Tidbits 2/16

• Clay was mentioned on Anthony Bourdain's show on the Travel Channel, reports the CB's fancynails4:

  I came home from work today and hubby was watching a DVR of Anthony Bourdain's show (No Reservations on the Travel Channel.) He travels to countries around the world tasting the local wares-the very strange and the not-so-strange. Hubby rewound a little and told me to just listen to the segment. Anthony was in Scotland or England and he was in a recording studio (just don't know why, though!) and he said: 'I am going to be famous. Clay Aiken famous.' !!! This is at least the 2nd time in a year Anthony has mentioned Clay!
  

• Wall Street Journal - American Idols bring in big bucks for Broadway productions -

  Other U.S. reality-TV stars have had better luck lifting ticket sales for Broadway musicals. The arrival of "American Idol" star Clay Aiken in Broadway's "Spamalot" last month immediately raised that week's ticket sales by $137,902 -- one of the largest week-to-week gains seen this year. When another "American Idol" winner, Fantasia Barrino, made her Broadway debut in "The Color Purple" last April, the show brought in an extra $413,292 her first week.