If I were to mention a successful playwright with a background in cartooning, a lot of you would instantly think of Jules Feiffer, and that would be correct. But the description also fits Herb Gardner, author of A Thousand Clowns, I'm Not Rappoport, Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things […]
I TiVoed it earlier and I've just finished watching it. If I had to pick a winner, I'd probably pick Gray Davis, who wasn't even there. I can't imagine too many viewers deciding to vote for any of these people because of what they said in the debate, but I can sure imagine someone deciding […]
Jesse White was a very funny man and a great stage performer (I saw him playing Oscar in The Odd Couple and Mushnick in Little Shop of Horrors, and he was great in both.) As with many character actors, he did his best work in parts that paid little and went largely unnoticed, then made […]
I dunno if I made it clear but the WKRP in Cincinnati episode with the turkeys is on TV Land this weekend. Depending on your time zone and cable company, it will probably air either at 9:30 Saturday evening or three hours after that. Speaking of which, my pal TV writer Michael Reaves sends the […]
I had lunch this afternoon in the commissary on the Disney lot. As I was walking back to my car, I noticed that one whole side of a studio building had a huge billboard for 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter with a big picture of the cast. And rather than take it […]
In case Hugh Hefner ever drops by your house for dinner, you might want to know what Hef eats. This is from an article about his impending visit to Las Vegas… Before Hefner dines out, his handlers routinely fax his dinner instructions to the restaurant of choice. The instructions are always the same: three lamb […]
That's the title of a comic book-style story that appears in Al Franken's new book, Lies: And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them — A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right. It was drawn by a terrific cartoonist named Don Simpson…as you can see on this site where Franken's publishers have made the story […]
In the past, I've complained about networks not starting their shows precisely on time, thereby screwing things up for those of us who record via VCR or TiVo. If you have a TiVo, you've probably just received this lovely on-screen notice… NBC is airing shows on Thursday evenings with non-standard start times and lengths. If […]
Joshua Micah Marshall on the problems the White House is having in dealing with the United Nations. […]
Each year, ratings for the Miss America Pageant get worse and worse. Last Saturday's set a new low which will stand until next year's…that is, if any network is even willing to run it next year. There are a lot of reasons for the decline of what was once a significant event, many of them […]
Here's Part Two of Timothy Noah's piece on why the folks talking about Hillary Clinton running for president are almost all Republicans. […]
Jonathan Chait on why some people (himself, included) hate George W. Bush. […]
As it happens, the WKRP in Cincinnati episode about the turkeys is scheduled to air this coming Sunday morning, September 28 at 12:30 AM on TV Land. To some, that will be late Saturday night. Consult your local listing to make sure and set the TiVo. And thanks to Brent Seguine, Steve Billnitzer and others […]
With its usual flair for accuracy, The New York Post is referring to Peter Paul, who never had anything to do with Spider-Man in any capacity, as "The Spidey Swindler." Paul, by the way, has entered a plea of Not Guilty. […]