The video I embedded here last night with the opening of Jimmy Kimmel's return has received over 10,000,000 views on YouTube — and that wasn't even the only copy of it on YouTube or the only place to watch it online. It may turn out to be one of the most-watched things on television in […]
My buddy John Fugelsang has a new book out about what he sometimes describes as "Christ-free Christianity." The book is called Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds and you can order it from Amazon here. Not only that but you can […]
…or live in a city where the station that should be airing it isn't airing it… […]
Another tune for today… […]
What do we do on Rosh Hashanah? I'll let the lovely Ms. Sara tell you in song… […]
As readers of this site know, I think Las Vegas has become way too expensive and tourist-trappy. As one who used to go there many times a year, I now have zero interest in the town and I'm not alone. Hotel occupancy is way down, restaurants have lots of empty tables and many shows are […]
Just found out I lost a good friend a week ago — Ron Friedman, one of the best writers of comedy and an absolutely great guy to have lunch with. He was 93 and Variety says he died from cardiopulmonary arrest at Motion Picture and Television Fund in Woodland Hills. He had been in poor […]
As we all know, Jimmy Kimmel will be back on his show tomorrow night, probably getting the highest rating he's ever had. My guess is he'll thank Trump and/or the F.C.C. for that along with the many folks who protested in whatever way they could find. I'll further guess that he'll note that he was […]
This looks like a party at my pal Stu Shostak's house but it's not. It's something someone — I have no idea who — made up. It's an impressive piece o' work that I thought deserved to be seen by more than just those of us who stumble across it, as I did, on the […]
This is from The Late Show on CBS back on 6/13/13, back when it was hosted by some guy named David Letterman. Here, he gets a phone call from an official at the F.C.C. who even uses something like the language of the current guy here, Brendan Carr, who said, a la Goodfellas, "We can […]
The folks who were in Pentatonix in 2014 — which I think was a slightly different roster from now — visited Sesame Street… […]
Folks are sending me alleged inside info on the future (if any) of Jimmy Kimmel on ABC or what he's going to do if there is no future, plus I'm seeing a lot of posts online that purport to tell us what Kimmel's planning, what (if anything) he and ABC are discussing, etc. There are […]
I have a few friends who struggle with essential things in life like keeping track of where they're supposed to be and when and things they need to do. In some cases, a lack of basic organization has caused real harm to their lives and greatly inconvenienced others. We all have moments when little things […]
Here's a charming piece that was on CBS Sunday Morning three and a half years ago. It's about musician Sonny Curtis, who just died at the age of 88, bringing to an end a darn good career. That career included writing at the least one or two songs you know well… […]
I have many a message asking me to comment on the announcement that death has not ended Stan Lee's convention appearances; that he'll be still be at some in holographic form. Most of those who asked asked if I thought it was (a) morbid or (b) something of which Stan would have approved. To answer […]