Recap since it’s been like, a long time since we did the last round of these: In the early years of our Panhandle Post website we were trying a lot of different types of content. One such type was “entertainment news”, stories from our wire service that I would try to goose a little bit … Continue reading JOKEY HEADLINES: The Final Countdown
You’ve heard of “unlucky in love”? I present to you, “unlucky in travel”: March 2017: Dangerous Dave and I plan to attend the Hollywood Collectors Show in Chicago, including an epic 50th anniversary reuion of the “Batman” TV series cast. Trip aborted due to winter storm. Flights canceled. Winter 2019: Planned trip to Los Angeles. … Continue reading Looking for Vacation: A Hallmark Channel Original Movie
Well, my birthday is six days away but I just got the best present ever. (I mean, there’s still time. You could knock my socks off with like, a big bag of Tootsie Rolls or something.) When Disney Plus launched I wrote a blog about it, and mentioned in passing the presence of a few … Continue reading “Muppet Show”? 30 Days Till Curtain “Muppet Show”!
I’ve been reading articles about Alex Trebek throughout the day, so I’m reluctant to write something about him for fear I’ll crib (subconsciously or otherwise) from the writing of others. I’ll start by remembering how fun it was for our family to watch–and compete–in “Jeopardy!” We’re talking my high school years, so I had to … Continue reading Farewell, Trebek
So, let me tell you about my friend Elaine. Elaine is one of the smartest people I know. She has directed me in an abundance of community theater plays since 1999 or thereabouts, and puts up with my general ineptitude where stage blocking is concerned. (I’ve only walked through the wrong door in 5 plays! … Continue reading Christmas Songs! (A Nice, Noncontroversial Topic)
Here we have two blog posts in one. I do this because I’m not sure I have enough to say about either topic to fill a decent post. So here we go. ____________________________________ It’s been a while since I posted some of my commercial work. A major part of my job at Radio City in … Continue reading Commercials, and “You Blockheads!”
Considering that they have known me for over a combined 60 years (not dollars), my friends Pat Adriance, Kalin Krohe and Jason Hager have probably figured out by now that movies are not my prime form of entertainment. I’m a TV guy, and a radio guy, and yes there are a lot of movies I … Continue reading “Hocus Pocus”: I Saw The Damn Thing
I’ve decided to write a blog about Earle Hagen. There is probably zero interest in this, but my quarantine weekends are so empty and mundane that writing something–anything–at least feels like hitting my binge-watching brain with jumper cables. I finally finished the massive “Best Of Mayberry” Time-Life DVD set which includes episodes of “The Andy … Continue reading Earle Hagen
I’ve been watching a DVD box set called “The Mayberry Collection.” It features a selection of well-remembered episodes from “The Andy Griffith Show.” There are also discs with episodes of “Gomer Pyle USMC” and “Mayberry RFD”, but I haven’t gotten to those yet. Fans of “Andy” are fortunate in being able to determine within 2 … Continue reading Andy In Color
TCM ran a Carl Reiner film festival the other night. He wrote and directed some pretty amazing movies, but the one in their lineup that fascinates me most is “The Comic.” There’s something just substantially unnerving about this film. For starters, when you pair Carl Reiner (who directed and co-wrote) with Dick Van Dyke, you’re … Continue reading Dick Van Dyke In The Most Depressing Film Ever Made
