Entries from January 2010

January 31, 2010

The World’s Greatest Sub-Culture

I apologize in advance.  Today’s entry is a bit of a quickie.  I’ve been bogged down a bit in other happenings, but I wanted to post something for the week.  (In an effort to keep up a four-entry-per-month minimum habit.)  To make up for the brevity, I’m going to ratchet up the ‘awesome’ factor here.
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January 21, 2010

FYI–For Your Idolatry

Thank God for Youtube and Nick at Nite.  Though the television show Murphy Brown ended its 10 year run in the 90’s, you can still catch it on the web.  The cable channel,  home of old champions like Designing Women and The Cosby Show– for its part– had broadcast Murphy Brown for two years…thus allowing [...]

January 11, 2010

Ain’t No Party Like An Unbirthday Party!

I recently droned on about my excitement for Tim Burton’s upcoming adaptation of Alice in Wonderland.  You’ve seen Helena Bonham Carter’s CGI-enhanced forehead haven’t you?  It’s bigger than my television. The film will be super-weird, in the best possible way, I hope.  Anyway, beyond my enthusiasm for the upcoming version, I’ve always loved Disney’s animated [...]

January 2, 2010

Dratch It Up A Notch

Rachel Dratch must be the least appreciated woman in comedy…and that’s saying something, because very few women are appreciated in comedy anyway.  That’s not knee-jerk feminism, that’s fact.  As a veteran of not only Saturday Night Live but also the highly esteemed Second City troupe in Chicago, she deserves our respect!  …And bucketloads of regular [...]