CultureSacha Baron Cohen didn’t invent black JesusThe entertainment business has been playing with the idea for years
UncategorizedI’m 18-49, But I May No Longer Be The Most Important Person In the TV WorldThat exchange is from the episode "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacey," which aired in 1994, when the networks’ emphasis on the 18-49...
GeneralJim Rice? Really?I was kind of hoping against hope that Jim Rice wouldn’t get into the Hall of Fame. But he has, along with Rickey...
UncategorizedThe Solution To the Whole Mystery Is... Aaaaagggghhh!When I was talking the other day about characters who could provide necessary information yet inexplicably do not, I forgot about...
Uncategorized’TIL DEATH is alive, Fox holds on to a show ’TIL DEATH... choose your wordplayAccording to Jim used to be the show whose surprising longevity everybody made jokes about. But now that so many people have made...
UncategorizedBack To The BacklotOne thing I probably should have added in my earlier post on recycled TV sets is that TV shows (and movies) are even more famous...
UncategorizedWeekend Viewing And TV History: COVER UPOh, Glen A. Larson , why can’t I quit you? I’ve talked before about why I find this guy’s TV-ography fascinating: though he...
UncategorizedA Canadian Content Catch-22Earl Pomerantz recounts a story told to him by Mike Short (Martin Short’s brother, and one of the writers for SCTV ) about how you...
CultureMore than just a poor man’s MozartOn the 200th anniversary of his death, we should celebrate Haydn for the genius he was
UncategorizedShows That Recycle Sets From Other ShowsThis is not new, but I was waiting until I could get an appropriate picture to go with it: you may or may not have read the...