Daily Elvis: Busted!

Based on my research, the theory that you'll see or hear one Elvis reference per day has not borne true. I traveled through two days before I saw anything else Elvis. On Thursday I drove up behind a state-of-Tennessee-sanctioned Elvis license plate. You don't see too many of those in Williamson County. When I noticed that the plate benefits the Elvis Presley Memorial Trauma Center (aka The Med) in Memphis, I thought of the old Baptist Hospital near downtown. Whenever Elvis was in the hospital for whatever reason, I could always tell which room was his when we drove by because the windows of his suite were all covered in aluminum foil. I remember thinking, "You're not fooling me, Elvis. I know you're in there."

Some people who've come to this blog tell me they didn't know I was such an Elvis fan. The truth is I'm not a fan in that I only own one Elvis CD and I've never been to a candlelight vigil. For some reason I have always had this bizarre compulsion to bring him up whenever I can. Like I do with biscuits.

Daily Elvis

This morning on The Big Show with John Boy and Billy, my preferred radio morning team, one of the trivia contest questions referred to Elvis. This lady had to name three Elvis songs on 10 seconds. She went all Early Elvis with Hound Dog, Teddy Bear, etc. I think I would have chosen the big production numbers from the 70s, like Kentucky Rain or Suspicious Minds.

I'm thinking these will get more difficult now that Elvis Week is over.

Daily Elvis Reference

It's Elvis Week, which makes it the perfect time to begin tracking my daily Elvis references. I read somewhere that if you pay attention, you'll notice at least one pop culture reference to Elvis Presley every day. Here's what I've heard so far:

• A roving reporter on Fox 17's Tennessee Mornings wore an Elvis wig and sideburns during his coverage of the tomato festival.
• TV Land this week is running a show called Myths and Legends: Elvis in which they consider whether Elvis and Oprah are related and why Elvis carried a handgun into the Oval Office when he met with Nixon.

Wouldn't you?