Still “Crazy” After All These Years

Still “Crazy” After All These Years

Another media milestone was reached over the past weekend, but you’d be truly hard pressed to find any mention of it by even the most obsessive of observers.  Were it not for a few personal friends and former business colleagues with a soft spot for history, I probably wouldn’t have remembered, either. But there it … Read more

Next Year In Burbank!!

Next Year In Burbank!!

In Judaism, one of the ultimate acts of intimacy is to invite a stranger, or these days more like a casual acquaitance, into your home for a Passover seder.  For those unfamiliar with one, it’s indeed a religious service that’s segmented by a lengthy, often alcohol-infused meal, but it’s usually lead by the head of … Read more

Can Sony Tony Save Hollywood?

Can Sony Tony Save Hollywood?

With all the hubbub and machinations ongoing on studio lots these days, there’s nary a month that goes by without seeing some observation or controversy involving its CEOs, especially the ones running the so-called “old school” companies.  We’ve seen time and time again how ubiquitous and sometimes outspoken the likes of Bob Iger and David … Read more

34 Is The Loneliest Number

34 Is The Loneliest Number

I couldn’t get out of the way of the tsunami of alerts that hit just after lunch yesterday afternoon.  To top it all off, I was yet again battling crippling migraines that I needed to double down on over-the-counter and quickly refilled prescription meds just to even be able to stay focused enough to see … Read more

The Summer Games Have Already Begun! (Kinda)

The Summer Games Have Already Begun! (Kinda)

Oh, you think that it’s Paris and the Olympics that’s hoping to command our  attention and viewershio on NBC and Peacock, do you?  I know my readership pretty darn well and I know for a fact that a great deal of you are already watching what you consider to be the real Summer Games.  On FOX, … Read more

Can This Screen Be Saved?

Can This Screen Be Saved?

I don’t profess to have many friends in high places, at least lately.  At one time I kinda did but, arguably, to an outsider I could have been seen as being among them.  I never personally felt that way at the time, but in hindsight I guess I had access to the minds and mindsets … Read more

Bill’s Actually A Good Hang.  Maher Or Less.

Bill’s Actually A Good Hang. Maher Or Less.

There’s a lot about Bill Maher that one could find objectionable.  In my case, it was a long-ago experience I had when he was simultaneously hitting on and harassing friends and relatives I knew who were working the now-defuncy Santa Monica Improv comedy club.  Apparently a few beers in, he was both charming and belligerant.  … Read more

Luka?  Jaylen?  I’m Rooting For Chuckster.

Luka? Jaylen? I’m Rooting For Chuckster.

  NOTE:  This musing also appears today on our sister site, Double Overtime .  Please visit it regularly for observations and insights specific to sports. I’ve been fortunate enough to have attended a couple of Super Bowls in person, the most recent being the Steelers-Cardinals showdown in Tampa in February 2009.  It was a thrill to … Read more

He Made Reality Easier To Swallow

He Made Reality Easier To Swallow

Whenever I get an alert about the untimely passing of someone these days, it makes me stop dead (ironically?) in my tracks.  I’m arguably at an age and state of life where I often get survivor’s remorse, and no matter how bad things may get for me on many a day–and lately, there’s been more … Read more