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Hulk Hogan, R.I.P.
We're pre-empting the next chapter of the Ackerman/Schwartz/Bradbury story to bring you this more timely anecdote from my past… Believe it or don't believe it but I have a story about Terry Gene Bollea, better known as the superstar wrassler, Hulk Hogan. In 1985, CBS debuted a cartoon show on Saturday morning called Hulk Hogan's […]
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I actually found this history of the Orange Julius drink and fast food chain interesting. You might not but I did — and I don't think I've ever even had an Orange Julius… […]
Another Day, Another Panel Addition…
Comic-Con International starts tonight and I've added one more stop in my relentless campaign to have more panels than Steve Harvey has TV programs. I will now be appearing on this panel… Thursday, July 24 – 4 PM to 5 PM in Room 4 JACK KIRBY'S FOURTH WORLD Rand Hoppe (Kirby Museum director), Tom Kraft […]
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So far, we haven't seen any official statement from David Letterman about the termination of The Late Show for alleged "financial reasons." I think though that we can all guess what he will say if and when he does say something. It also wouldn't surprise me to see him say it with a surprise cameo […]
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Hey, do you love the Marx Brothers? Of course you do. How could anyone not love the Marx Brothers? Well, here's a recent radio show that spent ninety minutes talking about Groucho, Harpo, Chico and even at times, Zeppo. Heck, there's even info in there about Gummo, courtesy of his grandson, who's among the guests. […]
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In case you didn't see Stephen Colbert last night… He may be going down but he's going down swinging. It oughta be an amazing ten months — if they keep him on the air that long. Wonder what would happen if his ratings went way, way up because of so many people rallying to his […]
My Jack LaLanne Story
Two or three people lately have written to ask me to tell my Jack LaLanne story — the one about my brief (one punch) round of fisticuffs with the man who deserves most of the credit for inventing exercise programs on TV. I don't know why these folks, if they wanted to read it again, […]
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In 1983, Johnny Carson did a two-hour special on NBC to celebrate his 21st year as host of The Tonight Show. To promote the special, he sat for an interview with Bryan Gumbel that was serialized across several days of The Today Show… […]
More 2 Do at CCI
Those of you who were shocked that I was appearing on and/or hosting seventeen panels at Comic-Con can be further shocked. I'm now appearing on and/or hosting nineteen. I have joined this one… Saturday, July 26 – 10 AM to 11 AM in Room 4 THE MANY HANDS OF BILL FINGER Before Gotham had shadows, […]
This Weekend
That's Dr. Z — "Z" as in "Zaius" — the talk show host no one dares cancel. If you're going to be in San Diego this Saturday night, as I expect some of you will be, you can catch Dr. Zaius doing his brilliant, improvised, different-every-time show at The American Comedy Company over on Sixth […]
More Colbert Discussion
My pal Paul Harris, with whom I have spent many an hour discussing late night television, has some thoughts about what Stephen Colbert will do upon completing the next ten months of The Late Show. Mr. Colbert may be asking himself that very question at this very minute. One thing of which I'm fairly certain […]
Recommended Reading
Here's a pretty good article about the Stephen Colbert matter by Jason Zinoman. One aspect of all this that intrigues me is the suggestion, hinted at in this article and stated outright in others I've read, that the decline in audience for late night shows is because they've gotten too political. I'm curious — and […]
Today's Bonus Video Link
Earlier today, I posted this video by longtime Las Vegas video blogger Steven Campbell about why prices are up there, business is down and you can have a very expensive, terrible time in what used to be a wonderful place to be a tourist. If you want to know more about the deterioration of the […]
I Queue
And if you're going to Comic-Con and will have to line up for the kind of things that require lining-up, here's a handy guide as to where you should line up for for the kind of things that require lining-up. […]