Recommended Viewing (online)
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. […]
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More DVD on DVD
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 […]
Candidates for Governor
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. […]
Recommended Reading
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. […]
Recommended Reading
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. […]
DVD is Coming to DVD
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 […]
Recommended Reading
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. […]
Fair and Balanced
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. […]
Freberg Article!
Good article by John Rogers about Stan Freberg. (Minor quibbles: Friz Freleng's name is spelled wrong, and Chuck Jones was always diligent about correcting people who cited him as the creator of Bugs Bunny. Other than that, good piece.) […]
Question Answered (Sort Of)
Eric Idle's sequel to The Rutles is having its world premiere this Saturday night at a film festival in Los Angeles. One hopes it will soon receive wider distribution or airing. (I love the fact that I can ask a question here at three in the morning, go to bed, and then when I get […]
Python on Broadway?
A few weeks ago, I posted an item about how a revue of Monty Python material, performed by actors not of the Monty Python troupe, might be making its way to Broadway. I was later informed by a good source that though it had been announced, it was probably not going to happen. So now, […]
An Interesting Point
As most folks know, the animation business — even the part that programs for adult audiences — likes shows featuring young characters. There have been studio and network execs who have explicitly spread the word that they aren't interested in any show where the major characters are over 16 years old. So it's interesting that […]
For TeeVee People…
Here's something funny I just found that will probably only amuse people who are in the TV business, especially on the technical side. Go to this page at the TV Land website. It's a page that leads to pages about each of the shows they air on their channel. Then select "Bars and Tones." Then […]
This Evening
One of the best political-type websites I've found (and certainly the sanest) is Spinsanity. On it, three very smart gents take apart various news items, speeches and commentaries that fudge or distort the facts. They're very fair about this, going after Democrats as well as Republicans, and Conservatives as well as Liberals, and doing it […]
Recommended Reading
Here's E. J. Dionne with one of those political commentaries that I think is right on the money. One of the things we have to remember is that when a politician (any politician on any side) says, "This is an outrage," he or she generally only means, "This is an outrage when the other side […]