Here's some news to gladden your Sunday: At the end of August, you'll be able to purchase a DVD with all 26 episodes of Fractured Flickers. In case you don't know, this was a riotously funny 1963 TV series produced by Jay Ward and the other folks who brought you Rocky & Bullwinkle. The show […]
I watched very little of the various Reagan memorial events…and oddly enough, the fact that I didn't think much of the man or his administration was not the main reason. I have never liked the various trappings of elected office that make our public servants seem more like public monarchs. Inaugural galas feel that way […]
Here's Frank Rich on the differences between George W. Bush and Ronald W. Reagan. […]
Just saw a commercial for the new Nissan Ultima that makes use of Dean Martin's record, "Ain't That A Kick in the Head?" As we noted here and here, this song has had an amazing afterlife, especially considering it wasn't one of Dino's biggest hits. If you have Windows Media Player installed on your computer […]
One of the funniest human beings I know is a gent named Chuck McCann. If you grew up in New York in the sixties, you probably remember his now-legendary show for kids, which was filled to overflowing with witty, innovative bits. Many of them later showed up on other programs. So did Chuck, who has […]
Congrats (I assume) to Harlan Ellison who has settled his lawsuit against America On-Line regarding the pirating of his copyrighted work by one or more of its users. Here are some details…not a lot but some. […]
My pal Tom Hegeman, who is himself a lawyer, sends me this link to an article about some legal issues relating to TiVo and its future plans. Might be worth your time to take a peek. […]
John Kerry keeps sending me mail. I've never donated money to a politician; to political causes, yes, but most of my giving goes to things like feeding hungry children and disaster relief. Still, I somehow got on some mailing lists that prompt every Democrat (and a few Republicans and Independents) to write to me, over […]
I got the date wrong in the previous item. The strip in question actually ran on Wednesday, June 9, making Trudeau's bit of precognition all the more amazing. On the other hand, I'm getting reports that the strip, as it ran in most newspapers that day, actually had slightly different copy in it. In the […]
George Tenet resigned as director of the C.I.A. on Thursday, June 3. One week later in the Doonesbury newspaper strip — on Thursday, June 10 — one of the characters, C.I.A. intern Jeff, announced he was resigning from the C.I.A. because "Tenet can't take all the blame." Now, comic strips are drawn well in advance […]
The L.A. Times has set up a dandy interactive site that tracks the state-by-state leanings (and locks) in the presidential race. Go play around with it here. (If that link doesn't work, try this one.) […]
A number of "big" shows have been announced for Las Vegas showrooms and never happened. Here's a rundown of some of them. […]
This piece, which was supposedly printed in a newspaper a few years ago, has been floating around the Internet for some time. I dunno if it was really written by the mother of a gay son and/or if it was really published but it makes a pretty powerful statement. One of the reasons I believe […]
A number of folks have written to ask me questions about Carmine Infantino's announced lawsuit against DC Comics. I don't have a lot of details and I don't have a lot of time this week…so I'll refer you to my pal Steven Grant and his current column. He has what seems to me like a […]
Wanna be in a movie? If you live in Southern California and you're over 16, you could be part of a crowd scene in the new live-action Fat Albert movie that's currently in production. Our friends over at BeInAMovie.com need bodies for this coming weekend. For info, hurry over to their website… […]