson but she still puts out.....I love Sly Stallone as "Ginko Biloba" in all those boxing movies.....I've got ticks.....Reece's Pieces or M&Ms-- too close to call!.....I'd rather have a Mormon for president than a moron.....I'm marketing my own cologne. It's called "Phlegm".....David Brenner? Fun-ny!.....I don't care about immigration reform. I just want my leaf blower back.....I quit driving when I caught my "ouch pouch" under the gas pedal.....I like to say "Lollapalooza!".....I'm computer illiterate.....Last night I gave Shawn the Ol' "Dutch Oven.".....I've got blotches on my blotches...Meredith Viera gives me a boner.....I'll bet I could still take Regis.....I'd give my left one to sing and dance like Tony Danza.....Is it me or is it getting warmer?.....My ears ring.....Me thinks we should have left the Ruskies out of the G-7..... If you haven't seen Kirk Douglas in "Spartacus," check it out.....You heard it here first: "stem cell research!".....Whatever happened to Fabian?.....Who doesn't like cottage cheese?.....I don't get it, I don't even play softball.....That Anderson Cooper kid is gettin' under my liver spots.....How do you tell the mother of your kids she's too damn old?.....You haven't seen women swoon until you see me and Bob Barker at the Smoke House.....I'd love to see major league baseball return to D.C.....Whatever happened to that crocodile hunter guy?.....I just like to say "bungalow.".....I've got a prostate the size of a basketball.....Is it me or does Michael Jackson look pekid?.....I've got Katie Couric's colostomy on DVD.....I want to be euthanized.....Martha Stewart in a word: hot, hot, hot!.....Is it me or is Princess Di keeping a low profile these days?..... Listen to your Uncle Lar: "Garlique!.....If I visited Paris in jail it would be like that scene from "Midnight Express.".....Somebody tell me what a "euro" is. It's not snails, is it?.....Monday on "Live," Jack Kevorkian and Tammy Faye Baker.....I haven't had a heart attack in days.....Shawn must be working late.....I love to waltz.....I did a body shot with George Clooney's Aunt Rosemary and have been on a ventilator ever since..... I have jaundice.....Somebody answer that.....Do you work for me? Good. Give me a shot of insulin.....I'm feeling faint.....Wednesday on "Live," Suzanne Pleshette!.....I like seared tuna.....I look good in teal.....What's with that "Sopranos" ending? .....I'm oozing again.....Where are my kneesocks?.....Whatever happened to the Twin Towers?...
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Gino Giovannetti is a member of “The Jonathon Brandmeier Show” on “The Loop,” WLUP Radio 97.9-FM Chicago. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin School of Journalism in Madison and also attended the Ernie Pyle School of Journalism at Indiana University in Bloomington. The views and opinions of Gino do NOT represent those of WLUP Radio, Emmis Communications, Inc., or anyone with a brain the size of a walnut. ©2006 All Rights Reserved. Gino@WLUP.com