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A Much-Needed Woody For Disney And Old School Toys
Pity the poor schmendriks at Disney who have been having to endure criticism and even some ridicule for how much of a misfire this summer has been so far (yes, I know today’s the official solstice but in the movie world that calendar moves up by roughly two months). THE MANDOLORIAN AND GROGU has officially
Not Everybody Knew His Name. But We Sure Knew His Work.
You might only be familiar with the name James L. (or Jim or Jimmy, depending upon the era) Burrows from the opening credits of a tv comedy you’ve watched at some point. Chances are you’ve probably watched the same episode of some of them more than once–according to some of the statistics I’ve seen, some
Genius, Maybe. Most Def NOT A Schmuck
It’s funny how an ostensibly interactive medium remains a one-way funnel most of the time in my case. With rare exceptions do I get any feedback or response even when I post encouraging and positive responses to people. I get that almost everyone else has priorities in their lives like jobs and immediate families that
Spare Me Your Pride. And Your Prejudice.
NOTE: This musing recently appeared on our sister site The Double Overtime. Please visit it regularly for coverage of sports of all sports plus occasional essays on business and technology. Before I begin, I want to preface with the qualifier that I personally have many friends who are people of faith and many who are
In Praise Of Older Hagglers
One of the few positives about my ex’s family was her infatiguable grandmother, who effectively was the glue that held its disparate dysfunctional members together for all but a handful of the 100 years and 1 day she graced this Earth. While she physically deteriortated over the years I was blessed to know her, her
FOX Moves In A New–And Familiar–DIRECT-ion
About 2200 machers both current and aspirational converged on Denver yesterday for an increasingly busy confab know as the Stream TV Show, which given that NATPE and Real Screen are history and Cannes isn’t in everyone’s budget has been positioned and poised to become all the more significant. Boy, did their bars and restaurants get
Full Disclosure: I’m As Much To Blame For This Meh Box Office As Any Steven
I had every intention of finding a way to the movies this past weekend to see DISCLOSURE DAY. I’m proudly of a generation and mindset that considers Steven Spielberg to be the greatest director of the late 20th century and the greatest one still alive. Not that I have much against the genius of a
For Once, The Knicks Had The Keys To Victory
NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site The Double Overtime. Please visit it for coverage of sports of all sorts plus occasional reports on business and technology. If you’re a New York native, you’re swimming with pride today even if you can’t tell a basketball from a handball. For the first time
Go With The Flow. Or Just Go.
I know it’s difficult to let go of something when you’re simply too emotionally wrapped up in it to take that otherwise simple action. Today would have been my dad’s 94th birthday, though he never got to celebrate the last 12. Like so many days in this period between Mother’s Day and the mid-July day