Author: Mark Evanier
Posts by Mark Evanier
Media Circus
A lot of you have written me to say that you can't get the video clips on the Comedy Central website to play. Neither could I, but I just installed Windows Media Player 10 and now they play fine. Install at your own risk. And don't write to me and say, "But I have a […]
LOL
Just saw a funny moment on the Jerry Lewis Telethon. Steve Lawrence, who ages at about half the rate of Dick Clark, was singing "New York, New York." He wandered out to the bleachers with a wireless mike to get some audience members to join in singing the words, "New York, New York" but the […]
A Vital Question
I have the Jerry Lewis Telethon on. What do Norm Crosby and Charlie Callas do the rest of the year? […]
The World's Foremost Authority
A brief but pithy interview with Professor Irwin Corey. Thanks to John Wendler for telling me so I could tell you. […]
Recommended Reading
Michael Kinsley tells us why George W. Bush's "ownership society" is just a fancy label for a bunch of half-formed plans that can't possibly work. […]
Too Much News
The siege at that Russian school…Hurricane Frances…renewed violence in Iraq…a couple of security scares at Los Angeles International Airport…there's just too much news today. They're in Hog Heaven on CNN, careening between big boxes and little boxes, groping for those awkward segues that don't make it sound like they're comparing one tragedy to another. And […]
Recommended Reading
Back from vacation, Frank Rich discusses the "macho" posturings of the presidential race. […]
Today's Political Rant
I thought George W. Bush's acceptance speech was okay but about 48 months late. At times, he sounded like he was pledging to improve on the failed policies of the guy who's been in office the last four years. There was a lot of talk about being resolute, and I've always thought that determination, taken […]
Log Rolling on the Internet
My pal Andy Ihnatko has remodelled his weblog. Visit. Enjoy. Tell him I sent you. […]
Thursday Night
Well, Bush has spoken. I TiVoed it and may get around to watching his speech tomorrow. (So far, a quick surf of political websites is yielding "reviews" that could have been written before the speech was.) I am delighted to say that my worst fears about the protests do not seem to have materialized. I'm […]
Recommended Surfing
The Comedy Central website is difficult to navigate and since its recent makeover, their online video clips have become less reliable. (They used to play on two of my three computers. Now they run on only one.) But if you're among the few who can handle the terrain, go find a funny clip from The […]
Something We All Need
A new kind of toilet. For $2,200. […]
Recommended Reading
Garrison Keillor makes the case against what the Republican Party has become. […]
Review Reviewed
Creem was an irreverent rock magazine founded in 1969 and flourishing in the seventies…and I think it even made it into the eighties. It has been revived in online form at this site. Currently featured is this article about Marvel's Conan the Barbarian comic book. In it, writer Jeffrey Morgan says that Jack Kirby left […]