Hey, remember I announced that The Garfield Show was debuting on Cartoon Network this Monday? Well, it said so on the Cartoon Network website and it said so on my TiVo schedule. In fact, it still says so on the TiVo schedule and I have a "season pass." But some time yesterday, it disappeared from the Cartoon Network schedule. Other shows are now in those time slots and I'll bet they, not the cat, will be broadcast next week.
No one involved with the series on our end seems to have any idea wha' happened...and it seems that Cartoon Network does not yet even have the shows to broadcast, though the deal has (I'm told) been signed. This channel is doing a big week-long Halloween promotion, airing spooky-themed shows, and I'm guessing the folks there got their signals crossed. Someone wanted to delay our premiere until after that and someone else didn't get the memo and stuck it on the schedule prematurely. Or something. Anyway, when I have more info, I'll post it here. If you see them running any promos, let me know.
I've pretty much lost interest in the Roman Polanski matter but I did read this overview of the case, which strikes me as a pretty fair account. It reinforces my feeling that justice was largely trampled when this matter was first in the courts. I have a hefty prejudice against plea bargains but won't rule out the possibility that maybe, to those close to the case at the time, the "settlement" made more sense than it does now from afar. I just don't see that any resolution of the current matter is going to make any sense at any time.
Doug Molitor (hi, Doug!) tells us the twelve worst things you can say in a Hollywood pitch meeting. I am proud to report I've never said some of these...
Thomas F. Schaller on the U.S. Postal Service. Over the years, I've written my share (and probably some other folks' shares) of jokes about lethargic or insane postal employees. I've also done what everyone does, which is to blame the post office when I was tardy in mailing something to someone. The truth is I think the post office does a great job providing a vital service for fees that, since they can't raise 'em by fiat, pretty much guarantee they'll always be operating at a loss. In this blog post follow-up, Schaller adds another point to his argument.
October 23, 2009
