Just Set My TiVo…
…to record The Smoking Gun TV, which debuts this Wednesday on Court TV. I like the website. I like Mo Rocca, who serves as host and lead reporter. I'm guessing I'll like the show. […]
…to record The Smoking Gun TV, which debuts this Wednesday on Court TV. I like the website. I like Mo Rocca, who serves as host and lead reporter. I'm guessing I'll like the show. […]
Over at this website, you can read the statement Gray Davis has submitted for the ballot, arguing as to why he should not be recalled. It pretty much demonstrates why this guy is probably heading for the unemployment line. It's a dreadful statement… He reminds voters of his years of service as an Army Captain […]
Here's a website that will interest fans of adventure newspaper strips. It's called "The Rules of Attraction" and it gives us a nice overview of illustrators like Stan Drake and Ken Bald who brought a dramatic, realistic look to the funny pages. (Thanks to Wayne DeWald for calling it to my attention. Nice meeting you […]
I like comic strips about comic strips. Here we find Russell Myers making a nice little comment in a Broom-Hilda Sunday page. […]
Here's an interview with Carl Reiner about The Alan Brady Show, an animated project that debuts this evening on TV Land. It isn't mentioned in the piece but Mr. Reiner was a member of the voice cast of the 1964 Saturday morning cartoon show, Linus the Lion-Hearted, along with Sheldon Leonard, Ruth Buzzi, Jonathan Winters, […]
So Wisconsin State Senator Tom Reynolds gets up at a town hall meeting in his state and vows that he will fight the appointment of a woman named Helene Nelson to a certain state office. Everyone present cheers. But then afterward, someone has to tell Reynolds that Helene Nelson was confirmed to the post last […]
Andy Ihnatko pulls an Emily Litella with regard to the "Fair and Balanced" weblog campaign. […]
I get about three e-mails a week asking me where one can see Garfield and Friends, a TV series I wrote for much of a decade. Some folks also want to know if and when the last 48 episodes, which have never been in syndication, will be in syndication. I don't know about that last […]
Jules Feiffer draws up a nice little comic strip recalling the 1965 blackout in New York. Here's the link. […]
I vaguely recall watching (and enjoying) Dotto, a game show that was on both CBS and NBC in 1958. It is now best remembered as the first quiz program to be outed for giving the contestants the answers in advance. This triggered a cascade of similar revelations about shows like Twenty-One and The 64 Thousand […]
Here's an example of something that annoys me about reporting these days. The headline on this story and many others in this morning's newspapers is "Poll shows Bustamante leading Schwarzenegger." The story then goes on to tell us that according to a Field Poll released on Friday, Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante holds a three-point lead […]
As a kid, I was a huge fan of Allan Sherman, song parody author extraordinaire. I collected all his albums and can still sing, from memory, almost all of his songs in a voice even worse than his. And of course he inspired me to start writing my own song parodies, which has led to […]
My pal Steve Rude has put together a sketchbook which, at the moment, I believe is only being sold via eBay. It will presumably be available elsewhere but there's no reason for you not to go to this link and buy one. Steve is one of the best comic artists around and one of the […]
Vince Waldron has been in touch with the producer of the forthcoming Dick Van Dyke Show DVD sets. He reports that the advertising is wrong: The second volume includes 33 episodes, not 31. One of those 33 is "All About Eavesdropping," which was filmed as part of the second season but aired in the third. […]
I have no idea what the name means, either. But it's the name of the new, R-rated Vegas show from the Cirque du Soleil people. Here's a Fair and Balanced sneak peek at this odd production. […]