UncategorizedIt’s the ArtsI wanted to highlight John Doyle’s complaint, in the Globe and Mail , that the Giller Prize and occasional author appearances on...
UncategorizedConan O’Brien Goes Coco-NutsHere I am watching the first episode of Conan , ready to write some thoughts on it. We’re getting it an hour later than in the...
UncategorizedMary Hart Replaced By Eve Harrington -- Sorry, By Nancy O’DellThe coincidence of Mary Hart and Vanna White achieving prominence in the same year (they both started in 1982, on Entertainment...
CultureConan in exileWhen Conan O’Brien took a job on basic cable, some saw it as a step down. Now it’s looking smart.
UncategorizedAnimation: Slicker isn’t BetterAmid Amidi of Cartoon Brew put up this animated GIF that compares two shots from the opening of The Simpsons : the first from the...
UncategorizedMUSIC: What’s Bess’ For Porgy?A quick thought on the announcement that there will be a "re-imagined" version of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess from the producers of...
UncategorizedWhy MSNBC Isn’t The Liberal Fox NewsThe network just gave an "indefinite" suspension to its star pundit, Keith Olbermann , for giving money to three Democratic...
UncategorizedCelebrity Deaths: Bock, Johnson, AndersonFar too many celebrity deaths lately. Here are three I wanted to mention: 1. Jerry Bock, the composer in the Bock-Harnick...
UncategorizedJon Hamm Says "What?" For A Minute and a HalfThe maker of this YouTube video has figured out the secret of Matt Weiner’s success in writing Mad Men : have your main character...