“Wentyworld” is the name of my blog, and my promotional Facebook page. And it’s also the catch-all title for the events and occurrences of my life. So you’ll get a little bit of both here. As a bachelor, I don’t have nearly enough interesting things to fill a “Christmas letter”. But I think I can … Continue reading Wentyworld 2021: The Year In Review
This is an extremely, weirdly specific article. This weekend has got me thinking about real world adult-type problems, so I’m giving myself a distraction. So ever since the 1950s, prime-time network series would look to a certain goal: Be popular and stay high in the ratings long enough to make 100 episodes or thereabouts. With … Continue reading Wentyworld (Syndication Title: Jason Wentworth, Family Blogger)
Longtime syndicated host Dick Bartley will cease production on “Dick Bartley’s Classic Hits” and “Rock & Roll’s Greatest Hits“. Distributed by United Stations since 2009, affiliates were notified this week of the end of the two shows following the weekend of January 1 and 2, 2022. As the Program Director of KCOW, I have always … Continue reading When Saturday Nights Were Solid Gold
Here is is, my week of emotions. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll be glad you don’t live in the apartment under mine. Anxiety. At the beginning of this week, I noticed the carpet in my bathroom, in front of my tub, was damp. I contacted the property owner. The maintenance man, with a plumber, worked … Continue reading Emotions!
Boy, that Charles Dickens didn’t a have a clue what he had unleashed upon the world. There have been, oh, let’s say, 487, 211 film and television adaptations of “A Christmas Carol.” Here are 5 I like. Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol If artistic and musical quality were the only qualifiers, “Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol” would … Continue reading Wenty’s Top Christmas Specials Volume 2 (“Whoops! All Christmas Carols” Edition)
Originally Broadcast May 8, 1984 on ABC “Happy Days”, like all good things (including those things that were at one point really, really good but are now not quite so good) must come to an end. “Passages” finds our favorite Milwaukee residents (you heard me, Laverne and Shirley) at important milestones of life. Joanie and … Continue reading Happy Days Epics: “Passages”
