The other day, I linked to an extremely funny/clever video cartoon about prescription drugs. Here's a better link, direct to the page of the folks who commissioned it. I hadn't realized that it was Consumers Union, which is the organization that puts out Consumer Reports. I am a big fan of Consumer Reports, which has […]
I can't make a whole lot of sense out of Rosie O'Donnell's weblog but perhaps you can. This woman is well-paid. Can't she afford a Shift key? […]
Nice article by Bill Zehme on the soon-to-open Monty Python musical, Spamalot. A half-dozen different folks I know have seen in it in previews and all predict it will make The Producers look like a one-night flop. […]
Isn't it interesting that the jury has now been deliberating for a whole week in the Robert Blake case? I have no idea whether they'll deadlock or vote to convict or what. But all the commentators covering this trial thought it was one of those cases where the jury would be unanimous for conviction on […]
Jay Mohr is a pretty funny stand-up comedian and a not-unsuccessful movie actor. It may surprise some folks to learn that he did two years on Saturday Night Live as a "featured player," an unusual job classification. It means you're in the cast but you're not a cast member. You're kind of on probation, auditioning […]
If you're a fan of the Match Game TV show — the second version with Gene Rayburn, the one where celebrity panelists had to fill in the blanks with semi-naughty words — have we got a website for you! […]
I'm watching a little of the news coverage of the arrest of Brian Nichols, the Atlanta courtroom shooting suspect. It's another one of those situations, so familiar in the age of 24/7 reporting, where everything the reporters know could be summarized in about three minutes…but they have to keep stretching and repeating and wringing variations […]
That's what a lot of us enjoyed last night, courtesy of the Museum of TV and Radio: An evening with a member of Monty Python. The museum is having its annual William S. Paley Festival which, once upon a time, was all about classic TV shows of the past. Now, it almost exclusively honors current […]
Before you take any more prescription medicines, you might want to watch this nice bit o' animation. (If that doesn't play, try this link.) […]
This morning, a man on trial in Atlanta grabbed a gun from a deputy and shot his way out of the courthouse, killing several people, including the judge. Obviously, a great tragedy. However, I have to share this with you. I hadn't heard about it when I turned on CNN and the first words out […]
I've pretty much given up linking to articles on the future of TiVo. There are hundreds of them out there, many employing the phrase "death watch," which is never a good sign. There seems to be no doubt that TiVo has suffered from the kind of technological lag that doomed the Betamax. For whatever reason, […]
In his current column, which I linked to yesterday, Frank Rich makes mention of a roast for Hugh Hefner that was taped not long after 9/11. I see that Comedy Central is rerunning the TV version of it on Monday night or Tuesday morning, depending on which time zone you're in. It's an odd show, […]
As I'm sure we all agree, there should be a whole series of books in print of Walt Kelly's classic newspaper strip, Pogo. One of these days, there will be…because Pogo was maybe the wittiest, liveliest comic of all time. And you know what? It hasn't dated. Even though it was at times political, everything […]
I turned on the news this morning just in time to watch it erupt with reports that Michael Jackson was not showing up in court and that the judge had issued a warrant for his arrest and a time limit. One could hear the newsfolks practically salivating at visions of helicopters tracking him as per […]
My friend/employer Jack Kirby co-created Captain America and did an awful lot of stories of the character. From time to time, articles pop up that attempt to define Captain America's position on some real issue of the day…or someone claims that their view on some controversial topic is the view Captain America would hold. And […]