Larry King had a "tenth anniversary" broadcast tonight about the O.J. Simpson case, chatting with members of the victims' families and some of the officers who investigated the case. At one point, Tom Lange, who was one of the latter, said this… One thing of interest that hasn't come out that also should have during […]
Someone screwed up. Sundance Channel was supposed to run the 1970 movie, The Projectionist, this morning. And right there on the TiVo listing, it says that it's that movie, starring Chuck McCann, Rodney Dangerfield and Ina Balin. But if you were sharper than some of us, you'd have noticed it gave the running time as […]
The other day, I gave you a link to a page with a small online video of one of the new Mountain Dew "Spy Vs. Spy" commercials. Here's a link to a page with large online videos of two of them, plus photos from the spots and a link to this article which will tell […]
Frank Rich draws what strikes me as a strained comparison between the Reagan funeral and the O.J. Simpson news coverage. But I think somewhere in there, there's a valid point. […]
Jim Brocius sends the following… When you say you would defend freedom of speech to the death, you don't literally mean you'd actually physically fight for it, do you? Do you mean instead you will defend speech with speech, or political contributions of some kind? I don't think American government will ever get so bad […]
Matt Brady over at Newsarama is all over the story of Carmine Infantino suing DC Comics over a number of characters, including The Flash and Batgirl, which he designed. This new report includes a link to a copy of the actual complaint. I have no comment yet on anything in it except that Mr. Infantino's […]
I felt persuaded by this article by Fred Kaplan on how (he says) George W. Bush has used "Clintonian tactics" to convince many of Saddam Hussein's participation in 9/11 without actually claiming it. But if someone comes across a good article that casts a better light on Bush's sentence structures, please let me know. […]
As I said a few weeks ago, I probably won't go see Michael Moore's new movie, Fahrenheit 9/11. I like a lot of what Mr. Moore does but sometimes he plays a bit too loose with the truth for me. (Though I will admit he is sometimes quite effective that way. Not long ago, when […]
Another piece by Terry Jones, this one about what constitutes torture. […]
With the Cold War over, the two spies of MAD magazine's "Spy Vs. Spy" have taken to selling Mountain Dew. Over at the website for that beverage, you can currently view their first commercial. You'll want to click on the menu of commercials on the right and select "Helicopter." As a CGI concoction, it's quite […]
As the saying goes, you may not have known the name but you sure knew the voice. Danny Dark was one of the most-heard announcers in the business, including long tours of duty as the NBC promo guy and the voice of Budweiser Beer. He started his career in radio at KICK in Springfield, MO […]
I'll be posting my panel schedule in a few days but here are a few more teasers. First off, the Chuck McCann spotlight (which I talked about here) has moved to 1:00…still on Friday, July 23. Always consult your schedule for last minute changes. The day before, on Thursday, I'll be hosting a spotlight interview […]
I seem to have inspired a number of bloggers to write about their colonscopy experiences. The best one so far is Bill Sherman. What happened to him did not happen to me, I am pleased to say. […]
In the last two hours, six people have e-mailed me that my colonoscopy report has convinced them it's time to stop putting it off and go have one. And two have written to say that they already had them scheduled but that what I wrote has made them feel less apprehensive about the whole thing. […]
Against a small part of my ever-diminishing Better Judgment, I've decided to tell you what I did this morning. I had a colonoscopy. This is a procedure that is recommended when you hit age 50 (I'm two years late) wherein a doctor puts a teensy-weensy camera where the sun don't shine and looks around for […]