Editor’s Note: I have been threatened with physical abuse by several close friends if I write another Western radio saga. At the same time, I have resuscitated an old Facebook page of mine to promote this website, and I wanna see if the “auto post” thingy is working. So, you know,…content.______________ I had a blast … Continue reading The Good, The Bad and The Ballin’: My Week Of Commercials
Listen to this first! ANNCR: And now, tonight’s story, “The Great Dutch Oven Swindle”, starring Earl and Patricia Jones. Co-starring Herb Vigran and Daws Butler as Harris and Ringo. LORNE: Good evening. This is Lorne Greene. On one of our recent broadcasts we told the story of a group of four men and a small … Continue reading Sears Radio Theatre presents “The Great Dutch Oven Swindle”
Listen to this before you read!!!!! ANNCR: And now, tonight’s story. “Eleven Oxen For Brother Kalin”, starring David Kuskie, Mike Glesinger, and Pat Adriance. Also Starring Jason Wentworth as the Banker and Kalin Krohe as Brother Kalin. LORNE: Good evening. This is Lorne Greene. In February of 2021, David Kuskie and his friend Jason Wentworth … Continue reading Sears Radio Theatre presents “Eleven Oxen For Brother Kalin”
Well, three days on Disney Plus and “The Muppet Show” is already part of a ginned-up controversy. Some episodes have a standard disclaimer that Disney Plus has been using for some of its…eh…problematic animated features. To wit: “This program includes negative depictions and/or mistreatment of people or cultures. These stereotypes were wrong then and are … Continue reading “It’s the (Product-Of-Its-Time, Best-Viewed-Through-A-Historical-Context-But-Still-Very-Entertaining-And-Family-Friendly) Muppet Show!”
In my Junior year of high school I got the nickname “Papa Smurf” in chorus. We were on a trip to Washington D.C. to participate in a mass chorus thing called “America Sings”. I still have my “America Sings” sweatshirt hanging on the wall in my bedroom, bedecked with a variety of buttons and pins. … Continue reading $60®
This started with a brief Facebook post of mine last evening, to wit: I’ve always been a sucker for old TV shows. Lucy, “Honeymooners”, Dick Van Dyke, all the classics. But you learn quickly that “old” does not necessarily mean “good.” The “Classic TV” channel on Pluto TV is airing “Dennis The Menace”, the live … Continue reading Old TV Shows Wenty Hates
It’s been a while since I did this. Here’s some of the commercial work I’ve been doing lately. My “paying” job is as commercial production director. The job has changed substantially over the years as different management philosophies have put more of the actual writing in the hands of account executives. Which I totally get–they … Continue reading Out, Damn Spots!
Last weekend I wrote about buying a couple of bootleg CDs of concerts I attended long ago. And I shared some memories about seeing Paul McCartney at Denver’s Pepsi Center (now the not-Pepsi-anymore Center) in 2005. This weekend, I am back to review the other bootleg I purchased: July, 2012! Red Rocks! Beach Boys! Allllllllllllllllllll … Continue reading Fun, Fun, Fun
There’s this streaming app called “Pluto TV.” It has like a jillion channels of streaming content. There’s a “Happy Days” channel, there’s an all-Johnny Carson channel, and now there’s a “Price is Right” channel. I have been watching the latter a heck of a lot lately. They’re showing episodes from 1982 and 1983, and I … Continue reading “John, Give Me Another Player Please!”
Ah, 1979. A memorable year. Saw “The Muppet Movie”. Had a 3-year-old brother to pal around with (and occasionally get into scraps with). Successfully completed the 1st Grade. Good times. When I was a kid my Dad, an IBEW lineman, frequently traveled to work assignments. Mom and I (and later brother Wook) held down the … Continue reading Spotty Memories: California Here We Come! 1979
