More Carson Stuff
My pal Aaron Barnhart, a TV critic who specializes in late night, writes a nice piece on Johnny. Of course. And here's a piece by Tom Shales. […]
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Carson Stuff
For those of you who feel the need to read or hear about Johnny Carson on this sad day… Roger Ebert has a nice essay up on what it was like to appear with Mr. Carson. ABC News is out interviewing celebrities on Johnny's impact. TV critic Sid Smith has a pretty nice overview of […]
Carson Lore
Someone wrote to suggest I link to this article I have elsewhere on this site. It's chock full of trivia about The Tonight Show. […]
Johnny
My first two thoughts at hearing that Johnny Carson has died of emphysema: Do we need any more proof of what smoking can do to the human body? And he actually did what he'd decided to do: He retired, gave up public life, and resisted all temptations to get back in. After he left The […]
Johnny Carson, R.I.P.
They once asked him what he'd like his epitath to be. He said, "I'll be right back." Sadly, that's not likely to happen…nor will anyone else probably ever dominate one corner of television the way Johnny Carson did. I'll post some more thoughts later today. […]
Just a Doll, a Girl and a Dragon
I cribbed this link from Jerry Beck over at Cartoon Brew but it's too good not to spread. Not only does Scrappy now have his own website but there's an entire site devoted to the legendary TV kids' show, Kukla, Fran and Ollie. It has pictures and clips and info and…oh, just go there and […]
Scrappy Days Are Here Again!
Our pal Harry McCracken has filled a shameful void on the Internet by erecting Scrappyland, the best place to learn about the long-forgotten (by most) Charles Mintz/Columbia cartoon character. It's also just about the only place but, hey, you gotta start somewhere. You sure can't go out and watch a lot of Scrappy cartoons, as […]
The Fools of April
This is not an early April Fool's Day joke. Turner Classic Movies is devoting much of the month of April to comedy movies and they're running a lot of goodies. On April 1, they have a 20-hour marathon of Laurel and Hardy movies. This is a good thing. As you can see from past postings […]
Hang Loose!
Tom Spurgeon gives you the chance to read or download the judge's opinion in the case of Stan Lee vs. Marvel Enterprises. […]
Down the Old Plank Road
On a happier note, my friend Carolyn and I went last evening to see The Chieftains performing at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, a beautiful hall located a hellish freeway commute from L.A. in Cerritos, California. I wish I could communicate to you how much I hated the drive so you might understand […]
Discount Parenting
Maybe it's because my parents were so good at it, but I have lately found myself around a number of really inept mommies and daddies. At least four or five times in as many months, I have been in a public place and seen some small child either injure him or herself or come close […]
Recommended Reading
Over on Salon, they have a good interview, mostly about politics, with Terry Jones who is described as a "founding member of Monty Python." For some reason, that phrase is often used to describe Mssrs. Jones, Cleese, Idle, Chapman, Gilliam and Palin, as if there were a lot of non-founding members of Monty Python. Anyway, […]
More on Labor Pains
Woke up this morning to this e-mail from "edmalexa," who I think is an actor named Ed Alexander… I just read your thoughts on the new tentative SAG agreement and I think I need to point out that it's actually just as hard for SAG folks to strike as it is for any of the […]
Costco Gallery
Here's a report on that Picasso sketch sold by Costco. I don't know why I think this is so funny. […]
Labor Pains
Negotiators for the Screen Actors Guild have reached agreement on a new three-year contract with the AMPTP, the organization that represents the producers of motion pictures and television. Here are the details. Bottom line as I read it: No increase in DVD revenues for the actors, and unspectacular cost-of-living increases. Don't get thrown off by […]