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All The Stillers Finally Air Their Grievances

One could easily make the case that Ben Stiller’s success was genetically engineered.  As the by-product of the prolific and enduring comedy team of Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, whose off-screen love endured for 61 years of marriage, it’s easy to see where he got his ability to morph into memorable characters (Y chromosome) and

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Media Musings

No Kings? Fine. How’s ‘Bout No Jokers, Too?

Happy No Kings Day to you, too.  I have this tremendous sense of deja vu considering we apparently had this Day of Days a mere four months ago.  Regular readers and those capable of clicking on a link know how I felt about all of this then.  Probably not as giddy and anticipatory as a

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Media Musings

It’s Back On A Lot Of Dance Cards

If you were laying out prop “bets” on your favorite social gambling site before the 2025-26 TV season technically began on which show would be showing the greatest degree of improvement you would have been hard-pressed to convince me to even drop four bits on Kalshi on DANCING WITH THE STARS. I’ll admit Ive been

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Media Musings

Change Is Inevitable, And So Is Irrelevance

It was most def one of THOSE days for me yesterday, and that’s not just because a reality check on my excuse for a bank account revealed that despite a momentary blip of hope it will be nay impossible for me to afford even the most spartan of excursions to simply see my best friend

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Media Musings

A “Thirty” Show In Every Sense Of The Word

It’s CBS PREMIERE WEEK, a fact you might have been aware of had you watched a moment of any Paramount Global media entity since, oh, July.  The most-watched and most traditionally programmed broadcast network has made a VERY big deal about how they were rolling back the clock and clustering their season premieres predominantly over

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Media Musings

Maybe Ryen Russillo Could Benefit From A Little Life Advice?

It’s the end of an era in the podcast-verse today, and odds are if you pump iron you’re likely to be more aware of it than most.  In fact, bros and gym rats have likely been keenly aware of today’s RINGER swan song for Ryen Russillo for weeks.  Way back at the end of August

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Life Lessons

Noah’s Lark?

When one chooses to express themselves in this sort of way, one can’t pick or choose who becomes part of their audience.  And when one has the exceptionally modest levels of regular engagers that I currently have, one truly cannot afford to alienate those who consider this important enough to make it a regular clickable

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Life Lessons

I’m Glad He Held My Hand

When a  passion project defies the odds of even being made let alone being released on a global streaming platform that’s reason enough for celebration in my book.  When said project is one that a longtime colleague and friend gets to see to fruition it’s all the more worthy.  And when it’s unabashedly upbeat as

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