"...and now for something completely different"

Look at the new guy! - Photo from the Leader-Post

Brad Wall and the Saskatchewan Party won yesterday's provincial election, ending 16 years of New Democrat rule by Roy Romanow and Lorne Calvert


Final Results (numbers from Global Regina/the Leader-Post)

58 Seats in Legislature, 30 Seats needed for Majority Government
All Polls Counted
Saskatchewan Party (Brad Wall - Swift Current) ---- 37
New Democrats (Lorne Calvert - Saskatoon Riversdale) ---- 21
Liberals (David Karwacki - Saskatoon Meewasin) ---- Zero
All other parties ---- Zero

The quote I used for the headline is from Premier-Elect Wall's victory speech, and you can see it, and Lorne Calvert's concession speech, here (you need Real Player, though), or here through CTV Broadband

Look at the new guy!: Life imitates art...

CBC just confirmed Craig Simpson will leave the Oilers and join Hockey Night in Canada, as a colour commentator for Jim Hughson.

This immediately makes me think of EA Sports' NHL07, where, in the versions of the game not playable on Xbox 360, Craig Simpson and Jim Hughson appear in the commentary


Footage from the PC version

Oh, by the way, NHL08 will be released September 11, and features include the Skill Stick, a third-person goalie mode, and all 29 AHL teams are playable. Might be time for an upgrade.

Look at the new guy!: Jimmy Fallon

According to VH1, NBC has confirmed Jimmy Fallon will take over for Conan O'Brien once he takes over for Jay Leno in 2009.




In a somewhat related story, my bedtime will be exactly 10:30pm (11:30 in the Winter) as of 2009.

UPDATED: Look at the new guy!

According to CTV, tvgameshows.net, G4, and zap2it, Drew Carey will be the new host of The Price is Right when it returns in the fall. He will make that announcement tonight on Letterman.

To repeat, it's Drew Carey will run the greatest, and most successful game show in American TV history

This guy.



Since I don't have pull, yet, I cannot tell you if the show will remain successful with Drew Carey at the helm. We'll have to wait until the show comes back in mid-September.

UPDATE made on Tuesday, July 24: If you missed Letterman last night, CBS put up the video on their official YouTube Channel