Tuesday, July 13, 2010

The Long and Short of It

The Wall Street Journal reports that theaters and other performing arts venues are making their seats larger in recognition of the fact that Americans are just plain getting larger. As not-a-small-person, I am not unhappy about this. Even when I was a lot skinnier than I am now, I had trouble with seats, particularly with the leg situation. I'm 6'3" which is tall but not that tall. The older the theater, the more impossible leg room usually is...and every so often, I find myself having to go to the usher and say, "I'm sorry...I can't sit in my seat." When booking tix, I always try to go for aisle seats since they give me a little room to stretch out at least one leg.

Obviously, it ain't good news that we're all getting fatter...but getting taller isn't so awful if the world can be adjusted a little.

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More on Late Night...

As we discussed here, ratings are generally down for the late night talk shows. It's no longer that big a deal whether Leno's beating Letterman. What's now at issue is whether anyone is watching either. Here's the latest.

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Today's Video Link

I'm in this — my part was shot in my dining room — but I somehow have no memory of it. It's a 8-and-a-half minute student film that a fellow named Michael Markowitz made back in '91 about Sergio Aragonés. Not much to add except that I wish I still had all that hair...

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