When Jerry Seinfeld was trying to score with a hot female police sergeant who was skeptical about his claims that he was not one of the simpletons who obsessed over watching MELROSE PLACE, he sought the advice and counsel of his friend and experienced delusionist George Costanza. Jerry’s object of desire challenged him to take … Read more
My BFF and I have had a nasty habit of falling back on what can only be described as gallows humor as a coping mechanism whenever we’d hear news of the passing of someone famous, or famous to us. We’d usually wait until at least two such instances had occurred, as we know, death often … Read more
The NFT Expo actually is in the process of being held, in person, indoors, with a sizable number of normal people actually sane enough to not hide behind pig snouts and face diapers, in the Los Angeles Convention Center. For me, it was a joyous reminder that the only way it is actually possible to … Read more
As JEOPARDY! winds down the 38th season of its current incarnation this week, one that began with controversy and the abrupt firing of host/producer Mike Richards after one tape day, news on the fate of its permanent emcee choice finally broke. All season long, both Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik have emceed the show in … Read more
Norman Lear begins his second hundred years today, and based upon the output and resilience he has displayed in his first hundred, I’m not betting against him making a third century just yet. Mr. Lear (and, frankly, with his track record and seniority it’s disingeneous to call him anything BUT Mr–unless, as in my case, … Read more
When Roger Goodell held his press conference earlier this month in Sun Valley to announce that NFL Sunday Ticket will be heading to a streaming platform for its 30th season next fall, it had all been ordained that Apple TV+ or Amazon’s Prime Video would be its destination. After all, both have multibillion (ok, trillion) … Read more
Unless you’re a true afficiando of game shows, you’ve probably not heard of Randy West. But if you’re a lover of pop culture, you’ve likely HEARD Randy West, He has spent decades as a voice-over and radio personality, and was a prolific announcer on numerous, ubiquotously repeated shows during those glory days, more notably on … Read more
An awful lot of my friends and colleagues know far, far more about the specifics of the world of professional wrestling than I do. With passions and opinions usually reserved for family or politics, they can debate the legitimacy and premeditation of any Wrestlemania from the last several decades, which talents were destined for their … Read more
Half measures availed us nothing. Anyone who had ever attended a twelve-step meeting, as I publicly admit I have attended many over many decades, has uttered these words with at least some degree of reverence. I know when I don’t act, I stagnate, and said stagnation nearly cost me my life. In the past 24 … Read more
I’m consistently perplexed at the gravitas that certain media companies seem to have with an investment community that appears disproportionately inclined to believe they have upside. The reaction to Netflix’s earnings reports where they “overachieved expectations” by merely losing 970,000 (heaven forbid, NOT the “roughly 1 million” subscribers in 2Q22, versus the 2 million that … Read more