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Ben Yogada, discusses the science of when, to use, a comma in what you, write. I have my own rules and have debated them with editors and proofreaders over the years. Lately though, I find myself using fewer and fewer. Longtime readers of this blog have actually noticed. […]
Great Photos of Stan Laurel and/or Oliver Hardy
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James Surowiecki analyzes the budget proposal that Rep. Paul Ryan is pushing. Basically it comes down to let's keep the military ready to go to war with Russia and/or anyone else, spend something (but not enough) on the Social Safety Net and shut everything else down. It's never going to happen but the fact that […]
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Keith Scott, the fine voice actor (and historian of that art form) informs me that the Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party record featured as Today's Video Link was recorded at the Capitol Records Studio on April 8 and 9, 1953 — the latter date being 59 years ago today, as it turns out — and the […]
Let's See If Thomas Wolfe Was Right…
In this item, I will make frequent reference to the annual event in San Diego we all know as the Comic-Con International. Before it was called that, it had a number of different names and to simplify matters, I'm going to ignore them and just refer to it as Comic-Con. It changed in other ways […]
Great Photos of Stan Laurel and/or Oliver Hardy
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My mother turned 90 today and I gave her a nice gift: The day off from doing my laundry. # Just read the 800th article saying the next primary is "make or break" for Santorum. Just like the one before and the one before… # Gingrich admits his campaign is hopelessly in debt; vows stay […]
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Here's a little treasure…one of the lavishly-produced kids' records done by Capitol Records. It's Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party and it came with a full-color booklet that you followed along as you played the record. The cast is rather amazing, especially when you find out who it is doing the voice of Mickey. It's Stan Freberg. […]
Comic-Con Blues
A couple of folks have written me about what I wrote about Comic-Con International here recently. Some seemed to think I said that everything that has changed about it has changed for the better. No, I didn't say that nor do I think that. I just think that there's much to enjoy within the new […]
Mr. Chuckles
Our pal Chuck McCann has a nice honor. He's going to be the Grand Marshal of the annual Doo Dah Parade, which is scheduled for April 14 this year in Ocean City, New Jersey. People love Chuck everywhere but those who grew up where they could watch his kids' show on New York TV in […]
Great, Scott!
Last evening, a bunch of us went up to Hollywood to see the first of six presentations of the Oddball Comics Show by my longtime buddy Scott Shaw! Scott has amassed a great collection of comic books that cause you to stare and wonder, "What the hell were they thinking?" Some are hilarious even without […]
Great Photos of Stan Laurel and/or Oliver Hardy
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Al Franken, whose name I don't believe I've read anywhere in the news for months now, has a funny fund-raising letter out. That's great, Al, but what are you doing to advance all those worthy goals we've heard from you? […]
An Easter Memory
Once upon a time, the May Company was the sacred place to shop in Los Angeles — especially the formidable outlet at the corner of Wilshire and Fairfax. It marked the west end of a strip of Wilshire full of department stores and that strip was known as the Miracle Mile. It's still called the […]