Animation producer Buzz Potamkin died recently (I heard April 28) following a long battle with cancer. Buzz was like the Johnny Appleseed of animation companies, running, founding or co-founding many over the years including Perpetual Motion, Southern Star Productions, Visionary Media and Buzzco. His tenures with each outfit were highlighted by innovative, acclaimed production, much […]
Longtime readers of this blog are well aware that I feed feral cats in my backyard. There have been a lot of them over the years and though I feed them often, there are times when they're crowding my feet and howling because I can't get the cans open fast enough, and I practically turn […]
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Mitt says if you want to go to college, borrow from your family. If they can't afford it, borrow from his family. 12:53:12 […]
My friend Shelly Goldstein, oft-mentioned on this blog, writes a monthly column for a Gay Rights website arguing for more tolerance and also some of those "equality" things like marriage. When I mentioned her gig to someone once, he furrowed his brow and said, "She's not gay, is she?" No, she's not and it's sad […]
Hanna and Barbera aside, the two most important producers of Saturday Morning TV animation have been Joe Ruby and Ken Spears…and theirs is a fascinating story. They met when working as film editors and made that unlikely shift from cutting film to writing the shows that were recorded on it. Eventually, they were also producing…first […]
So one night a few weeks ago, I go into a Ralphs Market about 2:30 AM. There are two young men in their twenties, both with spiked hair in unnatural colors. They're loading a shopping cart with food but they're also dining as they shop. They've opened a couple of bags of chips and cookies, […]
I was a big fan of a musical group called Big Daddy that had a great gimmick: They'd take contemporary rock songs and rearrange them in fifties style. (They also played very fine replicas of fifties tunes in the fifties style. They could sound like anyone. One member of the band was a white guy […]
Take the time to read this piece by Michael Rubens, a former producer for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. It may take a while if you make side trips to watch some of the Daily Show clips to which he links. Basically, Rubens had this job that required him to press flesh with people […]
I doubt Romney would have killed bin Laden. He might however have acquired Al-Qeada, stripped it of its assets and declared bankruptcy. 20:44:25 […]
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At the moment, if you send me an e-mail, I will receive it but you will receive a response that tells you your message to me could not be delivered. I don't know why it's doing this but I wish it would stop. […]
Gingrich to announce Wednesday that he's staying in the presidential race but suspending his marriage. 12:11:12 The census says only 48% of U.S. households have a husband AND a wife. Gays aren't destroying "traditional marriage." Straights are. 12:14:29 Today's potatoes are from Circle C Ranch in Hamer, ID. And I'll bet they were packed by […]
Here's a one-minute promo for The Dick Van Dyke Show featuring the four stars out of character. It's so odd hearing Mary Tyler Moore address him as Dick instead of Rob… […]
I said earlier that there are aspects of the White House Correspondents' Dinner that make me uncomfy. They're pretty well summarized by Alex Pareene, who thinks it's all about shmoozing, Hollywood style. I don't go for that in Hollywood and I expect better of Washington. By the way, people keep calling this thing the Nerd […]