Many years ago, before Saturday Night Live became unfunny and unwatchable, there was Dana Carvey. I happened across this audition tape of his on YouTube, which features a bit of his that he later did on the show, and which … Continue reading →
…die young. Some die older but not really old. I think of them as the advance guard. One was Levon Helm: RIP. [Hat tip: American Digest.]
Continue reading →My new article, “Branding Retro Romney,” is up at PJ. It’s about the perils of casting Mitt Romney in the “Mad Men” role, as the Obama administration has been wont to do. You can comment there or here, or better … Continue reading →
In election years, whenever I hear a host of possible candidates for VP saying they have no interest in the slot, I think of this completely and totally and irredeemably non-PC song. So, sue me:
Continue reading →Girls just want to have fun. And so do boys. In Colombia. And Italy. And then again in Colombia (hmmm, is there something about the water?) And now let’s segue into something a lot more fun: Ah, the 80s! Oh, … Continue reading →
What do you get when you cross the TV show “Survivor” with the Roman Colosseum, “The Lottery,” dystopian sci-fi, Lord of the Flies, “The Most Dangerous Game,” and “The Wizard of Oz,” and then pitch it to the audience for … Continue reading →
Here’s another in my series of “Rescue 911″ reprises. In this one it’s the adorable and very bright little boy Armando (who plays himself) who is so very very touching. You also might say this has an Easter theme because, … Continue reading →
Here’s a PJ article on the 5 worst and 5 best James Bond theme songs. My question is: why, why, why is there no “Dr. No” there among the best? Is it because there was no conventional “song” (with words, … Continue reading →
…in New England. But only for a little while. March is usually quite cold here, and often snowy, although by then we can comfort ourselves with the idea that the long winter is nearly over. But this March it’s been … Continue reading →
After I re-made the acquaintance of the show “Rescue 911” via YouTube and posted this episode, I thought I’d go back and post some others from time to time. I’m not sure why I loved that show so much back … Continue reading →
The time has come to debunk once and for all the myth that Marilyn Monroe was fat, or even somewhat heavy. I’m not the first one to have tried (see this, for example). And yet the notion persists that she … Continue reading →
Every now and then I become mesmerized by a certain musician. Luckily, the force of each palls after a while, or I would be sliding inexorably into obsession territory, like the woman in Richard Thompson’s “From Galway to Graceland,” whose … Continue reading →