I haven't seen the new Looney Tunes DVD yet but a reader named "Booksteve" informs me that the documentary narrated by Stan Freberg and included on the DVD has an error in it. There's a photo of voice actress Bea Benaderet, he says, that is identified as June Foray. Booksteve writes, "Stan should be incensed!" […]
A lot of folks on message boards seem to be confused or concerned about where all the big fires in Southern California are located. This map may be of help. […]
Over at the L.A. Times site, Charles Solomon has an article and an online video all about the way the relationship between humans and wildlife gets portrayed in animation. Just click on this link. […]
There already was a U.S. postage stamp with Snoopy on it, and there have been a lot of different ones in other countries. What I meant was that there could be a stamp that more or less celebrated the life of Charles Schulz without actually depicting him. There could be a whole series of Peanuts […]
Michael Reaves has two new projects out. He was an editor of Shadows Over Baker Street, an anthology of original stories by various authors, including Neil Gaiman. This is the book that asks the musical question: What would happen if Sherlock Holmes and Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos crossed paths? Michael also wrote the screenplay for the […]
I mistyped when I wrote, "Rumor has it that we will see a Charles Schulz stamp before long." Yes, I know you can't be on a stamp until you've been dead for ten years — U.S. presidents, excepted. What I should have written was, "Rumor has it that we will see a Charles Schulz stamp […]
One day while we were doing Garfield and Friends, I wrote an episode that involved a game show and required an authentic-sounding game show announcer voice. Several actors in our cast could have supplied it but for some reason, I was seized by the idea of getting the genuine article. Our producer, Lee Mendelson, was […]
One of my favorite political commentary websites is Joshua Micah Marshall's Talking Points Memo. I like Liberals who are respected by most Conservatives and Conservatives who are respected by most Liberals, and Marshall is in the former category. The other day, he mentioned that he was thinking of covering the New Hampshire primary not for […]
If you get a letter from me in the next year and you aren't the Gas Company, it will probably have one of these on it — the stamp that was unveiled today to honor the late Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel. I think it's terrific that he is being so honored, and also that the […]
Not only have I been meaning to mention Atrios but I wanted to give you all this link to Ron Paul's weekly essays. Paul is a Libertarian Congressguy from Texas but unlike some prominent Libertarians, he seems to have a decent sense of reality. I don't always agree with him but then I don't always […]
Atrios is one of the most-read political bloggers who skews Left. And if you think I post often, you should see this guy. Anyway, I've been meaning to mention him here but he just put up an amazing transcript from C-SPAN transcribed by someone else. Here's the link to it. It's a call from a […]
A new production of Larry Gelbart's play, Sly Fox, is set to open next April in New York. Richard Dreyfuss stars in a role originated by George C. Scott, but never mind that. The most interesting bit of casting involves a smaller role. "Professor" Irwin Corey is in the company, and some theater buffs think […]
The wonderfully silly Eric Idle has embarked on what he's calling his Greedy Bastard Tour. You can find out if and when the greedy bastard is coming your way, and read a weblog/diary he's posting of the experience here. In the meantime, John Cleese is setting up his own website at www.thejohncleese.com. Why the "the?" […]
For the record, tomorrow's Daily Variety carries the following notice wrapping up this situation… WGA animation writing award winner Mark Evanier is a three-time Emmy nominee. Information in Thursday's paper was incorrect. It's kind of an interesting way to phrase it. I was advised not to ask for the correction for fear they'd write something […]
I've just ordered my copy of the new Looney Tunes DVD set from Amazon, and you can do the same thing by clicking here. Knowing you, I presume you'll want one because from all reports, it's an excellent presentation of the material, and we all know how wonderful the material is. I also know you'll […]