Hang in, Greg, you’ll be “Bonesy” again one day.
KCNC-Channel 4 entertainment reporter Greg Moody has shed 20 pounds in his drive, begun in November, and has gone from 208 (serious!) to 188 pounds. He’s only 5-foot-6.
Isn’t 20 enough? “I lost 20 pounds and thought, ‘This is great!’ Then I saw some video of me interviewing a doctor. I looked like a bag of wet rice. I had fat squirting out of my ears!”
He’s dieting, though it’s not so constrictive that it cuts out beer. “Oh, God, that’s so wrong! I have cut back to every now and then.” His goal: Another 25 pounds to return to his childhood nickname. “I’ve been real careful about my trigger foods, like peanuts and crackers.”
Viewers can watch Moody get healthy through regular reports on the CBS4News at 4:20 p.m. Thursdays.
Stars shine for kids
Local TV “stars” shine for KALC 105.9-FM’s annual “Alice’s 36 Hours for Kids” at The Children’s Hospital from Wednesday through Friday.
Lined up to appear during the three-day marathon, broadcast live from the hospital, are Jim Benemann, Molly Hughes and Tom Mustin, Channel 4; Dr. Stephanie Clements, Kim Christiansen and Drew Soicher, KUSA-Channel 9; Mike Nelson and Henrik Sybrandy, KMGH-Channel 7; Ernie Bjorkman and Asha Blake, KWGN-
Channel 2, and Ron Zappolo, KDVR-Channel 31.
The radiothon, airing on KALC from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. all three days, aims to raise $1 million for the Children’s Miracle Network.
Weekend highlights
Today
The political bad boy of late-night TV comes back for a fourth season on “Real Time With Bill Maher” (9 p.m., HBO).
Saturday
Inspector Clouseau is funnier than Steve Martin. Don’t think so? Tune in to the 1964 Peter Sellers version of the bumbling French detective in “The Pink Panther” (8 p.m., KRMA-Channel 6).
Sunday
What we learned: Be careful what you say when coming out of anesthesia. This week, Burke learns Christina’s secret on “Grey’s Anatomy” (9 p.m., Channel 7).
Around the dial
“Peace Mediator,” the donnie l. betts production of “Destination: Black Radio Days,” airs at 8 p.m. Monday on KUVO 89.3-FM. The radio play is being staged live at the King Center on the Auraria campus. … Arvada’s government-access channel airing footage of the New Year’s Day parade in London, which featured marching bands from Pomona, Ralston Valley and Standley Lake high schools (2:30 p.m. Saturday; 9:30 a.m. Wednesday and 2:30 p.m. Feb. 25, Channel 8). … Quotable: “People on the right say to people like me, ‘Oh, you hate America.’ And I always say, ‘No, I love America. I want it back. I don’t want you representing it.’ ” Bill Maher
Dick Kreck’s column appears Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. He may be reached at 303-820-1456 or dkreck@denverpost.com.
