When Rats Included Does

When Rats Included Does

If you’ve been to Las Vegas, or even a Vegas-themed party, you’ve undoubtedly at some point indulged like a “rar packer”.  Even though it’s been more than 15 years since the least well-known of them, Joey Bishop, passed away, The Rat Pack remains one of the most recognizable and relatable references to movie star glam … Read more

Thank You For A Being A Hunk

Thank You For A Being A Hunk

One of the nice things about social media is that occasionally some folks that are little more than Facebook friends with really good stories to tell choose to do so in long posts, usually when some seminal event in their lives triggers it.  When Betty White passed away a couple of years ago, one such … Read more

Some Feuds Die Hard.  Some Feuders Lived Harder.

Some Feuds Die Hard. Some Feuders Lived Harder.

Today’s LEBLANGUAGE is devoted to the business prescience of John Landgraf, FX Chairman.  A good deal of Landgraf’s executive success has been due to his alliance with Ryan Murphy, who first came to the FX family with the breakthrough drama NIP/TUCK 20 years ago and exploded into a full-fledged reliance on him for content greatness. … Read more

Paint It, Black

Paint It, Black

The next time you choose to eschew alcohol, think of how the namesake of the signature teetotaler drink may have really needed one. Way before Drew Barrymore ever froze at the sight of a snowy television screen, back when her relatives John, Lionel and Ethel commanded Hollywood, Shirley Temple was America’s sweetheart.  Per Wikipedia, Shirley … Read more

They’re Baaaackkkkkkkkkkk

They’re Baaaackkkkkkkkkkk

It was somehow both fitting and sobering that on the anniversaries of both the day and the day of the week that Johnny Carson took over THE TONIGHT SHOW 61 years ago and forever changed the viewing habits and the way a majority of people learn about the news that the STRIKE FORCE FIVE all … Read more

We Should All Be As Wise As Solomon

We Should All Be As Wise As Solomon

When a rare case of a completely new show actually gets a chance to be seen on a widely viewed network, that’s cause for celebration.  When one of the key creatives connected with it just happens to be a good friend, well, that’s cause to devote an entire musing to it. So while the public … Read more

These Sharks Still Bite

These Sharks Still Bite

2023 has unquestionably been a year of losses for my most recent full-time employer, Sony Pictures TV.  They bid goodbye to two veteran scripted series, THE GOLDBERGS and THE BLACKLIST, the last link to the three-headed presidency that I had the honor of working for, and plenty of my respected one-time colleagues that somehow seemed … Read more