Yesterday afternoon when I told my friend Tracy that I was driving to Brea to see Lewis Black, she said, "Boy, you must really like Lewis Black." It wasn't so much the distance (at rush hour, about 90 minutes) as the fact that it was Brea. But I've liked Mr. Black on TV, especially on […]
Going to see Lewis Black do stand-up. Hope he's Fair and Balanced. Full report later. […]
Fox News may be "Fair and Balanced" but no one in their website division apparently made contingency plans for a power outage. It has now been almost two hours since portions of the East Coast lost all electricity. All the other major news sites — some of which must be based in that area — […]
Earlier, I mentioned that What's Up, Tiger Lily? had been released to DVD and that I wished they'd been able to include the original soundtrack as Alternate Audio. This prompted e-mail buddy Pierce Askegren to write to me last night and say… Are you aware that there are three soundtracks for the movie? The Anchor […]
Here's an article about the conviction of Jesus Castillo. He's the comic book shop manager in Dallas who was found guilty of selling an adult comic book to an adult. The article provides a good overview of the case from one perspective. For another, take a look at this weblog entry. Houston lawyer William J. […]
You know…if this happened in California, I think people would drag Gray Davis out of the governor's mansion and beat him to death. […]
Here is the actual text of the lawsuit that Fox News has filed against Al Franken for co-opting (or ridiculing, as the case may be) their phrase, "fair and balanced." You'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed in order to read a document which suggests that the Fox guys were more interested in insulting Franken than […]
If you have 6 minutes and 17 seconds (and RealPlayer installed), here's the link to Tracey Ullman's guest spot on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart. This is a funny woman. […]
Daniel Frank points out to me that the second season of The Dick Van Dyke Show on DVD is scheduled for release on the same date as the first one. Great! Here's a link to order that one from Amazon. Or order both on the same visit there and I still get a cut. All […]
Neither comic book dealer Barry Short nor comedian-writer Don Novello appear on the final list of candidates for Governor. A shame, really. One or both might have brought some dignity to the proceedings. […]
Salon interviews political cartoonist Tom Tomorrow. And when you're done there, pop on over to Tom's website, which I've just decided is our Comic Art Webite of the Day. […]
Admittedly going out on a limb, Michael Tomasky of The American Prospect predicts that Cruz Bustamante will defeat Arnold Schwarzenegger. I think he's wrong but I think Tomasky is out on an interesting limb, and the reasons he gives as to why Arnold won't win are probably valid reasons why he won't win by much. […]
Speaking of The Dick Van Dyke Show: Those of you who know it mainly as a comic book will be excited to know that there was a TV show, as well, and that the entire first season is coming out on DVD. The set, which is set for release October 21, features 30 episodes: "The […]
Texas schools have reported a record low instance of students "dropping-out." How have they managed this? By lying about the numbers. Here's a report on one of those things that ought to become a big issue but probably won't. […]
This coming Friday is Fair and Balanced Day on weblogs all across the Internet. But of course, it's always Fair and Balanced Day here. […]