‘South Park’ Finally Bites More Than It Barks After Recent Lackluster Seasons

It’s hard to believe it’s been 28 years since South Park first aired on Comedy Central. Maybe it was the fact the network wasn’t as well respected and the creators (Trey Parker and Matt Stone) themselves felt the show would be canceled quickly, they were able to get away with so much at first. LikeContinue reading “‘South Park’ Finally Bites More Than It Barks After Recent Lackluster Seasons”

My Thoughts On ‘The Monkey’ Are Shit, Man, That Sucks

Stephen King’s “The Monkey” was used as the cover art of his second collection novel Skeleton Crew. The paperback itself was used in a reading ad where Michael J. Fox is holding it. Something about it just looked creepy even though the toy itself isn’t all harmless. King published the story in 1980 in whichContinue reading “My Thoughts On ‘The Monkey’ Are Shit, Man, That Sucks”

Hulk Hogan Proves You Should Never Meet Your Heroes

If Hulk Hogan, born Terry Bollea in Augusta Ga., had walked away from the spotlight 30 years ago, he might have remained a true legend. During the 1980s and 1990s, professional wrestling exploded moving from the regional conferences to the mainstream, thanks in part to Vince McMahon’s desires to hit it big by any meansContinue reading “Hulk Hogan Proves You Should Never Meet Your Heroes”

‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ Is A Bizarro Scooby-Doo Thriller

I don’t blame the late Lois Duncan for being upset over how her novel was changed from a young adult thriller into a slasher movie. But she still cashed the checks. When the movie opened in the Fall of 1997, people in my dorm at Georgia Southern University thought it was a direct sequel toContinue reading “‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ Is A Bizarro Scooby-Doo Thriller”

Good Night, Sweet Prince Of Darkness!

The thing about music is that it all comes from somewhere else. Someone decides to play a chord a different way or does a different beat on their drums and the rest is history. In Tom Hanks’ directorial debut That Thing You Do!, the drummer speeds up the tempo and what would’ve been a slowContinue reading “Good Night, Sweet Prince Of Darkness!”

In A World Of Bills, Be A Malcolm-Jamal

Malcolm-Jamal Warner was still a kid when he became the one of the most recognizable sons and brothers ever as Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show. Throughout the show’s eight season run, America watched Warner grow from a gullible teenager into a young man. It can been hard on many child actors. Yet, Warner seemedContinue reading “In A World Of Bills, Be A Malcolm-Jamal”

‘The Amateur’ Is The ‘Cannonball Run’ Of Spy Espionage Thrillers

The Amateur is one of those movies that is so dull and boring you realize most people in the cast probably did it for a nice paycheck. The budget is $60 million but the action sequences are sloppy and forgettable. The director, James Hawes, has been directing mostly TV shows and TV movies, which explainsContinue reading “‘The Amateur’ Is The ‘Cannonball Run’ Of Spy Espionage Thrillers”

Getting Their Hands Caught In The Cookie Jar Is Some Sweet Revenge

This time last week, there’s a good chance 99.9999 percent of the world didn’t know who Andy Byron is nor had they heard of Astronomer. Yet, days ago, he was caught on a “Kiss Cam” Jumbotron at a Coldplay concert in Foxborough, Mass., a suburb of Boston. Byron was shown to the crowd on theContinue reading “Getting Their Hands Caught In The Cookie Jar Is Some Sweet Revenge”

Tree Planted In Memory Of My Late Mother At New Echota

I wasn’t able to make it to the event because I live about 800 miles away now. But recently, an American Beech Tree was planted at the New Echota Historic Site near Calhoun, Ga. The site used to be the capital of the Cherokee Nation prior to the removal of Native Indigenous People during theContinue reading “Tree Planted In Memory Of My Late Mother At New Echota”

‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Cancelation Is Not An Odd Coincidence

Nowadays, it seems just about anyone with some recording material and a website domain name can become a podcast celebrity. Times change and we as a a society have to change with them. Therefore, I can see that we may be in the autumn years of the talk show format. Do we really need celebritiesContinue reading “‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Cancelation Is Not An Odd Coincidence”