As others have noted, The Hallmark Channel is now running episodes of M*A*S*H uncut. Each night starting at 10 PM (7 PM for those of us on the West Coast with satellite dishes), four shows are run and in order to accommodate the usual cable channel number of commercials, the shows run longer than a […]
Here's a link to an obit for Pete Morisi in the newspaper, The Staten Island Advance. […]
Pete Morisi, known to fans of Charlton comics as "P.A.M.," died yesterday at Staten Island University Hospital. So far, we've heard nothing about a cause of death but I'll tell you what I can about his life and times. Peter A. Morisi was born in the Park Slope area of Brooklyn in 1928 and grew […]
Don Novello is better known to most folks as Father Guido Sarducci but he's also known to many of us as the bizarre Lazlo Toth, author of several books of silly letters to famous people. He appeared this afternoon on Crossfire to plug it and I laughed out loud when he said the following with […]
If (like me) you're fascinated by the set of presidential scandals that went under the general heading of Watergate, you'll want to visit this new site that gives a good overview of it all. There are also some great links to audio clips, including the infamous "Smoking Gun" tape that caused most of Nixon's defenders […]
David Broder writes one of those columns where the title says it all: "Fiscal Doomsday in the Offing." […]
Barney Frank tells how he will vote on Bush's request for $87 billion to rebuild Iraq…and why. […]
Frank Rich compares the California recall election to Disneyland. Guess which he finds more rooted in reality. […]
I mentioned in a posting a few weeks ago that when I was over on the Disney lot, I was strangely touched to see a "We love you John" banner added to a big billboard for John Ritter's show. Alan Light calls my attention to a website that put up a photo of that billboard. […]
An editor at the Los Angeles Times defends his paper's coverage of the claims that Arnold S. groped a lot of ladies against their will. […]
Jay Leno is still getting a little heat for his role in the Schwarzenegger campaign. I wonder if folks realize how long those two guys have known each other. Somewhere in some tape vault, there's a copy of an old ABC Wide World of Entertainment taped at the Playboy mansion around 1975. It would have […]
Want to see what a hundred thousand dollar bill looks like? Well, either pick Jerry Seinfeld's pocket or visit this webpage. […]
Back in 2001, both Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice were saying that Iraq did not have "weapons of mass destruction" and was not a threat to the United States. This page has online video footage of them saying this. Looks like they were right the first time. […]
If you're trying to decide how to dress for Halloween, you might want to consult this site which displays a collection of kids' costuming. Or if you just want to see the grotesque ones, here's a link to a page of the all-time worst. […]
The widow of the late William Steig tells us about her late husband. […]