Back in the early 1990s, late comic/actor Garry Shandling made TV paydirt with The Larry Sanders Show. This was back when HBO was still considered a hack premium pay cable network that’s only success in original programming was the 1st and 10 and Real Sex. The TV show was about a satire of Hollywood andContinue reading “‘Saturday Night’ Is Dead Air”
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‘Remembering Gene Wilder’ Has Flaws But Unforgettable For His Fans
I think what made Gene Wilder so popular with a lot of young people especially with Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was how there was a childish quality about him. There was a gullible niavete early in his career that made him likeable and even empathetic even though he wasn’t a Hollywood leading manContinue reading “‘Remembering Gene Wilder’ Has Flaws But Unforgettable For His Fans”