Today there are fewer excuses to be unproductive than any other day in the year. For at least this one last occasion, pending the enforcement of a 2020 decision that may finally do away with this 48-state practice, we are “falling back”, and are in the middle of a 25-hour day. Regardless of what you … Read more
On many occasions when I compose these musings, I’m often doing so when it’s quite dark, quiet and the world is otherwise asleep. For those of you who are perhaps too distant or detached to know better, or even care for a millisecond about the feelings that go into this, suffice to say on many, … Read more
Howie Mandel took a selfie with me, and I got to touch the Our Lady of the Amazon statue yesterday. And while I was physically in separate locations, our worlds indeed were one, and the experiences transformational. At the Infinity Festival Hollywood, which kicked off three days of in-person presentations and exhibits yesterday at the … Read more
A while back I visited family and was awoken by a whirring noise outside my bedroom. I didn’t hear footsteps, and soon rolled over back to sleep, Later, I asked what I had heard. I was told “Oh, that was our maid”. Actually, that was their roomba. Efficient, I was reminded, and never asked for … Read more
I thought by now the ugly story of what transpired in the Bay Area home of Paul and Nancy Pelosi would have faded deeper into a news cycle overwrought with other priorities, but, silly me, why would something like this lose any steam, particularly after the world’s “chief twit” chose to use his newly acquired … Read more
An awful lot of deals have been happening in media of late as the toll of streaming wars and the fractionalization of an overwhelmed, economically challenged consumer base is making every third quarter report being released one that inevitably shows decline, revised estimates and, sadly, dour reactions from pundits who lament everything from overly optimistic … Read more
When CBS announced their fall schedule this past spring, eyebrows were raised when, for the first time in its history, no new situation comedies were ordered to air. As part of the deflection, it was noted that there was a sort-of comedic tone to THE REAL LOVE BOAT, a reality series inspired by the light … Read more
As regular readers know, I am absolutely driven by the concept of face-to-face interaction, COVID variants be damned. There is absolutely no valid excuse at this point in time for anyone, anywhere, unless they are actively infected to avoid the chance for connection, especially in a business sector that is evolving (some might say devolving, … Read more
Yes, that’s the first question I asked Google this morning, and I’ll try to explain why in a bit. The short answer is “yes”. Like many of you, I couldn’t avoid the news of Elon Musk officially taking over Twitter this week, either in my news alerts or on the accounts of many of my … Read more
One of my favorite shows to sell was WKRP IN CINCINNATI, a “sleeper cell” sitcom of the late 1970s that was moved around CBS’ prime time lineup several times during its history with middling ratings before its four seasons of reruns were sold and, along with THREE’S COMPANY, became surprisingly successful hits in reruns. WKRP … Read more