Brad Paisley says working with Andy Griffith a highlight
Brad Paisley says he got to mark a biggie off his wish list when Andy Griffith agreed to be in the video for his new single, Waitin' On a Woman.
"He has influenced my life more than most people that I grew up with -- more than most people that I actually knew my whole life," Paisley said recently. "I wrote Andy a letter telling him what he has meant to me over the years and asked him to be in the video."
In the video, which began airing this week, the 82-year-old star of the long-running TV series Matlock and The Andy Griffith Show plays a kindly gentleman who advises Paisley's character to be patient when waiting for a woman.
"Andy heard the song and wanted to commit to working the long hours necessary to get the video right, and he really adopted this music video as if it was his own," said Paisley, whose past videos have featured Jason Alexander, William Shatner, Maureen McCormick, Jerry Springer and others.
Crocodile Hunter's daughter gets a doll
The Emmy-winning daughter of the late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin is getting her own doll.
The 10-inch Bindi Irwin doll sports khakis, puffy pigtails and hiking boots, and comes with binoculars, a camera and other outback gear, as well as a cockatoo, wombat and python.
A talking version of the Bindi doll uses such phrases as, "Crikey! Let's go help wildlife," and "You can make the world a better place."
The rubber dolls will cost $15 to $20, with a portion going to help fund efforts to breed endangered species and rescue animals. They are expected to be in stores in September.
Wild Republic, a division of K&M International Inc., based in Twinsburg, Ohio, is developing the doll. The company marketed a Steve Irwin doll several months after the Australian TV show host died in September 2006 from a stingray barb that pierced his chest.
Bindi Irwin's career began with appearances on her father's shows and later expanded to live music performances and child-fitness DVDs.
Bindi the Jungle Girl, a child-friendly version of her father's show, began in June 2007 on the Discovery Channel. Bindi, 9, won a Daytime Emmy last month for the show and also a Logie, an Australian TV award, in May for most popular new female talent.