Voice Guys
Did you read that piece I wrote earlier about the settlement in the contract for actors who provide voices for video games? Well, Don Porges has some more thoughts on the matter over on his blog. […]
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Maybe Set the TiVo!
We've had a lot of items here lately about our dear friend, the late Howard Morris. So I thought I'd mention that one of his big movie roles — Boys' Night Out, co-starring Tony Randall, James Garner, Howard Duff and Kim Novak — airs this coming Thursday morning on Turner Classic Movies. It's not a […]
Today's Political Rant
People have been debating whether Mark "Deep Throat" Felt was a good guy or a bad guy, and these debates often seem to be conducted on the assumption that he had to have been one or the other. I don't think many public figures — especially in government — can be fit wholly into one […]
Recommended Reading
Michael Kinsley thinks the Downing Street Memo is not quite the "smoking gun" that many are making it out to be. I dunno. [Los Angeles Times, might make you register.] […]
No Strike, No Residuals
I should have posted this the other day but a potential strike has been averted by actors who provide voices for video games. The rough terms can be read in several articles online like this one. As you'll see, the unions backed down on their demand for residual payments, which is not good. On the […]
Recommended Reading
Frank Rich discusses the Deep Throat self-outing and the attendant media coverage. Among other observations, he reminds us that the famous D.T. quote, "Follow the money," was a creation of screenwriter William Goldman for the movie of All the President's Men. […]
Update
In the last ninety minutes, 14 people have written me to say something like Jeremy Bonner wrote in this message… I can't believe it! I've been hearing that song ("Pop March") in my head for years. A local radio station used it all the time and I never knew its name and I never knew […]
Unchained Melody
We all have certain silly tunes that linger in our memory but defy identification. You heard the song somewhere and it stayed with you…but you have no idea what it's called or who recorded it. If you did, you could maybe procure an actual copy and play it a few times and satisfy some trivial […]
Doing a Number on Numbers
Tom Lehrer wrote and recorded a number of very brilliant comedy songs but he has made his primary living as a professor of mathematics. Sometimes, he combines his two careers. Here's a link to a 13 minute homemade video of Mr. Lehrer singing a number of song parodies that relate to his academic side. You […]
The Pooch Puppet Strikes Again!
I'm a little weary of Michael Jackson jokes but if anyone can keep it funny, it's Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. […]
Games People Watch
Coming up this week on GSN's reruns of What's My Line?: Tomorrow morning is an episode from 3/10/57 with Mystery Guest Charles Boyer. Monday morning, they have Norman Vincent Peale and Judy Holliday, with Robert Preston on the panel. Tuesday morning, the Mystery Guest is Mamie Van Doren and one of the non-celeb guests is […]
Verdict Watch
I am occasionally amused/fascinated by the spectacle of news people having to fill time with nothing to say. They don't say a lot when they do have something to say but it's even worse when, for example, a high-speed chase is entering its second hour and all the known information could be summarized in about […]
John Albano
I finally have enough info to post about John Albano, the veteran comic book writer and cartoonist who passed away last Monday in an Orlando hospital near his home in Altamonte Springs, Florida. His sister-in-law says the cause of death was a heart attack followed by a stroke. He was 82 years old. Albano had […]
Day-Time Dramas
Proving that eventually, every TV show that has ever existed will be out as a DVD set, you can now order Season 1 of the 1968 series, The Doris Day Show. I am not suggesting you do this, as I do not recall it as being a great show, but I will provide an Amazon […]
Set the TiVo (Quickly!)
The Animal Planet network is rerunning a couple of shows that may be of interest to cartoon fans. Animal Icons has an episode tonight (and it reruns Saturday morning) called "Animated Animals" that includes interviews with June Foray, Billy West and other great voice folks. There's also an episode about Garfield, which I haven't seen, […]