Most animation art is unsigned, and that includes animation-related artwork generated within a studio. I get a lot of e-mails asking me if I can identify the specific artist who drew a given drawing. Sometimes, I can. Sometimes, I can't. The above drawing of Secret Squirrel and Morocco Mole was apparently done in the sixties […]
Over the next few days, I'm going to preview some upcoming DVD releases. I'm kind of amazed that they're releasing A Guide for the Married Man since ever since I first got a satellite dish, there have been few moments when it wasn't playing on some station. For a time there, I thought DirecTV had […]
Any day now, there will be an announcement that a company (Time-Life, I believe) will begin releasing all the episodes of Get Smart on DVD sets. Almost every long-running TV series, and even some short-term ones, will be out on DVD in the next few years, with the exception of a few where there are […]
The weblog, Comics Should Be Good, is running an occasional series examining rumors from the history of comic books, declaring some true and others as urban legends. It's good stuff and I hope they (or someone) will set up a Snopes-style webpage that specializes in such debunking. I hereby volunteer to participate as much as […]
As explained in this posting here, a wonderful little show is performed every Wednesday evening up in Hollywood — a fun and faithful resurrection of the great game show, What's My Line? Your host is J. Keith van Straaten (who produces with director Jim Newman). There's a lovely hostess/model, Claudia Dolph, and a terrific live […]
I don't think I've ever linked to Glenn Hauman's weblog before. And don't think I'm doing so now just because he wrote something nice about me. Even though I am. […]
Well, not everyone loved Keith Olbermann's little on-air account of his cancer scare. He's being criticized on some of the journalism websites, mostly for the supposed arrogance of talking about his own medical problems on a broadcast that, some feel, should have been all about Peter Jennings. Of perhaps more importance is that, according to […]
The Keith Olbermann video that I wrote about — six or so minutes of him telling you why it's stupid to smoke — is now online at the MSNBC website. Unfortunately, if there's a way to link directly to the clip, I haven't been able to figure it out so here's what you'll have to […]
I have no particular opinion on today's decision in the Disney lawsuit involving Mike Ovitz's severance pay. But if you'd like to read the judge's decision, here it is. It's a PDF file, meaning you'll need some kind of Adobe software like their Reader. […]
Folks are sending me messages about smoking and about smoking among their friends and relatives. I can't run them all but I thought some of you might enjoy this one from my pal Shelly Goldstein, a fine writer and performer. I met her mother a few times and Shelly is right: Her female parent was […]
The following transcript is from the MSNBC program, Countdown with Keith Olbermann…the edition of August 8, 2005. Much of that broadcast was devoted to remembering newsman Peter Jennings, who had died the previous day from lung cancer. Olbermann capped the hour with the following statement about smoking and what it had done to him… OLBERMANN: […]
Several people have written me to address my stated view that people have a right to kill themselves, even with cigarettes, if they so choose. Here's one from Ruben Arellano… I have to disagree when you state a smoker can "decide it's an acceptable trade-off of pleasure versus death and doctor bills, that's their choice". […]
Whatever you do, if you know what's good for you, don't click on this link. Especially if you don't like llamas. […]
I enjoy watching MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann, which I think offers the smartest, most candid news coverage on TV. Lately, I've been disappointed at the number of days that Mr. Olbermann has been "on vacation." It turns out, Keith has been away having a tumor removed from the roof of his mouth. His show […]
Has anyone else noticed that the "healthier" fast food is going away? A few years ago, we had an outburst of stands where you could get real, non-fried food with the ease of a McDonald's and at a price not far above Wendy's. We're talking about rotisserie chicken or actual carved turkey plus real, fresh […]