The NY Times is 100% correct
So, don’t listen to me when I tell you to get to Lenox to see Shakespeare & Co.‘s production of Twelfth Night. Listen to the NY Times, which just gave it a rave review. [Tags: shakespeare ]
View ArticleRest In Laughter, David Lloyd
David Lloyd, who not only wrote some of the greatest single episodes in TV sitcom history [Chuckles the Clown youtube], but consistently wrote hilariously, has died at 75. I especially loved a lot of...
View ArticleLaughtracks are funnier when they’re not there
HuffingtonPost has a scene from Big Bang Theory with the laughtrack removed: The stated point is that a show with the laughtrack removed is funnier, but in a different and unintended way. But, the...
View ArticleMad Men: From Good to Great
[Note that I've removed all the distributed "in my opinion"s from the following, and instead have concentrated them in this introductory paragraph. The following expresses nothing but my opinion:]...
View Article1960′s bands vs. 1960′s bands’ names
The names of the top bands of the 1960s are so much a part of them that it’s almost impossible to think of the names simply as names. But let’s make the effort in order to evaluate how good their names...
View ArticleThe Eras of Late Night Memory Test
I’m fairly good at associating the U.S. presidents of my lifetime with the decades in which they were in office. But, I find myself unhinged in time when it comes to the late night talkshow hosts. I am...
View ArticleComedy or not?
At the risk of becoming just slightly obsessed with the awfulness of Airport 1975, here’s the honest-to-grid trailer for it, indistinguishable from parodies of it: Simply for purposes of comparison...
View ArticleE.T.: A very old trailer
Here’s the 1982 trailer for ET: MovieLine posted the trailer to support the wisdom of Super 8′s decision not to give away too much ahead of time. But, wow, does the ET trailer seem dated! It feels like...
View ArticlePredicting SYTYCD: Reading the judges
I have a prediction about who is going home tonight on So You Think You Can Dance. I am more certain about the boy who’s leaving: Jess. I believe the judges are setting us up for this. It seemed to me...
View ArticleAt the corner of Hollywood and Web
I greatly enjoyed last weeks’s Berkman Center event about some of the ways the Web is affecting the movie industry, which included a screening of an indie movie that has been released only on the Web....
View Article[SPOILERS] A Breaking Bad plot flaw
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View Article[SPOILER] If it’s really a game of thrones, here’s how Game of Thrones should...
SPOILER ALERT: I’m writing this hours before the final episode and will spoil prior episodes. Based on the end of Episode 5 of Season 8 — the penultimate episode — it sure looks like Arya is on her way...
View ArticleComedic craft vs. Comedic people
I just listened to an excellent Marc Maron interview with Jerry Seinfeld. When I first saw Seinfeld’s post-series 2002 documentary, Comedian, I really enjoyed it, although like many, I was made queasy...
View ArticleThe Uncanny Stepford Valley
You’ve probably heard about MyHeritage.com‘s DeepNostalgia service that animates photos of faces. I’ve just posted at Psychology Today about the new type of uncanniness it induces, even though the...
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