June 11, 2045 Hello, and welcome to Turner Classic Blogposts. I’m the regenerated DNA of Robert Osborne, because that’s a thing now. Tonight we present an essay from Wentyworld.com, a blog that at its peak received over 5 views a month. As with every blogpost we present, and every movie we air on TCM, and … Continue reading Frankly, Scarlet, I Think Our Story Needs Some Historical Context
So, in 2014 KCOW celebrated its 65th anniversary. We did a weeklong programming event, four hours live each afternoon for five days with Kalin Krohe, Sir Ian Nelson and me. We did two different contests that week: One was our “time machine” which was played during the morning show…I will probably do a blog about … Continue reading Alliance Retromercials
I have created another “header” for ye olde blogge…I have several of these in rotation and the new one features prominently “that Oscar-winning wabbit” Bugs Bunny. I saw Bugs and Daffy and Tweety and the gang 3 or 4 hours a week between weekday afternoons and the epic 90-minute “Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show” on Saturday … Continue reading Born 112 Years Ago This Weekend: Mel Blanc!
Yesterday on this blog I expressed gobsmacked disbelief that Necco Wafers, which had been discontinued following the bankruptcy of the New England Confectionery Company, would soon be returning to stores. My article, heavy on the wisenheimer, suggested that there is in fact nobody left on planet Earth who likes or consumes these chalky, bland, foul-tasting … Continue reading Not Without My Wafer: The Necco Aficionados Respond
Poor, poor Wentyworld dot com. This blog of mine has been quieter than a church mouse these days. And why not? I can’t write movie reviews because the theater has been closed. I can’t write about travel adventures because there are none. (Although! My friend Tami is whisking me away to Rapid City for a … Continue reading Necco Wafers Are Back! Finally, Something Stupid To Write About
I have asked for (and received) Friday May 22nd as a vacation day. This will be my first vacation day of 2020. (I went to Denver for a medical appointment in January but did not do anything resembling entertainment or recreation. In fact, by going to that appointment I missed the final chance for months … Continue reading Vacation! (Of Sorts)
This has been an unusual week for me. Most of the radio work I do falls under the category of what the BBC calls “light entertainment”. (That’s British Broadcasting Corporation, not Box Butte County.) I host a morning show where I do cheesy impersonations, make semi-humorous remarks and give airtime to a fictional basement-dweller. I … Continue reading Serious Radio, and Serious Idiocy
Hello, and welcome to a Russian doll blog post. Writing within writing within writing. This is 2020, tubby, quarantined, occasionally irritable for no discernible reason Wenty. I was watching DVDs of “Here’s Lucy” this evening (yeah, yeah, your taste in stuff sucks too) and I remembered that I met Lucie Arnaz in 2005. It’s not … Continue reading The Old Time Radio Convention (Always Try To Hook Your Audience With An Exciting Headline)
My friends and I, you see…we make radio shows for fun. At least we did in the Before Times®. I don’t know how much my friends enjoy it, but they indulge old Wenty every once in a while. I wrote this at the very beginning of the Covid-19 spread. I think if we had gotten … Continue reading I Apologize In Advance
In these challengi–nope. In this unusual situ–nope. (It is getting hard to avoid cliches when discussing pandemic times.) Life sucks, and I want to show appreciation for the things that make me happy. So here is something I wrote 14 years ago about my favorite noodle-based lunch food product: This morning, I woke up with Unexplained … Continue reading Ode To Cup O’ Noodle
