I haven't read or even sent away for Bill Clinton's autobiography yet but more than 20 of you have ordered it from Amazon via this site. That's the most ever purchased that way, apart from books by me, so I thought I ought to put up an Amazon link and make it easy for anyone […]
The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has announced the names of the folks who'll be receiving stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2005… MOTION PICTURES: Tim Allen, Antonio Banderas, Donald Duck, Kevin Kline, Julianne Moore, Patricia Neal, Dennis Quaid and Ben Stiller. TELEVISION: Tom Brokaw, James Doohan, Roger Ebert, Susan Lucci, Al Michaels, David […]
The "Cliff Notes" version of Bill Clinton's book. […]
Okay, let's forget about the Iraq War. Let's get to a more vital, pressing matter: The folks at Warner Home Video are putting the finishing touches on a DVD collection of all the original episodes of the 1961 Hanna-Barbera series, Top Cat. This will be a dandy set complete with a "Making of…" documentary with […]
Michael Moore may have some valid things to complain about but one will not be that his new movie is debuting unnoticed. Between the ubiquitous commercials and all the interviews and attacks on his integrity and appearance, I'm hearing more than I care to hear about Fahrenheit 9/11. Among the reasons I always thought "Campaign […]
We're big fans here of folks who do (or did) kid shows, so it's sad to hear of the passing of Frank Nastasi. Not having grown up in Detroit or New York, I never got the chance to see much of Mr. Nastasi's work but he had a pretty big credential on his list of […]
Here's Michael Kinsley on the constant chatter about optimism and pessimism in the current political climate. […]
I know lots of terrific writers. Two good writers (and good friends I don't see nearly enough of) are Bill and Cheri Steinkellner, who at various times have been responsible or semi-responsible for Cheers and The Jeffersons and most recently the excellent cartoon series, Teacher's Pet. They just answered questions — most of which were […]
Over on Salon, which requires you to either subscribe or watch commercials, there's an article that's worth doing one of those two things to read…that is, if you want to be amazed that this kind of thing goes on in our Congress. Here's an excerpt… On March 23, the Dirksen Senate Office Building was the […]
I never thought Flip Wilson was that wonderful a comedian. He struck me as a guy with about three good bits and four good catch phrases, plus his Geraldine identity, which was fun in limited doses until he started getting into drag to play her. In interviews, he used to talk about his various characters […]
I didn't think much of this evening's 60 Minutes interview with Bill Clinton. Some of that was because Dan Rather so overhyped a rather unremarkable chat, both in his teases and an appearance the other night on Larry King Live. It mostly consisted of Rather seeing how many ways he could tell us we had […]
It's fascinating how, via the Internet, you "meet" people all over the world and in different walks of life. It's been that way ever since I got my first modem and began logging onto 300 baud bulletin board systems. It happened more often as the speed of my connectivity increased, and took a quantum leap […]
Comic book news sites (like this one) are reporting that Crossgen Comics has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. I occasionally get messages asking me if the comic book industry is healthy, if it's rebounding from its major downturn, etc. There are many ways to measure that kind of thing, and certainly the fortunes of […]
Ventriloquist Jay Johnson is doing a one-man (plus dummies) show in New York that I hope he'll do out here, or still be doing next time I get to Manhattan. Here's some info about it. I met Johnson briefly at a party for the legendary Señor Wences on the occasion of his 100th birthday. Jay […]
Back when Clarence Thomas was being nominated to the Supreme Court, a lawyer friend of mine said, "It's a shame they got involved in all that crap about Anita Hill and Coke cans and renting porn. They should have just refused to confirm the guy because he's completely unqualified and not very bright." That may […]