Says here, Wendy's has dethroned Burger King as the second-highest grossing fast food burger chain. McDonald's, of course, is Numero Uno. Five Guys, my fave, is the fastest-growing chain. I don't eat a lot of fast food these days. Even Five Guys only gets my business about twice a month. But I have to say […]
I've posted a number of Liza Minnelli impressions here. Here's the real thing at one of those hourly Sondheim tribute concerts… […]
According to this article, actor Barry Humphries will retire his popular character, Dame Edna Everage — and apparently, himself — when he completes his current stage tour. I'm a bit skeptical of this but if he/she comes your way, go see him/her. He/she (as you can tell, I'm still having what Daffy Duck calls "pronoun […]
Jim Emerson has a good take on the Free Speech issues involved in the Rush Limbaugh matter. Here's my renewed way of looking at the issue: If you believe in Free Speech, you have to occasionally defend that principle with regard to those who say things you find noxious or offensive. They don't have the […]
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Various websites are debating whether WonderCon will or should try to remain in Anaheim or if it will or should revert to San Francisco. I'd prefer the latter and have no inside info into which is likely. I do know that securing dates in either venue is more than a matter of calling up and […]
Got 27 minutes? If so, you might want to put it to good use and watch an interview with Gene Wilder. I have never heard Mr. Wilder speak without saying something important about acting… […]
Folks are sending me a lot of "complaints about WonderCon" and I put that in quotes because most of them seem to be complaints about the California freeway system and/or the weather. I can check on this but I don't think the convention staff directs either or can do anything to improve those things except […]
This will change no prominent person's mind about anything but as William Saletan notes, there's a pretty good piece of evidence that Barack Obama was right to not declare that the U.S. was engaging in a Holy War against Islam. That's what everyone courting the evangelical vote in the U.S. demanded but instead, Obama framed […]
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Andrew Sullivan notes that when Republicans complain about Obama the Big Spender, they're mounting a campaign against a fictional Barack Obama. The real Obama is spending at a much lower pace than any of our recent Republican presidents, Reagan included. […]
Kliph Nesteroff is becoming the big investigative reporter about old show business and old comedians. His latest article is about how the record business and the night club business were once upon a time, not the cleanest businesses one could be in. […]
Last month, a limited-run revival of Merrily We Roll Along played in New York as part of the Encores! season. Here from the rehearsal hall, its three stars — Colin Donnell, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Celia Keenan-Bolger — sing one of my favorite Sondheim songs from that show's score… […]
A lot of interesting messages this morning in response to my wondering about a conservative host who has civil conversations on his or her program. A couple of folks mentioned Joe Scarborough. One suggested John Stossel. A few said that while it isn't moderated by anyone as conservative as Jon Stewart is liberal, there are […]
It would be so much easier to walk around a comic convention if cellphones couldn't take photos in aisles. # […]