“It’s the (Product-Of-Its-Time, Best-Viewed-Through-A-Historical-Context-But-Still-Very-Entertaining-And-Family-Friendly) Muppet Show!”

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!”

$60®

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®

Out, Damn Spots!

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!

Fun, Fun, Fun

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