On Friday 2/26/10...

Andrew Young, former aide for John Edwards will be on to talk about his book The Politician.

Erin Moriarty will be on to talk about the West Memphis Three story which airs this weekend on 48 Hours.

I have followed the West Memphis Three since the documentary first aired on HBO back in the 90s. In my opinion, these three men have been wrongly accused and should be exonerated of all charges.

On Thursday 2/25/10...

Dr. Oz will check in...

Mark Steines from Entertainment Tonight will be on the show.

On Wednesday 2/24/10...

A sick Tyler fills in for Elliot...



Actresses Krysten Ritter and Alice Eve will be in-studio to talk about their movie She’s Out Of My League.

Final Eight of NAB Cup

The first round of the NAB Cup was completed with the four remaining matches being played. There were some interesting results.

First up St Kilda edged out Collingwood by a point. It was a spirited display by the Saints who had gone through a very tough week. They raced out of the blocks with a six goals to two opening quarter and that said the mood for the match.

Nick Riewoldt kicked four and Adam Schneider was the only other multiple goal kicker. For the Pies, Leigh Brown kicked four and Paul Medhurst and Travis Cloke each bagged two. Former Saint, Luke Ball managed one.

The Saints now face the Swans who managed their first ever NAB Cup victory under coach Paul Roos. The Swans just had too much class for the Blues even though the Blues played in the finals last year and the Swans didn’t. Betting was quite even, but in the end the Swans' superior experience stood firm. The Swans would be very pleased by how their new recruits went. Ben McGlynn, Trent Dennis-Lane, Gary Rohan and Lewis Jetta all impressed with Jetta the pick of the bunch.

The Blues showed that it will take them a while to get over the loss of key-forward Brendan Fevola.

In somewhat of a surprise, North Melbourne defeated defending champion, Geelong. Liam Anthony was the best on ground with 38 touches as the Cats were put to the sword. Anyone who bet on this would be doing very nicely thanks to AFL betting. North Melbourne were offering some very healthy odds.

They will play Fremantle who just had too much firepower for an up and coming Demons side. Even with Jack Tengrove and Tom Scully the likes of Pavlich, Hasleby and Mundy had too much experience.

Looking ahead to the second round of action you would favour the West Coast Eagles at home to Port. That will be too much of a home ground advantage. The Bulldogs will take on the Hawks in what should be a pretty compelling game. It is quite hard to split these two. Both sides offer a lot and would be favourites with AFL betting for the day premiership.

Sydney and St Kilda meet again in Round 1 and it will be interesting to see how full-on the both treat this. Will they sacrifice something here in return for keeping somethings disclosed for when they meet in Round 1?

Finally Fremantle have to travel to Victoria to take on the Kangaroos. Should be a fascinating quarter-finals round.

Darren Albert writes for this blog. He also writes about live bets during sporting contests.

On Tuesday 2/23/10...

No scheduled guests...

On Monday 2/22/10...

Gerald Nissenbaum and John Sedgwick will be on to talk about their book Sex, Love, And Money.

More Cut the Line passes for Kegs & Eggs 11.

On Friday 2/19/10...

A boyish looking Tyler fills in for Elliot...



Garry Marshall will be on to talk about his movie Valentine's Day.

Steve Dildarian will be on to talk about his show The Life & Times of Tim on HBO.

The Return of Football

It was a good weekend for lovers of the egg-ball game with all three codes making a return down under.

Rugby League has the All Stars Game which was a great way to start off the season. The Indigenous side won 16-12 in front of an enthusiastic crowd of 26,000. The good feeling of the game could mean that it is going to become a permanent fixture on the rugby league calendar.

The first half of the first round of the 2010 NAB Cup took part. There were good wins for the West Coast Eagles, Port Adelaide, Hawthorn and Western Bulldogs.

This sets up two of the quarter-finals where the Eagles will take on the Power and the Hawks will battle the Bulldogs.

The four remaining first round matches throw up some interesting games. St Kilda meet Collingwood in what should be a great tussle between two of the bigger Victorian clubs. The Saints will obviously want to bounce back from their Grand Final loss while the Magpies will want to do well after making the final last year.

The Swans have never won a NAB Cup match under coach Paul Roos and this will be their last chance when they take on Carlton in Blacktown. The two will be keen to impress as will be Melbourne who take on Fremantle in Subiaco. The final first round match is defending champion Geelong up against North Melbourne. It will be interesting to see where most of the live bets end up. You would think they woulud begin with the Cats.

This will be a tough ask for the Kangaroos and will be a gruelling first-up assignment for new coach Brad Scott.

