So…what's in this bill that Trump is insisting Congress pass? Well, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says it will make the deficit go way, way up and make the number of Americans who have health insurance go way, way down. Here's The New York Times reporting on the CBO. And here's one of their reporters, […]
Mark is very busy today and when Mark's very busy, he sometimes picks out a long post from a long time ago on this blog, writes a short intro to it in the third person and then posts it here. This first ran here on April 17, 2014… This story occurred in 1978. I was […]
Here at newsfromme.com, we love barbershop quartets…or any group singing a cappella. And no, this is not a video of one or more people singing "For the Longest Time." We also love TV theme songs, especially TV theme songs from shows for kids. We are therefore way-too-pleased to present a group called The Ashatones Barbershop […]
I love images — still or moving — of old Los Angeles. Here are some of the moving kind as filmed back in the thirties. The audio and color work are fake but the rest of what you'll see is real… […]
My favorite game show is…well, if you go way back, it would be something like I've Got a Secret or What's My Line? that gave witty people a chance to be witty, usually on live, anything-can-happen television. If we get into more recent ones — polished, edited, taped five or more a day — I […]
Here's a tour of the office and home of Mr. Robert Petrie, the head writer of the popular program, The Alan Brady Show. The folks who put these together, carefully researched what we saw of those locations on The Dick Van Dyke Show and ad-libbed their way around the other parts. When we're looking at […]
Hey, remember Kilmar Armando Abrego García? The man that ICE and its associates deported, then admitted he'd been wrongfully deported but it was impossible to bring him back, then they brought him back and now he's getting some Due Process and standing trial? I know, I know…so much has happened lately that it's hard to […]
Here we have an intriguing question from the fine funnybook artist, Christopher Cook… Hey, Mark! In your youth, did you have any cartoon crushes? The cartoon girls who you wish were real so you could get to know better? The girl you'd readily offer a shoulder to cry on? My first cartoon crush was Betty […]
I've decided to end the daily posts of various folks singing this song, though more may grace this site in the future. You and I need a break from these so here's three more and then tomorrow, I'll post something different. This is a group called The Overtones… This is a group made up of […]
If you want to know how our bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities turned out — and wouldn't that be a nice thing to know? — Fred Kaplan has written an article that's free from partisan spin and premature conclusions. Those two flaws seem to be the trouble with most of what we've heard so far. […]
As we mentioned yesterday, Boop! The Musical is closing July 13 on Broadway. A cast member who wishes to remain anonymous (hint: It isn't Pudgy the Dog) wrote to thank me for my cheerleading and to also say these sad words: "I'm sorry you didn't get to see it. I would have gotten you house […]
As you may have heard, Barret Hansen — known far, near and wide as Dr. Demento — is hanging up his turntable. I was an avid fan of his radio program almost from the start and he started in 1970, playing records no one else on radio played. In some cases, he played records no […]
And here's how they did it on the TV series, How I Met Your Mother… […]
As we feared, Boop! The Musical has announced its closing on Broadway. The final performance there will be July 13, they say…though there have been shows which announced a closing date and then had a stampede to the box office so they extended for a while. Even if that happens here, there's no way I […]
Did the U.S. bombing raid on Iran leave that country's nuclear capabilities "totally obliterated?" Trump says they did and seems furious when anyone suggest they didn't. That's even though his vice-president, when asked that question, hedged his answer and didn't say "Of course!" Here, Politifact tackles the question and — SPOILER ALERT! — their answer […]