So far, none of the obits I've seen for Ann Miller have mentioned what was to me her most impressive credit. She was a wonderful star of musical comedy on stage and screen, but she also starred in what was, at the time of its filming, the most expensive TV commercial ever made. In 1970, […]
Michael Kinsley on the current definition of "compassionate conservatism." One of my right-wing friends has an interesting take on all this proposed spending, deficits and enlargement of government. He thinks it's all a smokescreen; that Bush is saying what Bush has to say to get re-elected and to have long enough coat-tails to keep Democrats […]
Andrew Leal, who is the Webmaster for Toonjunkies.com sends the following to continue our discussion of New York cartoon voice actors. And isn't this a lot more important than discussing who's going to be the Democratic nominee for president? Very much intrigued by the present discussions on your site regarding New York voice actors on […]
Here's the Associated Press obit on George Woodbridge. And I forgot to mention that George had been invited as a Guest of Honor at the last two Comic-Con Internationals and had to cancel both times due to health problems. So obviously he had not been well for some time. By the by: My favorite comics […]
Here's a link to the New York Times obit for George Woodbridge. […]
One of the feral cats in my backyard waits while a feral possum dines on the food I put out, mainly for the cats. We still happily accept donations of money to feed the raccoons, possums, pussycats, hummingbirds and other critters. Click here to donate via PayPal and rest assured you're feeding them, not me. […]
My chum Earl Kress — and I know enough not to doubt him about this kind of thing — says both I and most reference books are wrong. Frank Milano, he says, was not the voice of Mr. Wizard the Lizard on the "Tooter Turtle" cartoons seen on the 1960 King Leonardo cartoon show. Earl […]
Terry Jones (of Monty Python fame) is one of the smartest, cleverest gents on this planet. Ken Plume (of IGN Filmforce) is a terrific interviewer. Here's the latter interviewing the former. […]
David McLallen went to see The Producers and here's what he sent me… Saw the current touring cast in Denver last night and I must say I was surprised & impressed. Not so much by Lewis Stadlen, although he was really good. I expected that. He is, after all, an old Broadway hand. But "Max" […]
Coming soon to my bookshelf and probably yours is a book called The Walt Disney Records Story, detailing the history of Disney record albums. It's by Tim Hollis and Gregory Ehrbar, and I am delighted to reprint this e-mail from Gregory telling me more in my eternal quest to find out about the Sandpipers… As […]
Sorry I have to report the death of George Woodbridge, whose presence in MAD Magazine dated back to the March, 1957 issue. George was in almost every issue until just a few years ago…never flashy but always dependable, and much-loved by his colleagues. It was an odd venue for his artwork as no matter how […]
And here we have a point-by-point rebuttal to much of what George W. Bush said in his State of the Union address. […]
The Top Ten words that did not appear anywhere in George W. Bush's State of the Union address tonight… Mars environment global warming Colin Powell equality Halliburton fairness Enron withdraw Osama And when he condemned "Activist judges [who] have begun redefining marriage by court order, without regard for the will of the people and their […]
The first Moon landing occurred July 20, 1969. The Potato Crisps and the Prisoner finale both pre-dated it. I should have realized that because Nixon did his famous split-screen phone call with Neil Armstrong, and Nixon didn't take office until the beginning of 1969. I am shamed. […]
I ate the one and only box of General Mills Potato Crisps I ever ate on a Saturday evening in 1968. I know this because for some reason, I remember trying them out and not liking them as I watched the final episode of The Prisoner. General Mills Potato Crisps were advertised as having "a […]