It remains one of the most famous lines ever uttered on a sitcom. On The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Ed Asner's curmudgeonly Lou Grant looks at Mary, who is applying for a job, and says, "You've got spunk." "Well . . . ," she starts to reply, obviously flattered. "I hate spunk!" he snarls.

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None other than talk queen Oprah Winfrey dropped by Julia Roberts' digs the day after the actress's Broadway debut in Three Days of Rain to offer words of encouragement, New York's Daily News reports.

Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know? radio show airs from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays on WCBE (90.5 FM). Here are excerpts from his latest "All the News That Isn't."

We thought we had weird thoughts -- until we found a Web site that solicits oddball ruminations.

"I keep seeing those commercials about 'the power of cheese.' I wish they had some kind of disclaimer that said you couldn't plug your TV into a block of it, because I would've paid my electric bill this month if I had known that was the case."

Honesty is the best policy: Caught by police with illegal emergency lights on his car, Bradenton, Fla., restaurant manager Kenneth Holmes, 26, said at his sentencing for impersonating a police officer that he wanted "to get home quicker" and that the flashers -- a "fantastic timesaver" -- enabled him to drive through red lights.

--Chuck Shepherd, Universal Press Syndicate