the famed iditarod race underway in alaska, 67 teams with sled dogs taking off across a frozen lake 75 miles north of anchorage. the mushers on their way to nome, more than 900 miles over mountain ranges, frozen rivers, and dangerously terrain. the winner expected to reach the finish line sometime next week. a big deal. sounds like a blast, right? look at those dogs go. frozen lakes and on and on it goes. good luck, everybody. we had a crew drop in on us about an hour ago, highland elementary school, queens, new york. lovely kids. they came to see smitty. look at those lovely kids. stayed with us for a couple blocks on the show. fun to have them. anything else? did you watch the oscars? i did not. the pregame with e.!