My "Greg The Peg" comment on my regular Twitter account about 'Sons of Anarchy' (@kurtyaeger) (ending on this week....

This should clear my comment (link here) up for you...I know a lot of you thought I was 'crazy'..lmao Naw.... Go peep his Facebook...

Most people don’t go from lying by the roadside with a broken pelvis and a severed leg to landing a role on “Sons of Anarchy” in six years. South San Francisco native Kurt Yaeger isn’t most people.

Yaeger, who wears a prosthetic leg, plays Greg the Peg on the show’s fifth season, debuting Sept. 11 on FX.
Unlike many disabled television characters — think Becky Jackson on “Glee” or Walter White Jr. on “Breaking Bad” — Greg’s disability is downplayed.

“He’s pretty much like the rest of the guys — a cold-blooded, murdering bad fella,” Yaeger says.

The 35-year-old actor had a scrappy South City childhood. His childhood home, near Skyline Boulevard, backed up to acres of open space where he built obstacle courses and jumps for his bicycle.

He got into his fair share of fights at South San Francisco High School, where he graduated in 1996. Soon after, “Crowbar” was competing on the BMX circuit, turning years of backyard adventure into a career. At 26, physical injuries and concussions redirected him to college, studying hydrogeology.

All that changed in the early-morning hours of March 30, 2006, when a car forced Yaeger and his speeding motorcycle off the John Daly Boulevard exit. He hit a guardrail and a pole. When he woke up, he was 40 feet away from the pavement, his motorcycle still humming.

“I didn’t realize [my left leg] was almost completely off. I couldn’t move my right leg. I took off my helmet and tried to military-crawl, but it felt like the upper half of my body was separating from my lower half. I called 911, told them where I was, and told them to come get me,” Yaeger says. “I told them I would stay awake.”

Doctors amputated his leg and repaired his broken pelvis and back, but it was almost a year before he could walk again. In 2007, he turned to another childhood love — acting — and picked up an uncredited role in “Charlie Wilson’s War.”

He starred as war veteran Ben Keegan in the 2009 film “Tenderloin,” predominantly filmed in the gritty San Francisco neighborhood.

Numerous roles followed, but Greg the Peg is his biggest to date. Yaeger has also returned to BMX, making him one of the few amputees in the circuit.

“I love it when people tell me I can’t do something,” he says. “It’s like, ‘You wanna bet?’”

Read more at the San Francisco Examiner: http://www.sfexaminer.com/entertainment/television/2012/08/sons-anarchy-star-scoffs-challenges#ixzz26Llq6Qx2



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(Swipe) It's Official: Arsenio Hall Returning to TV With Late-Night Talk Show - Hollywood Reporter

It's Official: Arsenio Hall Returning to TV With Late-Night Talk Show - Hollywood Reporter



It's official: Arsenio Hall is returning to television, partnering with CBS Television Distribution for a late-night talk show.

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Arsenio Hall in Early Talks for Syndicated Talk Show

The project will see the former host of The Arsenio Hall Show reteam with CBSTVD, whose previous incarnation, Paramount Domestic Television, oversaw his syndicated late-night talker that ran from 1989-94.
"We're excited to welcome Arsenio back to the family and partnering on his new, late-night syndicated talk show,” CBSTVD president John Nogawski said in announcing the news Monday. "Arsenio had a substantial following with his previous late-night show, and that same 18-34 audience is now right in the middle of the late-night core audience of 35-54. Years ago, he transcended time periods and attracted a crossover audience while bringing a fresh perspective to late night. That same need in the market exists today as when we originally launched. We are looking forward to the same success with Arsenio's seasoned expertise and appeal in this genre.”
Hall's new Monday-Friday entry will bow in fall 2013, with CBSTVD partnering with Tribune broadcasting stations for the show, which already has been sold in the top 10 markets and 17 of the top 20 -- covering 52 percent of the country. With Tribune aboard, the strip will launch on 17 stations including WIPX New York and KTLA Los Angeles at 11 p.m. and WGN Chicago at 10 p.m.
STORY: Arsenio Hall in Early Talks for Syndicated Talk Show
In May, Hall defeated former American Idol contestant Clay Aiken to be crowned the fifth-cycle winner of NBC's Donald Trump-hosted Celebrity Apprentice and has been vocal with his desire to return to the talk-show circuit.
Recent speculation indicated that Hall would return to the small screen as the host of a syndicated daytime talk show.
"It's an amazing feeling to be going home to my old friends and colleagues and firing up our 'Night Thing,’ " Hall said. “Let's get busy ... again!”
The as-yet-untitled taker has been cleared in markets including Boston, San Francisco, Atlanta, Detroit, Tampa, Pittsburgh, Denver, Cleveland, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Kansas City, Mo., Greensboro, N.C., and Norfolk, Va.
“As Tribune evolves, we will continue to add first-run, original programming," Tribune Broadcasting president of programming and entertainment Sean Compton said. "Arsenio will be exclusive to broadcast and is a natural fit for our stations’ Monday-Friday late-night time period."
The show will be produced by CBSTVD in association with Arsenio Hall Communications and Octagon Entertainment Productions. Hall will executive produce alongside his manager, John Ferriter. The entry joins CBSTVD fare including such daytime entries as Judge Judy, Dr. Phil, Judge Joe Brown and The Jeff Probst Show.

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