Dr. Gupta Goes To WashingtonHave you seen the heartwarming new movie about the CNN medical journalist who gets offered the position of Surgeon General? Oh, I...
Paramount DVD Gremlins Commit Sabotage AgainI was hoping to give an unqualified recommendation to today’s release of Duckman : Seasons 3 & 4, a moderately-priced...
Please, Lord, No More Tek Jansen AdventuresI can’t believe that on the first new show of the year, The Colbert Report devoted a valuable chunk of time to another Tek Jansen...
The Origin of the Most Hated Character In TV HistoryOver the past couple of years, Mark Evanier has been doing a great series of occasional posts about a widely-loathed character...
What if THE WIRE Had a Mike Post Theme Song?In the category of "things no one should try," I wondered what would happen if the title sequence of the pilot of The Wire were...
BEING ERICA Really Is "A Hotly Anticipated New Show"One more thing about Being Erica, premiering tonight at 9: it’s very entertaining, and very promising -- definitely worth a...
God sayeth: invest in oil, gold and cases upon cases of my delicious protein shakeOne of the New Year’s traditions I cherish most is eagerly waiting to discover how God is doing, and what He’s got up His...
MUSIC: Coltrane live at the VanguardNo, not that one. This is saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, le fils de l’autre . I’ve been checking out some NPR archives of musicians’...
Regrets, they’ve had a fewI have a few words for the two gentlemen a couple seats down who last night decided to leave Scotiabank Place after the Russians...
Weekend Flop Viewing: SUPERTRAINIn honour of the death of the great crime-fiction writer Donald E. Westlake , here’s one of his least-prestigious but...