Then there is the Super 14 which had its first round. There were good wins to the Hurricanes, Brumbies, Bulls, Crusaders, Waratahs, Stormers and Chiefs. It was particularly good for the Chiefs to be able to win in South Africa.

All matches were fiercely contested but none as much as the heated Queensland-NSW derby. The two old foes locked horns in a game which went down to the wire. What wouldn’t please the Reds is that the Waratahs won with the last passage of play. New Reds coach Ewen McKenzie will be scratching his head and wondering what went wrong when for all money, it looked like the hosts were going to get the points.

Week 2 throws up some more fascinating games. The Reds host the Crusaders in a tricky match which could see them already in a 0-2 hole.

Darren Albert writes for this blog. He also writes about betting online.

On Thursday 2/18/10...

Mark Steines from Entertainment Tonight will check in.

Funny dude Bert Kreischer will be in-studio with Elliot and the Class.

Kegs & Eggs 11 Details!!!

Elliot made his Kegs & Eggs 11 announcement Wednesday morning...



Click here for all your Kegs & Eggs 11 details.

Love the Leprechaun man this year! Stay tuned for a a bigger post with audio...
Elliot In The Morning Kegs & Eggs 11 Kegs and Eggs XI Kegs&Eggs KegsandEggs Kegs and Eggs Eleven EITM 9:30 Club 930 Club EITM Kegs & Eggs 2010 March 12 March 12th 3/12 03/12 Elliot Flounder Diane Tyler Kyle Carbon Leaf Jet Andrew WK Andrew W.K. Andrew W K Crash Kings

On Wednesday 2/17/10...

Elliot will have all the details on Kegs & Eggs 11!

My thoughts: I'm guessing that Kegs & Eggs 11 will be held at 9:30 Club on Friday, March 12th. As for bands, Carbon Leaf should be there, but I have no clue on anyone else. Great job hiding it this year Eric!

EITM's Daytona 500 Party Pics!

EITM's Daytona 500 Party was held at McFadden's in DC on Sunday...



Jamie McMurray took the checkered flag ahead of Dale Earnhardt Jr. to win the NASCAR Daytona 500 on Sunday. Here are pics from EITM's Daytona 500 Party...



Roche from DC101...





The new Whitney Bailey from DC101...




Remember Sam the Intern from two years ago? Sorry, couldn't resist...



Click here to view all the pics from EITM's Daytona 500 Party.

EITM's Daytona 500 Party Today!

Let's go racing boys...



Come kick off the 2010 NASCAR season today with Elliot In The Morning...

The party takes place today at noon at McFadden's in DC. Entry is free and you must be 21+

Win lap prizes every 20 laps! Click here for more info.

Football Codes Getting Back Under Way

It might only be February but the football season isn’t that far away. In some instances it’s very close. The final Super 14 season commences this week. The competition is a very successful one and a big reason why the Southern Hemisphere is so advanced in terms of rugby. The competition witnesses some fantastic free flowing rugby where the ball is thrown around.

In 2011 there will be at least one extra team. It has already been announced that Melbourne will be the new team meaning that each of the countries will have five representatives.

This weekend also sees the beginning of the AFL preseason competition. There will be four first round matches this week and another four next week. The opening match sees Essendon take on the West Coast at Subiaco in what should be a good hitout for both sites.

Following this is the Adelaide showdown which is followed by Hawthorn taking on Richmond in Tasmania. It will be interesting to see how the Tigers do under new coach Damian Hardwick. As for the Hawks it is a year of rebound after their Premiership defence ended in tatters. They had a slow start to the year and found themselves mired at the bottom of the AFL ladder. They tried to fight their way up but in the end it was too much. This year AFL betting isn’t quite sure what to make of them.

Finally the last match of the weekend sees the Lions take on the Bulldogs in Canberra. All of the Lions’ new recruits will be on show and it should be entertaining to see how Barry Hall fares with his new side.

Rugby League also has a game this weekend with the NRL All Stars taking on the Indigenous All Stars. The NRL All Stars boasts the likes of Israel Folau, Darren Lockyer, Cameron Smith and Billy Slater. It will be a very good team but as are the Indigenous All Stars. They have Preston Campbell, Scott Prince, Jamie Soward, Jonathan Thurston and Jamal Idris. It should be a special game and a great spectacle. It is a novel concept and will feature some new rules such as the "Double Try" rule where a team can choose to go for a second try instead of a conversion attempt. This is taken from the NFL where a team can go for two instead of a field goal. Should provide great viewing and hopefully is the start of a great tradition.

David Wiseman writes for this blog. He also writes about greyhound racing.

On Friday 2/12/10...

Sportscaster Len Berman will be on to talk about the Olympic Winter Games.

