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Today’s Video Link 27 Aug 2013 | 03:16 am
Here’s a moment from the 1969 Emmy Awards. The one for Best Writing on a Comedy-Variety series goes to The Smothers Comedy Brothers Hour or whatever they were calling it that week. The show had been c...
Talk Talk 26 Aug 2013 | 09:08 pm
Here’s a brief interview with Jerry Seinfeld. It was conducted at John O’Groats restaurant over on Pico Boulevard — one of my favorite places to eat, especially when I absolutely have to have breakfas...
Recommended Reading 26 Aug 2013 | 08:17 pm
William Saletan on the "lynch mob" mentality that brought down San Diego mayor Bob Filner. Isn’t it kinda amazing that a man like Filner got as far as he did in his political career?
Today’s Audio Link 26 Aug 2013 | 01:39 pm
Hey, P.C. owners! You know how when you shut your computer down, you hear this little Microsoft music sting? Well, I just replaced my shutdown music with this…
Go Read It! 26 Aug 2013 | 08:39 am
I am literally appalled. Of course, these days, that doesn’t mean I’m appalled. In fact, I’m literally appalled that being literally appalled doesn’t mean I’m appalled at all anymore.
Today’s Bonus Video Link 26 Aug 2013 | 03:12 am
So Kristen Chenoweth did two concerts this weekend at the Hollywood Bowl. I didn’t go. I was literally moments from clicking to order seats on Ticketmaster when I got worried about my still-recovering...
Super Mystery 26 Aug 2013 | 12:45 am
A few weeks ago here, we had a discussion of the not-sure-who-he-was actor who filled the costume of Superman in a live appearance at the 1940 World’s Fair. Whoever he was, he was probably the first p...
Recommended Reading 25 Aug 2013 | 10:18 pm
Fred Kaplan tells us what’s probably going to happen with Syria. Looks like we’re going to be bombing someone new, people! Oh, well. Bombing someone — anyone! — seems to make John McCain happy. And i...
Happy Walt Kelly Day! (Centennial Edition) 25 Aug 2013 | 09:37 pm
I’ve heard so much about Walt Kelly from this very close friend of mine that I feel like I knew him. But in a sense, I felt like I knew him before I met his lovely and spectacular daughter. Walt Kelly...
Today’s Video Link 25 Aug 2013 | 09:07 pm
Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In went off the air in 1973. Production of the last season or two was marred a lot by backstage fighting between its producer, George Schlatter, and its stars, Dan Rowan and Dic...
