In The News ...

Go To Jail: In Santa Fe, a man who has been convicted of drunken driving 21 times was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison on Monday. It's part of New Mexico's tough "Twenty-one strikes and you're out" policy. (Rosenberg)

Pamela Anderson Lee announced plans this week, for a 24-hour Internet "all-Pam, all-the-time" TV channel, set to debut this fall. Pam already has an advertising slogan for her new network-- "Bust See TV." (Steve Voldseth)

Film Fatigue: The head of Disney's film studio has resigned. Insiders say some of his movies on the drawing board weren't exciting company execs. Deuce Bigelow II. (Alan Ray)

Mac Teletubbies: McDonalds will give away Teletubbies in a new promotion. They're soft, weird looking, and no one can understand a thing they say. But enough about the counter help. (Alan Ray)

Change Afoot: Turner Broadcasting executive and former talk show host Pat Mitchell took the helm of PBS Monday. One big change ... PBS' popular financial show will now be known as "Louis Rukeyser's Wall Street Smackdown." (www.mrmonologue.com)

Twelve O'clock High: "NASA announced that 87 of the 88 tests that John Glenn conducted in space last year were successful. The only test that Glenn wasn't able to test successfully was when they asked him to program a VCR, (Conan O'Brien)

Pot and Panned: "One of Al Gore's best friends from his younger days claims that Al used to marijuana regularly for years. Al Gore smoking marijuana; if that doesn't prove to young people once and for all that drugs are not cool, nothing will." (Jay Leno)

Talking to the Wall: "The Watergate tapes of former President Richard Nixon went on sale last week...Nixon swears so much on the tapes, they're now thinking of re-releasing them as a rap album." (Leno)

Chapter 11: A federal judge has approved the bankruptcy plan for celebrity-backed restaurant chain Planet Hollywood. Schwarzenegger and Stallone, however, will continue their careers of serving warmed-over, half-baked leftovers. (Jim Rosenberg)

Drug Dose: Pfizer, the maker of Viagra, will merge with Warner Lambert, the maker of Rolaids. Analysts say the resulting company is a positive. They'll create a much more satisfying way to spell relief. (Alan Ray)