As mentioned here before, Paramount is finally (finally!) coming out with a DVD release of the 1959 version of Li'l Abner — the one which, unlike this one, actually starred Peter Palmer and Leslie Parrish. Release date for the gen-yoo-wine article is 4/19 and you can pre-order from Amazon by clicking here. I'm told to […]
While I was off in San Francisco, my main TiVo received the latest software upgrade, which includes the "TiVo to Go" feature. The way this works is: If you have your PC networked to your computer, you can record a show on the TiVo, then transfer it to your computer hard disk and watch it […]
People keep writing to ask what I think of Men of Tomorrow, a new book by Gerard Jones, which focuses on the backstory of the gents who founded and built the comic book industry, with special emphasis on Harry Donenfeld (who founded and owned DC Comics), on Jack Liebowitz (who ran that company when Harry […]
My favorite of John Raitt's many appearances was not in The Pajama Game or in the many exciting, memorable moments he gave the world from the Broadway stage. Not that there was anything wrong with any of them. He was as fine a singer as there ever was, and he sure set a fine example […]
I was going to post every day of our trip but owing to the frequent rain, things got a bit too hectic and I got a bit too weary. I really enjoyed the WonderCon itself, and San Francisco is a great city. But I had enough problems and plans that were cancelled due to weather […]
Meant to post yesterday and even the day before but the WonderCon, here in soggy San Francisco, hasn't allowed me a lot of time. The place is packed, the panels are fun, and there are way too many people to see and stuff to look at. Friday panels went well. "The Art of the Cover" […]
For reasons I'll mention in a moment, I really don't want to get the Social Security debate going full-blast on this webpage or in my e-mailbox. But since I linked earlier to a Democratic "calculator," I thought I ought to link to a Republican-type one. Folks sent me links to this one and this one […]
A newly-formed union of standup comedians in New York has managed to negotiate a better deal for its members. Details here. […]
What will the George W. Bush private account plan for your Social Security? Here's a calculator that will give you some idea…courtesy of the Democrats. Let me know if you see a Republican response. […]
…from the wonderful world of overpriced hotel High-Speed Internet Connections. My friend Carolyn and I are in San Francisco, poised and ready for the WonderCon, which commences tomorrow morn. Amazingly, all our luggage is here with us, as well. In the competitive business of Air Travel, I don't know why some airline hasn't tried to […]
Frank Rich on how the line is being blurred between real news reporting and fake news reporting. […]
Animation webloggers are reacting with varying amounts of horror today over a press report that Warner Brothers Animation is prepping updated (like, into the future) versions of Bugs, Daffy and other classic characters. The goal here is a new franchise that takes the old, beloved players and styles them in some cutting-edge manner that will […]
Here's a rather meaty live chat with the Baghdad bureau chief for Newsweek, Rod Norland. It's all about the elections in Iraq and despite the attempts of some questioners to lump Norland in with extremists on either side, it comes off as a good, common sense look at the situation over there and what it […]
I may be guilty of some sloppy phrasing in the previous message so let me run through this again. The Amos and Andy radio show actually overlapped the TV show. The Amos 'n' Andy Music Hall left the airwaves on November 25, 1960 (date courtesy of Anthony Tollin, who knows old radio better than anyone […]
Over on Cartoon Brew, my pal Jerry Beck announces a Los Angeles screening of episodes of Calvin and the Colonel, a prime-time cartoon series that was on from 1961 to 1962 and has rarely been seen since. The series was created and the leads were voiced by Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, the two white […]