Several folks have written me with suggestions of stars who might qualify as Elder Statesmen of Comedy. They include Carl Reiner (age 80), Mel Brooks (77), Dick Van Dyke (78), Howie Morris (84), Rodney Dangerfield (81), Don Rickles (77), Bob Elliott (80), Art Carney (84), Red Buttons (84), Jonathan Winters (77), Stan Freberg (76) and […]
So what happens if you decide to answer one of those e-mails that offers to put millions into your bank account? Jim "Rant-Man" MacQuarrie decided to find out. Here's part one of his little experiment and here's part two. Thanks to Greg Hatcher for pointing it out to me. […]
Spinsanity, one of the few political websites with the integrity to criticize in both directions, dissects the Bush claims about the uranium and the criticisms thereof. […]
The Management of this website is again attempting to buy a piece of frivolous, impractical electronics equipment via funds that nice, decent people donate to show their appreciation for this page. As always, we promise that the money will not be used for food, clothing, shelter or any necessity of life. It will be spent […]
Here's a photo from the Jack Kirby Tribute Panel at the Comic-Con International in San Diego. Left to right, that's Michael Chabon (author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay), Marvel Comics guru Stan "the Man" Lee, longtime Marvel artist Sal Buscema, longtime Spider-Man artist Larry Lieber, Archie artist Stan Goldberg, and me. In […]
As everyone knows, newspapers write obituaries of famous people well in advance. Here's a striking example. The obit that the New York Times just ran on Bob Hope was authored by Vincent Canby. Vincent Canby died on October 15, 2000. […]
Earlier, we were talking about the occasional need to leave an e-mail address when you sign up for some Internet service. My pal Josh Jones has set up something which may help you in some situations… It's www.spam.la, which is a completely spammable domain. Use anything@spam.la as a fake e-mail address. "Anything" can be anything. […]
And more proof that this is a stupid, messy process. […]
At 2:50 this afternoon my time, I posted this item about how Darnell Williams, a convicted murderer in Indiana, was being denied access to DNA testing that might have proved him innocent. (He was scheduled for execution this coming Friday.) At 3:04, Reuters moved this report that announced that Governor Frank O'Bannon has stayed the […]
If you're over at that Library of Congress website looking at Bob Hope stuff and you get through early, you might want to take a gander at this online exhibit. It features some of the lesser-known works of another legend — one who didn't live quite as long as Bob. […]
My buddy Paul Harris does a terrific radio show on KTRS in St. Louis. He is now doing a terrific weblog which he calls The Bucket. Just bookmarked it on my "Daily Visit" list and so should you. […]
As readers of this weblog know, one of my pet issues is how dysfunctional our court system is, especially with regard to crimes for which people receive the Death Penalty. I go back and forth on whether the Death Penalty is just, moral or even a good idea…but I do not waver on the belief […]
Just fixed some typos and rewrote two badly-written sentences in the Bob Hope piece. Also, in answer to Jerry Beck's question over at Cartoon Research, I understand Bob did have a complete collection of the Bob Hope comic book. In fact, there are some in this exhibit of his life at The Library of Congress. […]
Over at Salon, Michelle Goldberg writes a thought-provoking article about the uneasiness some Republicans feel about where Bush is taking the country. This feels like an important issue to me. Since this is Salon, you have to either be a subscriber or watch ads in order to read the entire article. If you've been thinking […]
Fans used to complain that DC Comics had misleading covers but this one sure was accurate: "America's Favorite Funnyman." Bob Hope was that, and he held the title far longer than anyone else ever has or will. I haven't really cruised the Internet much since I awoke to the news that he's passed away but […]