http://www.newsfromme.com/ Mark Evanier's weblog about comic books, TV, animation, politics and other forms of fantasy en-us me@povonline.com 2008-05-11T10:33:15-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2008_05_11.html It is, sad to say, all over the Internet this morning that Gene Colan is not well. Gene is, of course, the great comic artist who did so much work for Marvel in the sixties and seventies on strips... 15208@http://www.newsfromme.com/ 2008-05-11T10:33:15-08:00 http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2008_05_11.html Randy Skretvedt knows more about Laurel and Hardy than I do...and since I know a lot, that should give you some idea how much he knows. He sent the following note. For those not in the know, Oliver Hardy's nickname... 15207@http://www.newsfromme.com/ 2008-05-11T01:27:38-08:00 http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2008_05_11.html "Soundies," as I've explained many a time here, were kind of the music videos of their day, that day being the forties. They were short films shown primarily in jukebox devices that contained a 16mm movie projector, and which were... 15206@http://www.newsfromme.com/ 2008-05-11T01:08:59-08:00 http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2008_05_10.html I also still owe Bob Elisberg a lunch but that's not the reason I'm going to link to his latest column. But before you click over there, try to guess who it's about. It's called "The Stupidest Man in America."... 15205@http://www.newsfromme.com/ 2008-05-10T22:59:30-08:00 http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2008_05_10.html Down at Epcot in Florida, there's a great attraction called "Journey Into Imagination" that is much loved by visitors. It opened in 1983 and like many facets of the Disney theme parks, it's been through a couple of incarnations... 15204@http://www.newsfromme.com/ 2008-05-10T20:56:51-08:00 http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2008_05_10.html BBC Radio 4 just did a nice documentary on Mel Blanc. It runs about a half hour and at the moment, you can listen to it at this link. Don't dawdle because BBC radio links sometimes go away. Thanks to... 15203@http://www.newsfromme.com/ 2008-05-10T01:32:46-08:00 http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2008_05_10.html Tom Lehrer sings the short version of "The Vatican Rag"...... 15202@http://www.newsfromme.com/ 2008-05-10T00:49:45-08:00 http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2008_05_10.html Nathan Lane's final performance in the play November (I discussed it here) will be July 13 so if you're anywhere near Broadway before then, that's the time to go see that one. Previews started on December 20 and the play... 15201@http://www.newsfromme.com/ 2008-05-10T00:37:23-08:00 http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2008_05_09.html I said here yesterday that I wanted to go down to Brea and see Frank Ferrante play Groucho later this month, and that an added bonus was a dinner at Riley's, a restaurant down there that used to be... 15200@http://www.newsfromme.com/ 2008-05-09T20:55:24-08:00 http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2008_05_09.html 15199@http://www.newsfromme.com/ 2008-05-09T12:12:11-08:00 http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2008_05_09.html I'm not sure Barack Obama has won the nomination so much as Hillary Clinton has lost it. Reportedly, prominent folks in her campaign are dickering to write books about it, which is being taken as a sign that they know... 15198@http://www.newsfromme.com/ 2008-05-09T10:12:02-08:00 http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2008_05_09.html This morning when I awoke, I had two e-mails from the staff at Turner Classic Movies telling me that they read this posting and that the schedule will be changed and those Laurel and Hardy films will air in the... 15197@http://www.newsfromme.com/ 2008-05-09T09:56:05-08:00 http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2008_05_09.html Here's a treat. You've probably heard about the famous/infamous time on the TV show, This is Your Life, when they attempted to surprise and profile Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. The series would surprise some celebrity each week and tell... 15196@http://www.newsfromme.com/ 2008-05-09T00:32:37-08:00 http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2008_05_08.html Here's another one of those blog posts where someone else wrote what I was going to write but did it first and did it better. Go read Ken Levine on why the studios and networks are out of their friggin'... 15194@http://www.newsfromme.com/ 2008-05-08T23:53:33-08:00 http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2008_05_08.html That is not a photo of Groucho Marx. It's a photo of Frank Ferrante, who tours America with his uncanny Groucho show. Several times on this site, I have plugged Frank's superb one-man show (well, one man and a... 15193@http://www.newsfromme.com/ 2008-05-08T23:47:10-08:00