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Trailer And Trash.

If you ever needed proof positive that we live in a world where what matters most is the ability to create something out of nothing one only need look at HARRY POTTER.   And no, I’m not referring to the skill sets they teach to him and his classmates at Hogwarts. I’m referring to the fact

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News Notions

No More Kings? I Just Want A Worthy Prince

A particularly aggressive Facebook friend who in my actual dealings with him is generally a decent person once again shifted into activist mode this week when he was compelled to invite everyone and anyone he remotely knew to join him at yet another “No Kings” rally.  Tomorrow there will be the third such gathering of

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Media Musings

This Is Not Your Father’s Opening Day. Be Grateful.

It’s major league baseball’s opening day, which to me is justification for a national holiday.  Technically, the season had already opened last night, when the Yankees steamrolled through the Giants (and my supposed fantasy team ace Logan Webb) 7-0, despite an 0-for-5 performance with FOUR strikeouts from the defending two-time AL MVP Aaron Judge.  But

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Media Musings

Sora Losers? Only The People That Used It.

My AI skill sets have improved of late, as some of you may have noticed from the occasional graphics that grace these musings.  I primarily use Copilot cuz it’s ubiquitously available and, most importantly, free, and I’ve learned how to trick the interface into allowing me to get away with a bit more bitingly satirical

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Media Musings

Once Again, Nielsen’s Anything But Upfront

These days, I sort of put the Nielsen Company into the same recesses of my brain that I put a restaurant that at one time was one of favorite places to break bread.  You know, at a time when I was a valued customer of theirs and when I had far greater financial resources to

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Media Musings

The Last Comeback Ever?

Lisa Kudrow and Michael Patrick King have arguably been way more valuable of late to Warner Brothers than even Bugs Bunny.  King’s SEX AND THE CITY,  per FORBES’ Helen Coster’s 2008 piece, earned an ambiguous “hundreds of millions of dollars” for HBO and later produced some masterful left pocket/right pocket internal dealings to the tune

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Media Musings

Amazon MGM Completes A Hail Mary At A Very Opportune Time

It hasn’t exactly been the best of times to be part of the Amazon  ecosystem of late.  They had practically no presence at any in awards season, few of their TV projects have turned up on any third party measurement lists, and Amazon Fresh outright flopped.  Don’t even try to get me started on THE

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Media Musings

This Time, The “Enema Within” Is Both Right And Correct

Another Friday, another media institution bites the dust.  This is getting to be a habit, and not in a good way. This time around the imminently deceased had reached a ripe old age but was nonetheless lamented as a premature death by what seemed like thousands of my collective social media followers in a matter

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Media Musings

Time For This Toxic Relationship To End Once And For All

I’ve never quite grasped the appeal of the BACHELOR-verse, THE BACHELORETTE in particular.  I’m clearly not in the sweet spot of their target audience, the reality-obsessed female 18-49 who was ostensibly being appealed to at the outset with the promise of turning the tables on the male fantasy that the original iteration of the series

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