I made two small children cry yesterday, and it wasn’t because I was decked out head to toe in Mets gear. I’ve never been a parent, but I spent some of my favorite years doing qualitative research with them, and I’m as proud an uncle as there has ever been. So the first rule of … Read more
If you follow the volume of media critics and reviewers that I do, you pick up on a sense of both glee and dread as we sprint toward the end of the Emmy eligibility period. In their never-ending quest for awards and at least momentary inclusion on the list of must-have subscriptions, many streaming services … Read more
Happy 4/20, to those that “celebrate”. Speaking for myself, I’ll have to settle for some CBD balm because, honestly, decent weed is a little beyond my current budget. Besides, it sure seems like the best stuff in the area is being consumed by some folks in my neighborhood, or at least by some of their … Read more
Imagine if you were coaching a football team that was dominating its opponent in time of possession, yardage and even interceptions but you somehow only had a 10-point lead deep into the game. YOU know you’re truly great, but the scoreboard isn’t responding in concert. In football, you can’t suddenly decide that that silly yardstick … Read more
I’ve always had a soft spot for National Public Radio, even though I admit I rarely listen to it these days. But long before cable and satellite options proliferated NPR, much like its television counterpart PBS, provided a welcome alternative voice and a listening environment that I often equated to a zen garden. My small … Read more
There’s ample evidence that the biggest current hit on television anywhere on this planet is 3 BODY PROBLEM. Since the platform dropped it on the first day of spring, it has dominated its global Top 10 lists; data released yesterday showed it just completed its third consecutive week at the top, with a cumulative reach … Read more
So yours truly actually got a chance to be a guest on a national platform yesterday, a return visit to Simon Applebaum’s TOMORROW WILL BE TELEVISED program on BlogTalk Radio. My last appearance was smack in the middle of the pandemic in October 2020, so you’re forgiven if you missed it or, at best, forgotten … Read more
The bar for the term “trial of the century” is indeed a high one. Prior to January, 1995, historians could debate whether that title was reserved for the ones involving Adolf Eichmann, the kidnappers of Charles Lindbergh’s infant son, or even the one involving one Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, which prior to this one was perhaps … Read more
I trudged home yesterday exhausted from a full day of work, exacerbated by slogging through downtown LA traffic in the midst of a downpour, ready to plop down and find some distraction. Said downpour was actually delaying the Dodger game, so as I was fumbling through the channels and streaming GUIs Roomie noticed I had … Read more
If you’re to believe the majority of “reviews” that have emerged in the last couple of days on Netflix’s animated version of the beloved 70s sitcom GOOD TIMES, one would think that the forces behind it took a collective dump on the memories of Norman Lear, Esther Rolle and James Evans. That onsalught of negative … Read more