We Have the Answer…
…to the Hawaii Five-O question. Thanks to all of you who wrote in with answers and suggestions. […]
Author: Mark Evanier
Posts by Mark Evanier
Mid-Ohio Con
Local commitments are keeping me away from Mid-Ohio Con this year. But I wanted to say that if I could get away, I'd get away to Columbus, Ohio next weekend for Roger Price's annual gathering of comics, TV and film fans. Having attended comic book and s-f conventions across the continent since '70, I've gotten […]
Funny Folks
If you're even vaguely in the Los Angeles area, I highly recommend Totally Looped. This is a terrific show of improvisational comedy that occurs not nearly often enough. (I didn't phrase that properly but you know what I mean.) The next edition is this coming Friday, November 21, and you can find out all about […]
Hawaii Five-O Question
A friend has a question and it's beyond my expertise to answer. We're trying to identify an episode of Hawaii Five-O and all he remembers about it is that it involves a serial killer murdering women all over The Island. There's no explanation as to how he gains entrance to their homes and no seeming […]
This is a Test…
I'm experimenting with font sizes to see what will be most readable on this weblog. If you can read this page okay, do nothing. If you find this difficult to read, please drop me a note and tell me what's wrong with it. Thanks. […]
Say the Secret Word…
We call your attention to a new 3-DVD set of episodes of You Bet Your Life starring Groucho Marx that is now available. If you need a reminder of how funny this show was, go to this page of the website for the company bringing them out and click on the video preview links at […]
Recommended Reading
Frank Rich offers an interesting view on the controversial Reagans mini-series, especially as compared to the upcoming HBO mini-series based on Tony Kushner's Angels in America. [New York Times registration required.] […]
Pinky Uncovered
For those of you interested in cartoon voices, we have here a good interview with Rob Paulsen, one of the best of the current crop. I worked with Rob once on a series and couldn't have been more impressed with his talent and professionalism. […]
Hello, Ball!
TV Land just finished running, as a tribute to Art Carney, a "marathon" of all 39 filmed episodes of The Honeymooners. I caught a few of the less-familiar ones and again marvelled at how good he was on that show. A year or three ago, I got a few folks all hot and bothered in […]
Turkey Lurkey
Having recently done a big "Bah, Humbug!" to Halloween, we now turn our attention to Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is no great deal to me, and really hasn't been since about the time I got out of school and it no longer yielded a four-day weekend. When you're self-employed, you're like the atheist who is dismayed at […]
Miss Crabtree Remembered
The lovely face above is that of actress June Marlowe (1903-1984) who is probably best remembered as the teacher in a number of Hal Roach's "Our Gang" comedies. She had a nice career modelling and in movies and a very interesting life. All of that is captured over on this website devoted to her, including […]
More on John Tartaglione
Just spoke with Marvel artist Marie Severin, who was back from attending the wake for John Tartaglione. She reminded me that John had recently been inking the Spider-Man newspaper strip (the daily, not the Sunday) over the pencil art of Larry Lieber. And she said that despite a recent battle with throat cancer that had […]
John Tartaglione, R.I.P.
I have no details but I am informed by two separate sources that longtime comic book illustrator John Tartaglione passed away within the last week. "Tartag," as his friends called him, was born in 1921 and he received his art training at Pratt Institute and the Traphagen School of Fashion. Details on his career are […]
Penny Singleton, R.I.P.
Penny Singleton had a pretty long career in show business but for the most part, it came down to two roles. From 1939 until 1960, she was Blondie (from the comic strip of the same name) in a string of radio shows and 28 movies that some cable channel ought to be rerunning. Then in […]
Recommended Reading
Libertarian Congressman Ron Paul complains about the way our military men and women are being treated. […]