Sorry I haven't posted anything since last night. Busy day here.
Eighty-seven thousand, six hundred and twenty-three of you have e-mailed me to ask if I (a) know about the heirs of Jack Kirby filing for reclamation of a number of Marvel copyrights and (b) will be commenting here or anywhere? The answers to those questions are yes and no…in that order.
The mystery of the Colbert Report start times seems to have been solved. Comedy Central is simply jamming more commercials into certain of their more-watched shows and they don't care that it messes up those of us who record via TiVo or VCR for later viewing. Or so I'm told by a person who works for Comedy Central.
Several folks, by the way, were bewildered that I watch The Colbert Report at 11:00 PM since it doesn't air at that time on your set. Well, I do. I have DirecTV and on this coast, one can watch Dr. Colbert at 8:30 PM, 11:00 PM, 6:30 AM, 11:00 AM and 4:30 PM. The 11 PM showing follows an airing of The Daily Show at 10:30 PM and both are apparently crammed with extra commercials.
Lastly for now: I'm a big fan of Jay Leno but I'm growing disenchanted with The Jay Leno Show. Before the week is out, I hope to write a piece here that explains why. (Another "by the way" — I was trying to figure out who the show's so-far anonymous announcer is. I just did. Here's a hint for those of you who like to identify voice actors and announcers: He's been on one or more of my Cartoon Voices panels at the Comic-Con in San Diego. And I'm embarrassed I didn't recognize him the first night.)