About a month ago, I had the chance to be an invited guest on an honest-to-goodness podcast with actual audience and traction. I know I’ve got a lot of smart and worthwhile things to say about what I’ve done and what others are doing, and I know if you’re reading this you’re part of my … Read more
I’m sure George Lopez has some very redeeming qualities. Sandra Bullock, known as one of the sweetest and most accessible “big name” stars around, saw enough in his potential to build a sitcom around his stand-up act with him as it’s lead. She and Warner Brothers took full advantage of a struggling and castigated ABC … Read more
It hssn’t been all that newsworthy a fall for Netflix. While their chief competitors dominate both zeitgeist and news cycles with battles for major sports packages and large chunks of video consumption with nine-figure multipart series based on epic mythological IP with large global fan bases, they have been laying off hundreds of excess employees … Read more
While I don’t like admitting it, occasionally a milestone occurs that will give away my actual age. Today’s one such example. Exactly fifty years ago today I put on a tight polyester suit and stood before a Torah in the Jewish Center of Kew Gardens Hills and was Bar Mitzvahed. I don’t remember too many … Read more
When Andy Cohen was first beginning to make his mark on Bravo as executive, on-air talent and exuberant fan, he correctly surmised that when something clicked, one would be wise to seize the zeitgeist moment and find a way to extend a hit show’s order with additional episodes. The beauty of reality television is that … Read more
I had the good fortune to meet some incredibly talented people when I briefly had what at the time was an idyllic living situation. Turns out people who follow their passions are far more intriguing to even speak with, let alone hang out and watch football with, especially during the earliest days of the pandemic … Read more
Here we go again. Yet another headline-grabbing revelation of someone’s past racist remarks being caught on a hot mic, a flurry of calls for said person to be excommunicated, and a doubling down of that desire for blood even when that person voluntarily steps down from their appointed position of entitlement but seeks to remain … Read more
I had a French teacher in high school who was exceptionally passionate about French authors, and strongly encouraged those of us who wanted to get on his good side to read the works of some of his favorites. He was reported to be an especially demanding and sometimes vindictive sort, so I sought out those … Read more
Yes, you read the headlight right. Still. I first uttered those words when I saw a 1983 commercial he filmed shortly after he won the Heisman Trophy as a junior star running back at the University of Georgia, where he sported an Adidas T-Shirt and shilled for McDonald’s Big Macs. He had also made history … Read more
If you’ve been dropping by this site in recent days, more than a few of you are beginning to notice that my observations may have grown a tad darker in tone than usual. That’s what happens when you’re confronted with the grim reality that all of the hard work, effort, and investments of blood, sweat, … Read more