The Stranger Zone

• The Monologue:
• Richard Heene went on Larry King Live and said that he doesn't believe the whole thing was a hoax. Why is anyone letting him on TV?!
• Apparently the new big thing is 3D television. As if The Biggest Loser wasn't frightening enough as it is.
• I give you the early front-runner for most meaningless story of the decade.
• Random Pop Culture:
• The new Survivor cast is official. Here it is. No more Stephenie, please! I'm sicker of her than any other contestant except for maybe Amanda, who (yay) is also on the show. On the other hand, more Boston Rob, Russell, and Coach? I'll take it.
• Word is that, after the Olympics, Leno will be on from 11:30 to 12, Conan from 12 to 1, and Jimmy Fallon from who cares to who cares. NBC -- "We still exist even if nobody watches us."
• Finished up the second season of Lost including our first view of the four-toed statue and the return of Desmond. It's funny that the statue seems like nothing more than an oddity, when in fact it may have been the most important place on the island we had seen up until that point. It just took three years to figure that out.
• Random Music Video:
• Turning 62 years old today, the preeminent soundtrack artist of the 1980s, Kenny Loggins.