I’ve had this theory that most series that become big surprises during their initial season, usually start to show their cracks by the third season. Mainly, it’s because everyone anticipates the second season to be gangbusters and it usually is. This leaves some fatigue afterwards. Look at the third season of Friends and how someContinue reading “‘Only Murders’ Continues To Slay Them Despite Somewhat Uneven Season 3”
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Happy Birthday, Mr. President!
After college, I took a job working as a reporter for the Americus Times-Recorder in Americus, Ga. The town was located in southwest Georgia maybe about 10 miles from Plains, where former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, live to this day. It was your typical small town in the south with the fewContinue reading “Happy Birthday, Mr. President!”
Rupert Murdoch Isn’t Going Anywhere
There’s a few things that are certain. When Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) says that he’s not stepping down as he’s froze up twice in the last few months, believe him. He’s not leaving the Senate unless it’s feet first. When Sir Michael Caine says he’s thinking of finally retiring, don’t believe him. Caine has beenContinue reading “Rupert Murdoch Isn’t Going Anywhere”
‘Winning Time’ Gets A Sudden Death Elimination As Lakers Series Canceled
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers was a difficult series that could never really find its footing. News of its cancelation this week probably comes as no surprise for some and a shock for others. The series created by Max Borenstein and Jim Hicht and spear-headed by Adam McKay could’ve been a wonderful lookContinue reading “‘Winning Time’ Gets A Sudden Death Elimination As Lakers Series Canceled”
Hypocrisy Is Becoming America’s New Pasttime
Ok, show of hands – who hasn’t watched the news the last few weeks with a certain malaise that you kinda expected all this. Jimmy Fallon, who spent years, making us believe he was a squeaky-clean cornfed white-boy comic may be a drunk who spent the last nine years making The Tonight Show a toxicContinue reading “Hypocrisy Is Becoming America’s New Pasttime”
Leave Drew Alone!
I’ve never really been a big fan of Drew Barrymore, but I’ve always felt she got a raw deal from the Court of Public Opinion. As part of the Barrymore acting family, she was a “Nepo Baby” before that phrase was even thought of. She had a roller-coaster childhood that made Lindsay Lohan’s look likeContinue reading “Leave Drew Alone!”
‘The X-Files’ Celebrates 30 Years As The True Revenge Of The Nerds
When The X-Files premiered on Friday, Sept. 10, 1993, there was already talk the show would be quickly canceled. Sci-fi/horror shows didn’t last too long on the boob tube. In the 1980s, shows like Misfits of Science (featuring a young Courtney Cox), Automan (which seemed to resemble Tron) and Manimal (in which Simon McCorkindale playedContinue reading “‘The X-Files’ Celebrates 30 Years As The True Revenge Of The Nerds”
What’s In A Review Anyway?
There’s a story that when they were putting together the segments of what would become Amazon Women on the Moon, producer Robert K. Weiss tried in vain to release the movie under the title “The Greatest Movie Ever.” The gag, he said was they could use the title in any reviews by famous credits toContinue reading “What’s In A Review Anyway?”
How The VMA’s Robin Thicke/Miley Cyrus Performance Shows Our Hypocrisy
I had never heard of Miley Cyrus or Hannah Montana until people started talking about the show as it had become popular with Millennials in the latter part of the 2000s. I think they referenced it in Zombieland at one point. I had pretty much stopped watching The Disney Channel in the late 1980s andContinue reading “How The VMA’s Robin Thicke/Miley Cyrus Performance Shows Our Hypocrisy”
‘BS High’ Takes Viewers To School On Narcissists, Con Jobs & Athletic Scams
A con is a derivative of a “confidence scheme,” a type of scam where someone will build confidence in their mark in order to rip them off. Sometimes it just takes a few minutes. Other times, it takes several months. In the end, they’ll get what they want if they choose their prey wisely. TheContinue reading “‘BS High’ Takes Viewers To School On Narcissists, Con Jobs & Athletic Scams”
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