Herbie Hancock was the surprise winner at last week’s Grammys for album of the year with his Joni Mitchell tribute record. While some people were astounded by this, Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert aired a surprising Hancock tribute video on his show. Who knew Rush Limbaugh was a fan of the innovative jazzman? Also, “Rockit” is [...]
My friend (who is not remotely mannish though she knows her way around a toolbox better than I do) told me last night that I have a thing for “mannish” women. This was, not coincidentally while we were watching the Wisconsin primary returns on NBC’s multiple-sclerosis branded newschannel MSNBC. Once again the esteemable Keith Olbermann [...]
Ok, so this has been floating around the series of connected tubes known as the interwebs for a while now but it took the elitist New York Times to draw my snooty nose around in it’s direction. This trifecta of head-slapping moments is a perfectly stormy tipping point that includes Are You Smarter Than a [...]
In a tough weekend for TV fans, two icons of the tube passed away between Friday and today.Suzanne Pleshette was best known for playing Emily Hartley, Bob Newhart’s smartly sardonic wife on The Bob Newhart Show from 1972-1977. That show elevated the craft of TV sitcoms as surely as All in The Family and Pleshette’s [...]
Letterman shows off his “missing hiker” look… David Letterman’s Worldwide Pants company is the only production house to have struck a deal with the striking Writers Guild, so last night Letterman (along with Worldwide Pants employee Craig Ferguson) were back on the air with writing staff intact. Hillary Clinton provided a cold opening that suggests [...]
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