'Great Day SA,' we have a 'Hot Tub' winner

(Courtesy:  KENS-TV)

Friday will be a great day in S.A., for me at least.  And we'll get to the "Hot Tub" winner in a minute.

I'll be returning to a city I love on Friday morning to talk about movies as a guest on KENS-TV's "Great Day SA" in the 9 o'clock hour.

San Antonio, as many of you know, is where I managed to make a living reviewing movies and interviewing movie stars from 1983 until 2009.

In case you're keeping score:  Two major daily newspapers, three network TV stations and numerous radio stations (with a special shout-out to my old MAGIC 105.3 friend and morning show host Sonny Melendrez). 

In fact, I still toil away for San Antonio movie devotees on the very Web site you're reading right now.  (You are reading, aren't you?) 

I'm looking forward to chatting about movies ("Date Night," "The Runaways," "Clash of the Titans" and more) with Bridget Smith, the rest of the "Great Day SA" gang and, of course, you if you're kind enough and/or curious enough to tune in.

Did I mention "Great Day SA" lights up the San Antonio CBS airwaves at 9 a.m.?

We have our 'Hot Tub Time Machine' contest winner

"Well, it all happened about 15 yrs. ago when I was traveling to Missouri in the dead of winter to make a presentation on an education related issue," Mary Alice Smallbone of San Antonio wrote in this site's "Hot Tub Time Machine" contest.

I asked readers for their best hot tub story during the week that the silly comedy "Hot Tub Time Machine" opened.  Many told me they had a hot tub story.  They just preferred not to share with the world.

Mary Alice, who wins our 4-jalapeño salute as well as a Movie Memories with Larry Ratliff coffee mug stuffed with popcorn and candy, shared, and it's a great story:

"I was with a co-worker, and when we arrived at the hotel, I was excited to hear that they had a dynamite hot tub in their pool area," Mary Alice wrote.

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