Next month, if you have any interest in it, you'll be able to buy a 3-DVD set of memorable episodes of This Is Your Life, a series that was broadcast regularly from 1948 to 1952 on radio, from 1952 to 1961 on TV and in various short-term revivals and specials since. Each week, the host […]
Teller, partner of Penn, comes to a conclusion (with which I happen to agree) regarding the assassination of John F. Kennedy. […]
Another chapter in the saga of a great cartoon character. [Los Angeles Times, registration may be required] […]
Michael Kinsley says that the economic goals of Republicans are more often realized under Democratic presidents. I suspect he's oversimplifying but no more than a lot of Republicans are when they argue that Democrats raise taxes and debt. [Washington Post, might demand you register] […]
Those of you watching GSN's reruns of The Name's the Same have probably noticed that they went through their entire supply of episodes hosted by Bob & Ray and are now into ones hosted by Clifton Fadiman. Mr. Fadiman was a scholarly game show host, more suited to his previous stint on Information Please and […]
I was going to post another story here about Greg Garrison tonight but my lovely friend Carolyn is here, and she's more important than updating my weblog. That's a high compliment since updating one's weblog is pretty darn important. Anyway, I'm going to be busy tomorrow so I may not get to the Garrison tales […]
As my comrade Jerry Beck notes, the Dudley Do-Right Emporium is going away. It closed some time last year or maybe the year before, and will soon be razed…though parts of it may be preserved for historical purposes. Jay Ward built the place in '71, around the time his last real series, George of the […]
Above, we see George W. Bush awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former C.I.A. Director George John Tenet. According to a press release that accompanied the presentation, "The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the Nation's highest civil award. It was established by President Truman and later re-established by President Kennedy. It is awarded by […]
Just to remind you: The weekend late night rerun of Saturday Night Live is the Show #4 (11/8/75), which was the one hosted by Candice Bergen. It includes a great film bit by Albert Brooks, the first "Land Shark" sketch, and Andy Kaufman doing his bit where Foreign Man does inept impressions. Next week in […]
The always-wise Peter Sanderson reports on the New York premiere of Sin City and certain other related topics. […]
It's still April Fool's Day, at least where I am. So I can still post that today is the 5th anniversary of the Oddball Comics page written and curated by my longtime buddy, Scott Shaw! Every week, Scott plucks from his bizarre collection, some comic book that makes you go, "What the hell were they […]
Went up to the Magic Castle (of which I am a member) for lunch with a fabulous actress friend named Judy Strangis. Most folks remember Judy for her role on a great, oughta-be-rerun sitcom called Room 222, and also for playing Dynagirl on Sid and Marty Krofft's ElectraWoman and DynaGirl series. There was also a […]
He'll probably be performing it tonight on his HBO show, Real Time, but Bill Maher has a funny "New Rules" piece up on Salon about the failure of sexual abstinence campaigns. Here's the link, and I have no idea what non-subscribers now have to do to read a Salon article. But it's probably worth it, […]
Jonathan Chait has an op-ed piece this morning in The Los Angeles Times [they may make you register] that uses the Schiavo case to illustrate a larger political point. It's essentially the same point that Thomas Frank seems to be making in What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America, a […]
Turner Classic Movies seems to be playing an unintentional April Fool's Day joke on those of us who've set TiVos or VCRs to record today's Laurel and Hardy treasures. It's the old Phony Start Time trick. This morning, they scheduled Beau Hunks to run 7:15 to 7:45 (all times Pacific), which would have been great […]