The Hot New Stars of MTV Networks: Betty White, Ed Asner
MTV Networks began the 10-day winter press tour in Pasadena Wednesday, but perhaps mindful of the average age of the TV Critics Association membership. Rather than present any flashy young…
Press Tour Begins
What with the rose pedals finally swept up in Pasadena after the bowl events, time now for the TV Critics Association winter press tour beginning in earnest this morning at…
Me and the Gov, Chillin’ at Disney World
The governor of New Jersey got some heat last week when it turned out he was out of town while the great blizzard blew on the Garden State. Not that…
The Problem with the Magic Kingdom
As something of a student of Walt Disney (sad to say, I did a post-grad thesis on what it was in the design of Mickey Mouse that made him so…
Hogsmeade in the Time of Pottersville
The whole reason for coming to Florida, other than visiting grandma in her snowbird condo, was for my kids to see “The Wizarding World of Harry Potter” at Universal Studios…
Caught in Celebration – Florida
Our trip to Orlando found us spending a lot more time than we ever planned in Celebration. Not actually celebrating, but in Celebration, Florida, a themepark kind of actual city.…
Million Dollar Mistake
It was probably a drive toward democratization that game shows, aside from the ever more rare stalwarts such as “Jeopardy” started shying away from actual book knowledge and school smarts.…
Playlist 12-24-10
Normally a show before Christmas brings all holiday tunes, particularly one scheduled on Christmas Eve. But I wanted to note the death of Captain Beefheart, and the Christmastime anniversaries of…
Lotta ‘Little Drummer Boy’
The weird little duet by David Bowie and Bing Crosby, recorded for a Christmas special in 1977 and released as a single in 1982, has taken on a life of…
Remembering Captain Beefheart
Captain Beefheart’s music came to me through the curatorial services of Frank Zappa The purveyor of the unusual in his own work in the Mothers of Invention, his Bizarre label…