UncategorizedThe Most Important Video You Will See TodayI know I am the ten thousandth blogger to embed this video, but come on. It is, quite rightly, today`s top story.
UncategorizedThe Other CBC (Not the Congressional Black Caucus) Announces its ScheduleIt’s Winter Schedule day at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and Diane at TV-Eh has the press release the CBC sent out today...
UncategorizedFavourite Under-Quoted Simpsons Quote?I haven’t written much about The Simpsons since my screed against "comedy writer jokes," so here’s a more positive subject for...
UncategorizedDept. of Small CorrectionsIn my Finian’s Rainbow piece , I quoted Terry Teachout ’s line "I don’t think I’ve ever seen a more musically satisfying Broadway...
UncategorizedOprah Consigns Syndication To Doom. Doom!I don’t really believe, any more than you do, that Oprah Winfrey ending her show means that Oprah is actually ending her show. She...
CultureThe best-ever music in a musical?‘Finian’s Rainbow’ stands out at a time when hit musicals tend to lack memorable songs
UncategorizedNow That’s Some Good WIRE QuotingThe Wire gets so much praise from people who don’t actually like television , and has spawned so many David Simon quotes about why...
UncategorizedAlso, In Honour of Edward WoodwardEdward Woodward, best known as the Equalizer, has died at the age of 79 . Here’s an audio clip of him singing my favourite song in...
UncategorizedClip O’Th’Day: Some 1990 TV Show OpeningsPosting will be light for the next week or so, but I’ll keep things updated with some filler clips (tm) and some links/posts when...