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CNN Live At Daybreak
Talk of CNN: Elvis, Peanut Butter, Pop Songs
Aired August 09, 2002 - 06:42 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Now on to other news of the morning. Elvis lives. His week begins this weekend, plus they're banning peanut butter products at a Georgia school and what's with pop songs at funerals?
The guys at Atlanta's Fox 97.1 give us their take on these stories. Randy and Spiff are live on the line for this morning's "Talk of CNN."
Good morning to you.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And good morning, Carol, how you doing?
COSTELLO: I'm doing fine. Hey, I love your pictures.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, yes, well look at that. Oh boy!
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That was -- that was a dating service thing. That's when we got together.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You know there's a story behind our publicity picture, too. When we worked in Charlotte, we got fired from that job of course, which usually happens to us. In any event, the night we got fired, the TV news did the story about us and...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And they did stories about terrorists and they put our picture up there.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Pictures up there.
COSTELLO: Just sort of like what I just did now.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Sort of -- sort of just like you -- just now, exactly.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Pretty close. Pretty close.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, pretty close.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: But yes, we're getting ready to celebrate. This is a big week for Elvis.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's the 25th anniversary of the disappearance of Elvis.
COSTELLO: Oh come on!
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Thank you very much. Hey,...
COSTELLO: So what do you have planned?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well we had an Elvis what we call a tribute artist in the studio. He looked a lot like Elvis, he sounded like Elvis. And I mean you've got to watch yourself, though, when you go to an Elvis show because there's going to be a lot of that going on with Elvis Week.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That's right. And we just happen to have for you, Carol, the top five signs you've hired a really bad Elvis impersonator, because that happens out there.
COSTELLO: Can't wait. What are they?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No. 5, he insists on starting and ending each show with "Jailhouse Rock" because that's where he's been the last seven years.
(LAUGHTER)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No. 4, throws out his hip on the very first thrust.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That's not good.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is a bad Elvis.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's not good.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No. 3, instead of tossing scarves to the crowd, he uses old hotel towels.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That's not good at all, yes.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That's not -- yes. No. 2, the jumpsuit is bright orange with Property of Arkansas Detention Center stenciled on the back of the thing.
And the No. 1 sign you've hired a really bad Elvis impersonator, three words: blue suede thong.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That's bad.
COSTELLO: Oh, I just never want to see that ever on anyone.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Give you that mental image for a while.
COSTELLO: Something that -- something else that intrigued me, you guys are talking about the use of pop songs at funerals. Oh come on!
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well now this...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's true.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: ... is -- this is -- it started in England. I don't know why, but now a lot of people are requesting instead of the traditional hymns, like Bette Midler's "Wind Beneath My Wings" is a big one, Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On," Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You." And now it's getting weirder and weirder. People want "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go," "Another One Bites the Dust."
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Very strange.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And we opened it up to our listeners...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, and we had one creative lady. I like this one, she said "Return to Sender," that goes along with the Elvis thing. But there were some people who weren't so optimistic. One person said "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes." Another said "Ring of Fire." And another person said, "I Keep a Knocking but you won't Let Me In (ph)."
COSTELLO: Are you joking about this?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: These are -- these are ones that people would love to hear at their funeral.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Another person said "I've Got Friends in Low Places," so you know, not too optimistic there either, so.
COSTELLO: No. Are you lying, though? I mean do people really want pop songs at their funerals?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, this is actually they said that 68 percent of the funeral homes in England have -- already have done this. And then you know if it starts there, it's got to end up here sooner or later.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh absolutely. Oh yes. All right.
COSTELLO: Definitely. That's just bizarre.
Randy and Spiff, thanks for joining us. I'm sorry we have to cut it short, but you know we have that breaking news.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Get our picture up now with the terrorist stuff.
COSTELLO: OK. Randy and Spiff from 97.1 here in Atlanta, thanks for joining us this morning.
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