It’s Thanksgiving morning, and somehow, against increasingly escalating odds per actuarial tables that factor in exponential increases in stress and trauma into their equations along with mere aging, I’ve made it to another chance to wake up with the Macy’s parade, use football as white noise or distraction for the balance of the day and … Read more
It is with no small amount of gratitude coupled with a modest amount of shock that I can still recall with some degree of personal connection and accuracy the events of sixty years ago today. It seems like a lifetime ago and as the years go on, the differences between the world then and the … Read more
A politically astute friend of mine recently confided to me that she is actively tuning out her usual fixation with newspapers, TV and social media, and she pointed out a couple of recent events as to why. She is a proud “Nooyahrican” by her own definition and also has family roots with the Cuban community … Read more
We’re in the season where people are going home for the holidays, which in recent years has been more sporadic than it used to be. It’s not cheap, way too many people have “safety” issues and, sometimes, it’s not all that desired an experience on either side. For those reasons, sometimes years can go by … Read more
There was once an era where the Sunday New York Times was far more important and ubiquitous than it is these days, and even on a normal Sunday it would be hundreds of pages and dozens of sections. On the Sunday before Thanksgiving, with an overload of inserts from advertisers offering the beginnings of their … Read more
I can’t even begin to imagine what it must be like to be in Linda Yaccarino’s shoes these days. Not that I could afford them, nor likely fit into them. And I certainly couldn’t balance on a stiletto heel, nor rock them in any manner close to how she can. But for someone who was … Read more
I love sports, and I love attractive women. I’m not alone in those beliefs, and I’m not ashamed to admit it. And whenever I’ve met one who is sincere and passionate about their fandom, it’s an immediate connection that often overrides mere physical allure. Believe me, some of the best PEOPLE I’ve ever known … Read more
I’ve worked with, for and around hundreds of TV shows over my career, of all genres, pedigrees and reputations. Suffice to say, an awful lot of them were forgettable. Some were even reprehensible. And a great deal of those that rose above those Mendoza lines were rarely both impactful and respected at the same time. … Read more
For as invested as I may be in certain forms of entertainment, there are a few I simply don’t have the time, patience or bandwidth to immerse myself in long enough to be a true fan. When it comes to comic books, my pecking order as a kid was 1) DC 2) Archie (when I … Read more
In the roughly 100 hours since the announced end of our long national nightmare–aka the SAG-AFTRA strike, the reaction of the majority of the rank and file, trade and mainstream press and most of anyone who consumes content has been positively ecstatic. And why not? After the disastorous box office results of the first week … Read more