Our Ask Billy question comes from Gary in Houston: “Where is Akbar Gbajabiamila?  What happened to him?”

I wanted to say I have no idea who that is, and then I remembered he’s the football player on The Talk.  He’s also on a show called Good Morning Football – which I, predictably, know nothing about.  Akbar (if I may call him that) missed a few of his scheduled appearances last week due to his prior commitment to American Ninja Warrior – finally, a show I’ve heard of.  As to The Talk, I find it curious that the network would shell out money for a new theme song.  After all, low-rated daytime chat show has been cancelled and is going off the air in December.  What will take its place?  We hear CBS is giving the timeslot to a new soap opera, Beyond the Gates.

When soaps are making a comeback, it’s definitely time to end yet another column.  As we went to press, a mutual friend told me of the passing of Christopher Ciccone (brother of you-know-who).  While we were not particularly close, Christopher and I ran in the same circles in LA and he was always fun to be around.  Chris and Madge’s stepmom, Joan, also passed away last week.  The idea that life is so fleeting reminds me of something Gavin Creel said at the end of his last text to a friend: “Not living is the one thing I have learned so far during this time that is NO LONGER AN OPTION EVER AGAIN.  Live.  If you are alive LIVE.”  And if you wanna really be living, check out www.BillyMasters.com – the site that’ll go from Creel to Potsie in the blink of an eye!  If you have a question, send it along to Billy@BillyMasters.com and I promise to get back to you before we do a column of the correct length again!  So, until next time, remember, one man’s filth is another man’s bible.