CultureDanger. Loss. Pain. Death. For kids.The author of ’Mars Needs Moms,’ now a Disney film, doesn’t believe in sheltering children
UncategorizedSnoopy Snoopy Poop DogAlan Simpson, the former Republican Senator from Wyoming whom President Obama chose to co-chair a deficit commission, was probably...
UncategorizedCharlie Sheen: Boring and FiredWell, that other shoe has dropped and dropped hard: Warner Brothers just announced that it has terminated Charlie Sheen’s contract...
UncategorizedShould We Watch TV Shows From the Beginning?That’s an question that I’ve heard more often lately (though it’s been around for a while; I wrote another post addressing the...
UncategorizedCharlie Sheen—already boring?The Sheen media blitz is over, the network is in lockdown, and the "Winning" catchphrase seems to have come and gone
UncategorizedGory, Story, AllegoryIn the category of things I saw on The Simpsons without realizing they were real, here’s a commercial that I somehow missed seeing...
UncategorizedA Reminder That Some Canadian TV Is PopularOne more link I think is worth looking at is Kate Taylor’s article in the Globe and Mail on the popularity of French-Canadian...
UncategorizedActing, Performance, and Something In-BetweenWhile I’m trying very hard not to repeat myself on my favourite TV-related subject, the different sitcom formats and their...
CultureSimon who? It’s all about Steven Tyler now.No one expected an old weird-looking rock star to save American Idol
UncategorizedMovies and TV: Better or Worse Than SomethingI would like to direct your attention to Noel Murray’s post about the relative health of movies and television , where he counters...