(This article is not about the weather. But yes, it was very chilly.) I had two great reasons to wander through downtown Alliance this early evening. First, I visited the Carnegie Arts Center. It is truly one of the crown jewels of our fair city, and right now they’re displaying items from their 2025 Anniversary … Continue reading A Chilly Evening In Alliance, Nebraska
I did a deep search of this blog because I was absolutely convinced I had already posted this interview on Wentyworld. But, turns out I didn’t. It’s not like people haven’t had the chance to hear it…I’ve posted it 14 ways from Sunday. But, for those who haven’t heard it, and since Conan is having … Continue reading The Conan Interview
I don’t know why this slice of my life started rolling around my head this weekend. But it did. Everybody has moments of supreme embarrassment. This is one of mine. It was the Christmas season. I was in fourth or fifth grade. (I’m not working very hard to nail it down.) Our music teacher was … Continue reading How Animal Got Me Back On The Horse
“I Love Lucy” is eternal. Its six seasons and 180 episodes have been in reruns for 75 years…there’s an “all-I Love Lucy” channel on Pluto TV. The complete series has been released on VHS, DVD, Blu-Ray, Paramount Plus and will certainly be available on whatever the next way of disseminating entertainment ends up being. Lucy … Continue reading The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hours: “Lucy Takes A Cruise To Havana”
As I try to get back in the swing of things blog-writing-wise, I am faced with the unpleasant reality that I have already written about every unique or memorable chapter of my life. And quite a few that are neither unique nor memorable. But! I do have this one story…. Fall of 1995. SUNY Brockport … Continue reading Pizza Party With Adam Sandler
Since it’s been a while, I will remind all 2.3 readers of the blog that “W.O.C” is a regular feature where I look at TV broadcasts with the original commercials, promos and the like intact. It’s as if you took a ride in a TV time machine. “Special Bulletin” is a remarkable made-for-TV movie that … Continue reading W/O/C: “Special Bulletin”
In 2013 (at least, I’m reasonably certain it was 2013) the Main Street Players community theater group here in Alliance presented a variety show spotlighting classic sketches from “The Carol Burnett Show”. In one sketch I played Andy Hardy (“It’s because I’m short, I know.” -Davy Jones). In an “As The Stomach Turns” episode I … Continue reading SCRIPT: “Hot Seat”
I’m back from vacation! It was a trip to Los Angeles that I would grade a B-minus. The weather was distinctly not Californian, but being a Nebraskan it was still 76% better than what we get this time of year. Also affecting my vacation report card: 4 out of 5 Uber drivers could not find … Continue reading Watching The Wheel (And Jeopardy)
There seems to be a cause-and-effect thing as goes this lil’ old blog o’mine. When things are not great–for example, the Covid years–I become super-prolific, writing all kinds of stuff. Good stuff! But when things are great–like 2024 was–well, the blog starts to gather tumbleweeds. I did not write ANYTHING for the blog from August … Continue reading Wentyworld 2024: The Year In Review
In 1964, NBC aired a Christmas episode of their weekly anthology series “The General Electric Fantasy Hour.” It was a stop-motion animated adaptation of the book and song “Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer.” NBC aired the Rudolph hour every year until 1971, when CBS snapped up the rights. And for over half a century, that’s … Continue reading Rudolph Revisits The Peacock
