In the two days before 9/11/01, George Carlin was performing in Las Vegas and did a routine about how much he liked it when a lot of people die. It was supposed to be part of an HBO special to be broadcast live that November, but after the attacks on America, that bit wasn’t released […]
This week on the showbiz segment of my show, Colin Jeffrey and I reviewed “Blair Witch,” “Snowden,” and “The Hollars.” We also predicted the winners of the Emmy Awards. Listen to our conversation here. Note: in reviewing “Snowden,” I said that former CIA director Michael Hayden lied under oath to Congress about the NSA gathering […]
Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz have been arguing about television shows since they were both critics at the Newark Star-Ledger in the 1990s. Alan now writes for HitFix.com and is the author of “The Revolution Was Televised.” Matt writes for New York magazine, is editor-in-chief of RogerEbert.com, and author of “The Wes Anderson Collection” and “Mad […]
This week on the showbiz segment of my show, Colin Jeffrey and I started off with Tom Hanks and Ellen DeGeneres discussing their work on Pixar movies. Then we reviewed Hanks in Clint Eastwood’s “Sully” and Rachel Weisz and Michael Shannon in “Complete Unknown.” We wrapped up with some TV recommendations for this weekend and […]
This week on the showbiz segment of my show, Colin Jeffrey and I started off by remembering the late Gene Wilder’s work, including an Alka Seltzer commercial he did in the 1960s, in which he played a complaining stomach. Then we reviewed the last two bad movies of the summer — “The Light Between Oceans” […]
Here’s my conversation with Dave Barry, one of my favorite guests, whose new book is “Best. State. Ever. A Florida Man Defends His Homeland.” After an introduction by The Rock Bottom Remainders, the authors-only rock band he’s in, we discussed: His scientific explanation for why there are so many stupid people in Florida; How he’s […]