Comedian and friend of the show, Ralphie May, will be in-studio.

On Thursday 2/11/10

Phil Keoghan will be on to talk about the newest installment of The Amazing Race.

Mark Steines from Entertainment Tonight will check in once again.

Kegs & Eggs 11 Details Next Wednesday!

Promos for EITM's Kegs & Eggs 11 started running this morning...



One of my faves: "I blew off everything to come to Kegs & Eggs. Work, child support, everything!"

Unfortunately, we have to wait until next Wednesday to find out the details (including the bands).

Update:
Log in to your Facebook and join the official group for Kegs & Eggs 11 here.

On Wednesday 2/10/10...

Tyler fills in for Elliot...



Ted Leonsis, owner of the Washington Capitals, will be on the show.

Logan Lerman, who is poised to star in Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, will check in.

On Tuesday 2/9/10...

Jeff Hammond from Fox Sports will be on to talk about NASCAR.

CNBC Sports Business Reporter, Darren Rovell, will be on the show.

EITM's Create a Capitals Goal Song!

After teasing listeners all last week, Elliot finally announced his new Washington Capitals promotion Monday morning...

Hockey teams play a song whenever they score a goal and the Caps are looking for a song of their own...

They want a creative, original song made by YOU to be played after every goal the team scores for the rest of the 2009-2010 season. Your piece must be original, creative, and two minutes max in length.

The deadline to submit your song is Friday, February 26th. Please send all audio to elliot@dc101.com with the subject line, ‘Create A Capitals Goal Song.’ Also, click here to get your release form and mail it to:

Elliot In The Morning
EITM’s Create A Capitals Goal Song
1801 Rockville Pike, Suite 600
Rockville, MD 20852

The Grand Prize winner will get an autographed team jersey and four tickets to hear YOUR song debut when the Washington Capitals take on the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday, March 4th at Verizon Center.

The winner will be announced Tuesday, March 2nd. Good luck!

Sweet 16

So in the end it was another victory for Roger Federer. He now has won the Australian Open four times to go with his six Wimbledons, five US Opens and one French. It was a happy ending for him after the tears of last year.

He only dropped one set on his way to the quarter-finals. He dropped the first set against Nikolay Davydenko and then wouldn’t lose another one. Davydenko had the best chance of defeating him when he served at 5-3 up in the fourth set but then lost four straight games and that was that.

Andrew Murray had his chances in the final especially in the third set but Federer was just too good. Up until that point Murray was playing flawless winner and would have been a deserved champion. Still he isn’t that far away from winning his first Grand Slam title.

On the ladies’ side, it was Serena Williams and Justine Henin in the final. It was crazy that this was the first Grand Slam final between the two giving how they had been in 25 finals between them.

Henin did well to make the final on her return to tennis but in the end Williams had too much firepower. Williams only lost two sets on her way to her 12th Grand Slam singles title. It was her fifth Australian Open title and tennis betting already has her as favourite to pick up her second French Open title.

Henin only lost two sets on her way to the final. She now has to wait for another Australian Open title to go with the one she won in 2004.

The locals wouldn’t be so happy about how they fared. Lleyton Hewitt again had to carry the flag for the locals and he had no chance against Roger Federer. Even less so when it was revealed that he has a hip injury.

So now the tour heads into the regular season. Should be exciting between now and the next Grand Slam in Paris. How will Rafael Nadal fare? Will he be able to come back to his best? What about Kim Clijsters and Justin Henin? Will they able to maintain the lofty standards they set for themselves on their return. Both made the final in their first Grand Slam back.

As usual, should be very exciting.

David Wiseman writes for this blog. He also covers AFL betting.

On Monday 2/8/10...

Providing Elliot and The Class can make it in...



Gayle Haggard, wife of former evangelical preacher Ted Haggard (yep that one!) will be on to talk about her book Why I Stayed: The Choices I Made in My Darkest Hour. Should be a good interview!

Elliot will have a brand new promotion involving the Washington Capitals. Cash may be involved...

Happy Snowpocalypse 2010!

EITM listeners from Virginia to New Jersey are snowed in...


This winter storm has obliterated Washington with over 20 inches, Baltimore with a record 30 inches and Philadelphia with 26.7 inches. Even weathermen are freaking the f$%k out...



And check out this epic snowball fight in Dupont Circle...



Hopefully Elliot and The Class will make it in on Monday...not so sure about the rest of us.

Two Years of EITMfans!

EITMfans has celebrated its second birthday...

I honestly can't believe that after two years, I'm still blogging about Elliot in the Morning. Like you, I'm just a loyal listener whose day just wouldn't be the same without hearing the show every morning.

