Because of the inordinate amount of sources that I have signed up for breaking alerts with over the years, when it’s about the passing of someone famous I consider the number of them I get in a five-minute period as a key performance indicator of exactly how big a deal the subject was. Yesterday’s news … Read more
Unless you hold a position in Washington or you’re someone who reviews reality television for a living you have more than likely not put yourself through the exercise of enduring perhaps the most transparently grifting and narcissistic series to drop on any platform in a long time. As of this writing, the most-viewed episode of … Read more
NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site THE DOUBLE OVERTIME. Please visit it regualrly for coverage of sports of all sorts plus occasional coverage of business and technology. Whenever I’d cast focus groups for the coveted demographic sliver of 15-29 year olds that advertisers feverishly believe is where lifelong consumer behaviors are … Read more
Try as one might, unless you’re totally off the grid one can’t escape the inexorable grip that one Natalie Harp seems to have on just about anyone capable of offering an opinion. It seems roughly a third of America wants to canonize her, a third wants to condemn her and a third wants to sodomize … Read more
I get that it’s a busy time of year for a lot of y’all. Moving kids into their dorms is a big and emotional deal. One last summer fling for those with later timetables is a priority. And, of course, specultating on what in tarnation is going on in the poor frazzled mind of Natalie … Read more
We all know that everything eventually comes to an end. Although if you grow up as much of a Red Sox fan as Chuck Saftler did, you might not necessarily believe that truth as much as the average person does. His beloved Sawx went 86 years before they won the 2004 World Series–a fact that … Read more
I knew my days at FX were numbered when the head of HR took my side when my boss and I had a heated dispute over the accuracy of digital data that reached its peak when he exploded in rage through the paper thin walls of our mediocre new digs to a decibel level few … Read more
NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site THE DOUBLE OVERTIME. Please visit it regularly for coverage of sports of all sorts plus occasional essays on business and technology. It’s appropriate that Howie Rose’s final season as a full-time announcer for the New York Mets has essentially been a microcosm and exemplary of … Read more
I’ve never not liked Rosie O’Donnell, though I will confess there were times my relationship with her was more positive than others. When I first saw her bray her way through several wins on the OG STAR SEARCH I found her Long Island-tinged shtick relatable and pointed. I enjoyed her as comedic relief amidst more … Read more
It’s pretty easy to find reasons to dislike David Ellison, especially in the wake of his recent draconian op-eds and surreptitious meetings with his trusted allies at Paramount Skydance where it was discovered that he’s plotting to take his talents–more importantly, those of the remaining creatives and decision-makers he hasn’t already jettisoned or already has … Read more