The Moscow Escalator Incident
Here’s the story of what happened when I dared to ride up an escalator in a subway station during rush hour in Moscow while there to do my morning radio show in 1989.
Cinema Arrivederci
I’m saddened to hear about the imminent closure of Landmark’s Plaza Frontenac Cinema, the only movie theater in the St. Louis area that regularly showed indie and smaller-budget movies. Here’s why I feel partly responsible.
Saturday Night Abysmal
No one wants to say this about SNL as it prepares to air its 50th anniversary show, but the truth is, the show has become abysmal. Let me explain.
Severance
I want to like this strange TV show, but its creators are testing my patience by following in the paths of “Twin Peaks” and “Lost.” Let me explain.
Not A Belly Itcher
In Little League in the mid-1960s, we had a chant that was supposed to distract the other team’s pitcher. All these years later, it still makes no sense to me.
Retire The Penny
The idea of the US mint no longer making pennies is in the news, but it’s not a new idea. Here’s what I said about it nearly two decades ago on my radio show.