My traffic has increased a lot this past year thanks to DCRTV who has linked me on several occasions. Also, a special thanks to Scotty for all of his help with audio.

With over 1,200 posts and counting I plan on riding this out as long as the show remains on the air. Thanks so much for all of your emails and comments, but most of all, thanks for stopping by EITMfans!

On Friday 2/5/10...

Brandon Noble will be on the show to talk about Super Bowl XLIV this Sunday.

Goodbye Patricia Guadalupe, Hello Melissa Correa!

Patricia Guadalupe has been a reporter for DC's all-news radio station WTOP for several years...

For many of those years, Elliot and The Class have poked fun at the way she says her name. She speaks in perfect English until the end of her report, then she signs off with a thick Spanish accent.

According to DCRTV, Patricia has now left WTOP for an organization where she can use her Spanish more often, the National Association of Latino Elected Officials.

Oddly enough, there is a reporter at NBC 12 in Richmond who Elliot and The Class say is worse...

Melissa Corrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrea!

Club Velvet Loses Liquor License!

Sam Moore just can't keep himself out of trouble...



From the Richmond Times-Dispatch:

A state hearing officer today revoked the liquor license for Velvet strip club in Richmond’s Shockoe Bottom.

Administrative Hearing Officer Clara A. Williamson issued the 57-page opinion this afternoon that found nine violations of state ABC law, including allowing sale to and consumption of alcoholic beverages by minors and people who were already intoxicated; allowing public nudity; and creating a haven for illegal activities.

The decision to revoke the license is subject to appeal to the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and ultimately to Richmond Circuit Court. The club has 30 days to file a notice of appeal, during which time it can continue to serve liquor.

It will continue to keep its liquor license until it exhausts the appeal process.

Williamson’s ruling directly implicated Samuel J.T. Moore III, managing member of L.A. Diner LLC, which owns the club on South 15th Street.

“The evidence in this case demonstrates that there was massive consumption of alcoholic beverages on the premises of Velvet by underage persons with the full knowledge of Mr. Moore,” she wrote.

The ruling also found that Moore allowed alcohol to be sold after hours and taken off the licensed premises, as dancers accompanied customers through his second-floor residence to the third floor, where they performed lap dances, often fully nude.

Two years ago, Elliot spoke with Club Velvet owner Sam Moore about his legal troubles. Listen below:

Click here to read more about today's judgement against Club Velvet and Sam Moore.

On Thursday 2/4/10...

Two of my favorites will be on the Thursday's show...



Actress and Comedian Aisha Tyler will join Elliot in-studio around 7:30am...

Mark Steines from Entertainment Tonight will check in.

EITM's Daytona 500 Party February 14th!

Kick off the 2010 NASCAR Season with EITM's 7th Annual Daytona 500 Party...



The party kicks off Sunday, February 14th at McFadden's in DC.

Doors open at NOON and the event is FREE. 21+



Prizes will be given away every 20 laps and you could win tickets to the Nationwide Series 250 on April 30th at RIR and tickets to the Crown Royal Your Name Here 400 on May 1st, also at RIR.

Click here for more details on EITM's Daytona 500 Party.

On Wednesday 2/3/10...

No scheduled guests...

He She Died, You Win: Zelda Rubinstein

Elliot played He She Died, You Win for Zelda Rubinstein, the tiny-voiced actress who played the psychic in Poltergeist. Sadly, she died Wednesday in Los Angeles at the age of 76.



In case you missed He She Died, You Win, here's how it went...

1.) Ghosts in the house start communicating with little Carol Anne. What household item do they use to communicate with her? ANSWER: TV

2.) Zelda had two famous lines in the movie: "Go into the light" and "This house is" what? ANSWER: Clean

3.) Carol Anne's brother is Robbie. His clown doll comes to life and pulls Robbie where?
ANSWER: Under the bed

4.) We learn that the Freelings house is built on an old cemetery. They moved the headstones, but what was left behind? ANSWER: The bodies

5.) After the family manages to flee their house and their neighborhood, they check into a Holiday Inn. What does the father move outside of their room when they check in? ANSWER: TV

6.) Craig T. Nelson played the father Steve Freeling, but he is most famous for playing Hayden Fox on what TV show? ANSWER: Coach

7.) Dominique Dunne played Dana, the older sister in the movie. She is part of the Poltergeist curse? How did she die? ANSWER: Strangled by her boyfriend (Question was skipped)

8.) Zelda's other big movie role was in this John Hughes movie where no one remembers Molly Ringwald's birthday? ANSWER: Sixteen Candles

R.I.P. Zelda Rubinstein!

On Tuesday 2/2/10...

Chris Cooley from the Washington Redskins will be on the show.

No tease was recorded for Monday.