Jul 2, 2020 | Movies, Music, Television
Here are reviews of five things I’ve watched lately… “Ann” is Holland Taylor’s one-woman show about the late Ann Richards, who came to national attention when she gave the keynote speech at the 1988 Democratic National Convention and...
Jun 30, 2020 | Comedians, Movies, Television
I’m saddened to hear of the death of comedy legend Carl Reiner, who was a guest on my radio show more times than almost anyone else. In addition to his accomplishments in television and movies — which I’ll get to — Carl was a natural...
Jun 30, 2020 | Picture of the Day, Politics, Television
I am shocked that Lorne Michaels has not yet hired Randy Rainbow for “Saturday Night Live.” True, his topical song parody videos don’t fit the “live” definition, but pre-recorded content has been part of that show from the beginning, when...
Jun 29, 2020 | Movies, Picture of the Day, Television
In posting yesterday’s Picture Of The Day — an SCTV parody of a famous scene from “Taxi Driver” as done by Bob Hope, Woody Allen, and others — I mentioned that Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis did the best-ever impressions of those two comedy...
Jun 28, 2020 | Movies, Picture of the Day, Television
Here are four-clips-in-one from SCTV circa 1980, with cast members doing impressions of Bob Hope, Woody Allen, Gregory Peck, and Dick Cavett in a scene from “Taxi Driver.” While the last two are okay, it’s the first two that make this worthwhile,...
Jun 26, 2020 | Blog, Television
On April 5, 1968, Jane Elliott knew she had to do something. The night before, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had been shot, and she had to figure out a way to deal with his death and the subject of racism in her third-grade classroom in an all-white small town in Iowa....
