Mark is Out Plugging His New Book!
Over on Comic Book Resources, Brian Cronin and I have a brief chat at why Peanuts has been part of our lives so long that there had to be a seventy-fifth anniversary edition. […]
Over on Comic Book Resources, Brian Cronin and I have a brief chat at why Peanuts has been part of our lives so long that there had to be a seventy-fifth anniversary edition. […]
I dearly appreciate your ongoing concern for my health but I got my flu shot at my doctor’s office. I don’t need a text message every twenty minutes reminding me that you have them available. Thank you. […]
Consider this a Head's Up! that the coming week will, like the last few days here, have a few less posts than usual. The long ones like the saga of my 2006 Gastric Bypass Surgery take longer to write and I'm also immersed in publicity stuff for my new book. It may already be obtainable […]
This is the sixth in a series of I'm-thinking-two-or-three-more-but-don't-hold-me-to-this parts about a gastric bypass operation that I underwent in 2006. To read the first part, click here, to read the second part, click here, to read the third part, click here, to read the fourth part, click here and to read the fifth part, click […]
Today was Returning Registration Day for next year’s Comic-Con International in San Diego. A specified number of tickets were available for folks who paid attendance last year and here, according to one online report, is how long they took to sell out… 9:00 AM – Sale starts 9:32 AM – Preview Night sells out 10:05 […]
This is the fifth in a series of I-still-have-no-friggin'-idea-how-many parts about a gastric bypass operation that I underwent in 2006. To read the first part, click here, to read the second part, click here, to read the third part, click here and to read the fourth part, click here. As you may recall, during my […]
TV Guide didn't realize this was the debut of one of the best comedy shows ever on television and my personal favorite. They also didn't realize that none of Sid Caesar's several TV shows was called The Sid Ceasar Show or that his name was not spelled "Sid Ceasar." […]
Down Memory Lane with Tim Conway… […]
Today is the 75th anniversary of the day a comic strip called Peanuts by someone named Charles M. Schulz first appeared in, at first, just a handful of newspapers around the country. It eventually became the most popular comic strip in the history of mankind…and that's putting it mildly. As you may know, I have […]
Which candy is the most popular handout in your state on Halloween? I'm not sure I trust the methodology of this research but here it is. Make of it as you will. While we're on the subject of Halloween Candy: I have frequently on this blog expressed my dislike for candy corn…and I still don't […]
A nice rendition of one of my — and, I hope, your — favorite TV theme songs… […]
This is the fourth in a series of I-still-have-no-idea-how-many parts about a gastric bypass operation that I underwent in 2006. To read the first part, click here, to read the second part, click here and to read the third part, click here. By January of 2006, after months of trying to get on Dr. Perfect's […]
If you grew up in Southern California, you probably got sick of TV commercials from a gent named Earl Scheib who boasted he'd paint any car any color for only $29.95. That was cheaper than any mechanic or service department but we had my mother's car painted by them once and…well, you know the old […]
As you may know, I get an awful lot of unsolicited phone calls from solicitors who want to sell me stuff I would never in a trillion years buy or just have me give them money. They come in waves and the latest wave — because my info has gotten onto another list somewhere it […]
Who invented the Top Ten lists on David Letterman's talk shows? Well, if we're to believe this oral history, just about everyone on the premises at the time. […]