Please…
…read this. And then could someone tell me why Fox’s show “Red Eye” is on at 3 A.M. instead of prime time? And don’t tell me that the sort of problem described at the link is just a drop in … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Theater and TV
Yes, Virginia, they finally found a Republican to run in Massachusetts to replace Kerry
Actually, two, so there can be—gasp!—a contested Republican primary. Now he needs to hustle to get signatures so he can actually qualify: Gabriel E. Gomez, a former Navy SEAL and private equity investor, took out nomination papers Monday to run … Continue reading →
Those Grammys
I watched them last night while I was doing some other chores (note the use of the word “other”), and I have two things to say. The first is: what’s up so many black dresses with the gauzy see-through stuff … Continue reading →
Is anyone else being driven somewhat nuts by this…
…or is it just me? You go to a public place that has a wide-screen TV. A restaurant or bar, or sports bar, for example. You’re having your hamburger and fries, or maybe a Cobb salad (that would be me). … Continue reading →
Rescue 911: toddler plunge
Here’s another in my series of old “Rescue 911” segments. I notice that these haven’t gotten much commentary here. I don’t know how many of you watch them, but I continue to find them fascinating as well as incredibly moving. … Continue reading →
“In New York we have rats the size of chihuahuas”
More Rescue 911. Old, but still very topical:
Continue reading →Richard Burton: writer, Welshman
Actor and world celebrity, twice husband of Liz Taylor, Richard Burton was also a prolific diarist. His diaries were published this past fall, and I recently got the book out of the library. It makes for interesting intermittent (or intermittently … Continue reading →
Sisters of the surgeon’s knife: entering the uncanny valley
Last night I came across a TV reality show that held a certain ghastly fascination and sucked me into watching it for a while. I won’t reveal which one it was (too ashamed of myself), but let’s just say it … Continue reading →
“I didn’t like the idea of being a dead hero”
More Rescue 911:
Continue reading →“I missed my mommy…My hands were all wrinkly…they weren’t like my human hands.”
More from one of my favorite old TV shows, “Rescue 911”:
Continue reading →Separated a couple of years after birth
Triplets. Julia Sweeney: Elizabeth McGovern: Kathy Bates:
Continue reading →“What are you going to do? You gonna stand there and watch it go by?”
More from the old Rescue 911, one of my favorite TV shows of all time:
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