Dave Chapelle on SNL
Dave Chappelle returned to TV last night to host "Saturday Night Live" and opened with the strongest monologue anyone has performed on that show in a very long time. It was topical and a bit profane (I'm sure they had to edit for the west coast feed), but it was very...
Showbiz Show 11/11/16
This week on the showbiz segment of my show, Colin Jeffrey and I reviewed "Arrival" and "Moonlight," then discussed a movie that's being written off by its studio before it's even released, the death of actor Robert Vaughn, and a possible "Big Bang Theory" spinoff....
Worth A Listen
Sorry to hear of the death of Robert Vaughn from acute leukemia at 83. In addition to being the last surviving member of the original "Magnificent Seven," he was so good in the TV series "Man From UNCLE" and "Hustle" and movies like "Towering Inferno,""Bullitt," and...
Walter Cronkite
Walter Cronkite was born 100 years ago today. When he died in 2009, in watching some of the video obits of him, I was struck by two things: no one makes it as a network anchorman any more with facial hair and glasses, and very few of them are so trusted that they can...
Best Thing I’ve Read Today
I just finished reading Alyssa Rosenberg's terrific five-part Washington Post series, "Dragnets, Dirty Harrys, and Dying Hard: 100 Years Of The Police In Pop Culture." In it, she quotes many of the people who have told stories about police officers in movies and on...
Showbiz Show 10/28/16
This week on the showbiz segment of my show, Colin Jeffrey and I reviewed "Inferno," "Christine," and "Certain Women." We also discussed "Survivor," "Shark Tank," "Westworld," "Masters of Sex," and a really bad idea for a cop show. Listen to our conversation here.
Adam Conover, “Adam Ruins Everything”
I have become a big fan of "Adam Ruins Everything," the TruTV series hosted by Adam Conover. As a skeptic, I'm happy to have another show in the tradition of Penn and Teller's "Bullshit" and Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman's "Mythbusters." On his show, Adam debunks...
Showbiz Show 10/21/16
This week on the showbiz segment of my show, Colin Jeffrey and I reviewed "Jack Reacher: Never Go Back" and "Keeping Up With The Joneses." We also discussed "Weiner" debuting on Showtime, an actress from "The Accountant" to keep your eye on, and casting for the...