We've been talking here lately about Johnny Carson and also about Jerry Lewis. Here's Mr. Lewis on his 1977 telethon, welcoming Mr. Carson. It's a rare opportunity to see Johnny trying to work on his feet but without prepared material or cue cards… […]
Bill Maher blows hot and cold with me…and if you or I were Bill Maher, we'd turn that into an oral sex joke. Fortunately for us, we're classier than that. Well, you are, at least. My few brief encounters with the man have not been pleasant and I don't think his attitude about women is […]
If you're tracking how many delegates each G.O.P. contender has won, you might want to read this piece by Dave Weigel. In it, he explains why no one really knows for sure…and may not for some time. […]
Newt Gingrich finishes third in Louisiana, talks about how he will win the nomination and plan his moon colony. #TheJokeIsJustTooEasy # Geraldo Rivera tells black men how to dress so they don't get shot. #TheJokeIsJustTooEasy # Dick Cheney gets a heart transplant. #TheJokeIsJustTooEasy # […]
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Here's a short clip, date unknown, of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Johnny does a great, Carsonesque "take" when he notices that Tommy Newsom is filling in as bandleader for Doc Severinsen. He says he was unaware Doc was off…but then he segues into prepared material (which he, of course, approved) that makes fun […]
Steve Lopez offers up a true story that explains why we need Health Care Reform in this country. In case you have trouble with the pay wall over at the L.A. Times site, I'll summarize: An 11-year-old girl had a tummy ache. On the advice of her doctor, her father took her to an emergency […]
I watched the HBO movie Game Change last night. Oh. My. God. I guess there are two ways to approach an effort like this — as a movie and as an alleged reflection of reality. As a movie, I found it quite well-made and entertaining. I usually don't find myself absorbed into performances where someone […]
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Bruce Bartlett analyzes the new Republican budget and finds it lacking in detail and reality. […]
Hotel reservations for this year's Comic-Con International will open on Thursday, March 29 at 9 AM Pacific Time. You can get a sneak peek at what hotels will be available over on this page. Good luck. […]
This is from The Rachel Maddow Show and it runs almost 15 minutes. It's a pretty damning segment on Mitt Romney's tendency to say a lot of things which are untrue and/or in direct conflict with what he said not long before. I offer it here not because I think it'll change anyone's mind but […]
L. Johnson (probably not Lyndon) writes to ask… In the R.C. Harvey article you linked to, it said that Johnny Hart's syndicate said "In 2001, Hart was inducted into the Guinness World Records as 'the most syndicated living cartoonist' because the combined circulation of his strips hit 2,600, allegedly more than any other." What can […]
Fran Matera, who spent a lifetime in comic books and newspaper strips, has died at the age of 87. The cause is given as prostate cancer. Matera grew up in Stratford, Connecticut and was still in high school when he sent a fan letter and samples to cartoonist Alfred Andriola, best known for the newspaper […]
All political candidates are like an Etch-a-Sketch in that they should be turned over and shaken. # How depressing that I can fit my entire life on a flash drive and still have room for a couple of Monty Python movies. # Wish I'd bought stock in Etch-a-Sketch last week. # […]