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“Purina Animal All-Stars,” screen.yahoo.com/animal-allstars/
When Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web, one doubts he realized that it would one day be dominated by cute animal videos. But it is, and the pet food company is taking advantage of it with its channel spotlighting creatures large and small. Among the clips: “Sheep Beauty Pageant,” “Broccoli Freaks Puppy Out,” “World’s Weirdest Dogs” (and cats) and “Elephant Artist.”
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie recently made news when, among other recent events, he met his musical idol, Bruce Springsteen.
This week, another son of the Garden State gets to meet a childhood icon as Lou Ferrigno (“The Incredible Hulk”) guest stars on the Monday, Dec. 3, episode of TLC’s hit competition series “Cake Boss: Next Great Baker.”
“One of my favorite shows growing up was ‘The Hulk,’ so meeting him was like meeting a hero,” says host and judge Buddy Valastro. “And Lou totally lived up to it. He did the Hulk pose with me and everything. We had a great time, and he was such a gentleman. He actually was with us for a long time, like eight hours, so we got to hang out and talk, and I learned a lot more about his personal life. He was an awesome guy.”
Valastro doesn’t want to give up any major spoilers about this episode, the second of Season 3, but he drops a few hints.
“What I can tell you is that, with Lou Ferrigno there, you gotta think that the challenge is