Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Where I'll Be

This coming Sunday, September 28, I'll be one of many authors at The West Hollywood Book Fair. I'm appearing on a podcast taping at 5:00, and I'll probably be around before that. The podcast is for comicsoncomics.com, a web show where comedians sit around and discuss funnybooks. Unless they photograph my bad side, I'll let you know when it's online for viewing.

Then on Monday, I'm speaking about my latest book (this one) at the Santa Monica offices of the Google Empire. This event is not open to the public but it's being recorded for the 'net and unless they shoot my bad side...

The weekend of October 4-5, I'll be a guest at the Mid-Ohio Con in Columbus, Ohio. This is always a great convention and they have a great guest list this year. Details on programming will be coming soon.

Then! The evening of October 14, I'm part of a panel discussion at the University of Southern California called "Comedy and Politics," which is all about the impact of topical humor on the world and especially on the current election. It takes place at 7:30 and is free and open to the public. Details can be found here.

I also have to go over to my mother's house one of these days and I have some marketing to do, plus my shirts are ready at the cleaners.

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Moore Freebees

Michael Moore has put his new movie, Slacker Uprising, online for free downloads, viewing and just about anything else you want to do with it. I haven't watched it yet, and may not get around to it for some time. But if you're interested, here's the link.

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Today's Notable Quote

From the 2008 Republican Party Platform...

We do not support government bailouts of private institutions. Government interference in the markets exacerbates problems in the marketplace and causes the free market to take longer to correct itself.

I believe this was also John McCain's position a week ago at this time.

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Today's Video Link

The musical It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman didn't do so well on Broadway in 1966. It only lasted 129 performances. Still, it's had a pretty healthy afterlife in local and community productions.

In 1975, there was a low-budget TV adaptation and this clip is from it. That's Gary Owens narrating, David Wilson as Clark Kent/Superman and Loretta Swit (of M*A*S*H fame) playing a lady named Sydney who has some contrived reason to seduce the mild-mannered reporter. The production also featured Lesley Anne Warren (as Lois Lane), Kenneth Mars and David Wayne. This was the most popular number in the show, which featured a score by Lee Adams and Charles Strouse.

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