I’m totally baffled by the tempest in a teapot that’s being stirred up by the media over the so-called “fiscal cliff.” Fueled mostly by conservative pundits and Tea Party sycophants, and aided by a complacent media, it seems that the average U.S. taxpayer should be in a state of panic. The thing is: yes, taxes …
Today’s topic (as usual, from Carole) is “Ten Favorite TV Shows From [Your] Childhood.” What a pickle, if you think about it: what part of childhood? If you count early childhood, grade school, middle school, and high school, there’s a ton of possible fodder for this. So I’m going t pick three from my early …
Back in 2010, I wrote a post on this blog that criticized NBC’s dumbed-down approach to covering the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, expressing hope that NBC might – just might – improve things for 2012, 2014 and beyond. You can read that post here. Go ahead, read it – I’ll wait… Done? Good. …
Finally, Carole has come up with another topic I like: 10 thoughts on this year’s Oscars. So, without any delay (“we’re running over time, folks!”), here goes: If I never have to see Billy Crystal host the show again, I’d die happy. Seriously, the man never really hit his stride. The “insert Billy in movies” …
I need only look at last night’s abomination of a broadcast from the National Broadcasting Corporation to see some of the worst possible chop-shop, dumbed-down sports broadcasting ever put on TV. This four-and-a-half hour long exercise in broadcast futility can be broken down thusly: The showcase event of alpine skiing, the men’s downhill, featured six …
For years, I’ve been critical of TV coverage of the Olympic Games by the United States media. They think that the average American is stupid. No, seriously – they do. Thee assume that, as a whole, we know nothing about sports other than baseball, football, basketball, NASCAR and hockey. They think that we’re only interested …
Conan O’Brien got screwed. Let’s face it: when NBC, currently mired in a ratings abyss, decided to “fix” its primetime programming lineup by booting Jay Leno to 11:35pm (“10:35, Central and Mountain”), moving Conan’s Tonight Show and Jimmy Fallon’s Late Night 30 minutes later, they showed that they have no concept about how to program …
This was going to be a post about my most recent cycling adventures, but that will have to wait. This week has seen the deaths of three pop culture icons who resonated in my life: Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson, as well as the news that Walter Cronkite is likely to pass away …
Friday the 13th was a day of highs and lows. Let me start with the highs (and a quip or two). Last night, sprite and I went to see Robert Plant (the rock giant) and Alison Krauss (the chanteuse) perform a brilliant show at Merriweather Post Pavilion. Their album, Raising Sand, was my favorite of …
