Recently, when Howard Morris passed away, I directed you to this video link to watch what some have called the funniest sketch ever done on television — The Sid Caesar take-off of This is Your Life. If you remember the sketch (or go watch it now), you'll note that before Carl Reiner "surprises" Sid in […]
Nice to hear that Bob Costas will be an occasional substitute host for Larry King. Costas is one of the best interviewers in the field and I'd love to see him graduate to a regular daily show where he could get the kind of guests that Mr. King is able to get. Maybe that's what […]
Andrew Barkus writes to ask… That is, indeed, an interesting statistic about GWB's approval rating. Could you cite a source for the stat? Friends that I have mentioned it to seem to think it is a bit far-fetched. Sure. In fact, I said Bush's approval rating was 20 points lower than Clinton's was on the […]
This morning, GSN reran another episode of the 1990 To Tell the Truth. One of the segments was about a priest who gave up the priesthood to marry a nun. One of the impostors who were impersonating the ex-priest was a young entertainment lawyer named Tom Mesereau. What is Mr. Mesereau doing these days? Well, […]
Speaking of the National Cartoonists Society shindig: Scott Shaw! provides a thorough and accurate report on the proceedings. […]
Yes, it's another photo from the National Cartoonists Society gathering in Scottsdale, Arizona. On the right is Lalo Alcaraz, who does a very funny newspaper strip called La Cucaracha. On the left is Sergio Aragonés, proving once again that anyone can look good if they have a tux. […]
I mentioned in my Tony Awards review that with the exception of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, none of the musical numbers presented on the broadcast made me want to see the shows. I dunno if this is proof but it comes close: La Cage aux Folles, which won the Tony last Sunday […]
The prevailing theory about the Watergate break-in seems to be that Nixon and his men were paranoid/worried (pick one) about revelations involving Howard Hughes. Nixon had been embarrassed before about his connections with the eccentric billionaire, most notably in the 1962 California gubernatorial election. So, the assumption goes, the Watergate burglars were dispatched to wiretap […]
If you own a TiVo, this page may be of interest to you. […]
It's five weeks until this year's Comic-Con International in San Diego. Remember how jammed everything was last year with 87,000+ people in attendance? Well, every year has had a bigger turnout than the year before…so what does that tell you? I don't want to scare anyone but last year, the streets and parking lots and […]
George W. Bush's approval rating is now a full twenty points lower than Bill Clinton's was on the day he was impeached. […]
A rushed day, running around to doctors with my mother…who's doing much better, thank you. Here are a few loose ends and updates… Thanks to all those who sent donations after my little appeal the other day. When I get some time (ha!), I'm going to try and set up a little private "extra" area […]
For years, I've told my pal Earl Kress that the best steak house in America is Peter Luger's in Brooklyn. Don't think it isn't, just because it didn't make the list of The Original Great Steak Houses of North America or The Top 10 U.S.D.A. Prime Steakhouses or any of those other bogus surveys that […]
At this moment on Court TV, the discussion topic is if Michael Jackson goes to prison and if the rumors are true that a portion of his nose is a prosthetic piece, will he be allowed to have it in his cell or will they take his nose away? […]
And if that eBay auction doesn't satisfy your urge to browse Spider-Man collectibles, here's an even bigger collection. Thanks to Paul Merolle for telling me about it. […]