Tidbits 9/11

• Fredericksburg.com - Reference to Clay:

  STAFFORD POOCH IS NO. 2 BY THE NUMBERS
  
  Semi-finalist Andrew and trainer Laurie Williams came in second in the contest for "Greatest American Dog"...
  
  ...She doesn't know if she'll get any prize for being runner-up. But, with all the attention and support she's received as a result of the program, she said sometimes it works out just as well to come in second.
  
  "It's kind of a Ruben Studdard," she said, referring to the American Idol contestant. "He won, but Clay Aiken got the better recording contract."
  

• The Northerner - Even in the presidential elections Clay gets mentions:...
  
  

  It seems every year the presidential election is one step closer to being nothing more than an Olympic-sized popularity contest, with voters choosing candidates like American Idol chose its Rubin Studdard (even if everyone believes Clay Aiken should have won).

  
  
  
• USA Today - Emmys, Josh Groban will salute TV theme songs
  
  Does this sound familiar???
  
  LOS ANGELES — It's the story of a man named Groban, who is singing ).
  TV theme songs we all know. In a musical tribute, singer Josh Groban will perform bits of memorable themes at the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards on ABC (Sept. 21, 8
  Wonder where they got the idea, LOL...
  
  
• From Jesben and Lilred at The Clayboard, we learn that Clay was a clue during jeorpardy:
  
  From Jesben:

  Under the heading, "Celebrities' Original Names" - they gave the original, the contestants had to identify them as they are known now.
  
  CLAYTON HOLMES GRISSOM
  
  I answered. My husband said, "Who?" The lady in the middle got it right away (she won tonight.)
  
  Along with Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Tony Orlando, Roman Polanski and Tom Cruise.

  From Lilred:

  The clue read "American Idol HEARTTHROB Clayton Holmes Grissom"

  And the answer, obviously is "Clayton Holmes Aiken"!