One of those folks who wants to remain nameless — because, I always assume, they'd be ashamed to have the world know they read this blog — wrote right after I posted that episode of I've Got a Secret with Kirk Alyn, the man who played Superman in the movie serials. Here's what Jerry Walker […]
Trump has been talking a lot about job numbers lately…which means he's been lying and cherry-picking and distorting reality. The folks at FactCheck.org set things straight. […]
This is a half-hour episode of the 1972 version of I've Got a Secret. I've embedded it but configured things so if you click to watch it, it starts late in the program just as they're bringing out the last contestant. That contestant is Kirk Alyn, who played Superman in movie serials beginning in 1948. […]
For some 83 years, the Voice of America radio broadcasts have spread the message of democracy to some 360 million people around the world. The White House is now accusing them of spreading "radical propaganda" — and their definition seems to be anything that isn't wildly pro-Trump. Glenn Kessler, the ace fact-finder of The Washington […]
I accidentally posted the wrong draft of the preceding post. I have corrected it and now the right draft of it is there. […]
The TV career of the great Sid Caesar confuses some people so let's run through it. These are the American TV series which starred Mr. Caesar… Admiral Broadway Revue (1949) – Imogene Coca and Sid – Writers were Mel Tolkin, Mel Brooks and Lucille Kallen. Your Show of Shows (1950-1954) – Imogene and Sid joined […]
The current occupant of the White House is claiming that pardons issued by his predecessor are invalid. Politifact explains how ridiculous that is. The current guy will say just about anything that he thinks will thrill his base. […]
The unconventional comedian Lenny Schultz has left us at the age of 91. He was one of those guys who would do just about anything for a laugh and you can read all about him in this Hollywood Reporter obituary or this piece that I wrote about him some years ago on this blog. Neither […]
As you may have heard, some ugly things appear to have happened to Stan Lee in the last few years of his life. Any article about those years is likely to include terms like "elder abuse" and "swindled out of millions." There's currently a crowd-funding drive to raise the funds to complete a documentary about […]
…is why almost all the packaged salmon sold in this country as "boneless" has a warning on it in teensy type that says "May contain bones." Yes, I know they put that there to (perhaps) protect themselves from legal action if/when a bone slips by but shouldn't this be advertised as "Mostly boneless?" […]
Hey, lemme tell you about an upcoming event at the Skirball Cultural Center here in Los Angeles. But first, I'll let this paragraph I cribbed off Wikipedia tell you about the Skirball Cultural Center… The Skirball Cultural Center, founded in 1996, is a Jewish educational institution in Los Angeles, California. The center, named after philanthropist […]
Last Friday, our 45th, 47th and perhaps last president gave a speech at the Justice Department that cried out for major league fact-checking. A team at The New York Times did the honors and there was a lot there to correct or clarify. […]
BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical is now in previews at the Broadhurst Theater in New York with an opening date of April 5. I admit to a certain curiosity about it, especially about the meeting in which someone said something like, "You know what Broadway is dying to see? A musical about Betty Boop!" I […]
Clydene Nee, who passed away last November, was an important contributor to Comic-Con International and a very sweet, wonderful lady who loved comics and the folks who create them. I wrote about her passing at the time. This year at WonderCon, those who knew her will gather for a memorial on Friday evening — that's […]
I haven't linked to any videos from Devin "Legal Eagle" Stone in quite a while but this one seems too important to overlook… […]