Don’t Expect Any Billboards

Don’t Expect Any Billboards

I actually made a few bucks yesterday, spending a couple of hours on the phone serving as a source for background inforrmation for investment firms.  Usually, I get outreaches when there are companies in the news whose stocks are fluctuating, with these firms evaluating whether there’s a hidden opportunity to cash in.  Fortunately for me, … Read more

Watching Genius Up Close

Watching Genius Up Close

Even in the digital age,the first day of summer for me always meant there was a need to stock up on reading material.  As a kid, our grand pilgramages usually involved being guests of our more fortunate friends and relatives who rented cabanas at the Silver Point Beach Club in Long Beach, New York.  Anything … Read more

Old?  Perhaps.  But Sure Not Dead Yet.

Old? Perhaps. But Sure Not Dead Yet.

It’s been extremely difficult for me to find the desire, time and patience to get invested in a scripted drama these days.  There’s been a dizzying array of quality shows that have been launched in recent months on the myriad array of streaming services and the few linear channels that still choose to invest in … Read more

Father Of The Brood

Father Of The Brood

As a childless, single, isolated man I could have written wistfully about my own late father, as so many others in my stage of life (and earlier) must sadly do on a day where we don’t fit the narrative for breakfast in bed, ties and the freedom to watch golf all day alone.  Mike Greenberg’s … Read more

Something Stupid?

Something Stupid?

I’m not in the best of spirits today; I hope you’re doing better,  Suffice to say, I did a really dumb thing on the spur of the moment last night.  I tried to do to what I thought was the classy thing, and instead a reality check slapped me in the face–or in the heart, … Read more

My Girl

My Girl

I don’t have children, and at this point in life I highly doubt I ever will.  I’m not exactly in the most stable stage of my life, and selfishly I had always hoped that if I had a had a child I would hope to live long enough to see them grow up, prosper and … Read more

We ALL Need to Be Heard

We ALL Need to Be Heard

So tomorrow night Amber Heard will be given a full hour of NBC primetime to sit down with Today show anchor Savannah Guthrie to check in with America after she lost her trial to her ex Johnny Depp.  I’m not necessarily a fan of hers, and based upon the cursory attention I paid to her … Read more

Apple Takes Another Bite at Sports.  Are They Ready To Gorge?

Apple Takes Another Bite at Sports. Are They Ready To Gorge?

Yesterday, Apple TV+ announced a long-term deal with a U.S. professional league.  No, it wasn’t the NFL. Instead, Major League Soccer and the streaming service announced a 10-year deal, reportedly worth $2.5B, which will see Apple emerge as the primary distribution source fot the entire league schedule, plus additional games from Leagues Cup and MLS … Read more

To Tell The Truth Returns To Daytime

To Tell The Truth Returns To Daytime

Yesterday’s second “episode” of the January 6 insurrection hearing mini-series was relocated to daytime, lest our elected officials risk competing against both the NBA Finals and FOX News  (Nice win, by the way, Warriors).  And in a nod that was far more a clear strategic acknowledgement that a steady audience of three million viewers that … Read more

Comfort Food Cinema

Comfort Food Cinema

Perhaps the only chasm separating factions of society that’s deeper than the political schism that will be on display twice this week with the next installments of the latest hit TV mini-series, the January 6 committee hearings, may be the schism of what will actually get someone into a movie theatre these days. Fresh off … Read more