More Friday questions for your mid-summer pleasure. What's yours???Wendy M. Grossman gets us started with an Emmy question: I note that one of my favorite shows, The Good Wife, has multiple…
The Emmy nominations were announced today. I slept through them. I hope I don't do that through the ceremony too. The first thing I did was scan down to make sure Margo Martindale was no…
I hate to be out of touch! I always feel so inadequate when there's a national phenomenon and I'm out of the loop. As a blogger of popular culture (not that anybody is paying me… or eve…
Thank God I'm getting out of town. My son Matt is getting married on Sunday in the Bay Area so I'm outta here. But he could not have picked a more perfect weekend (or girl for that mat…
Mary McNamara wrote a great article yesterday in the LA Times on SPOILER ALERTS. In this age of Twitter and instant communication it's more difficult to keep endings secret. As a blogger I …
In a hotel room not long ago I found myself channel surfing. First I checked the pay channels. None of the recently released Hollywood features were any good. God, Adam Sandler and Jenn…
I was doing ALMOST PERFECT, the CBS mid 90's sitcom that starred Nancy Travis. In the show, Nancy's character had a cat, "Charlie". We used him in about five episodes. Then I get a call from…
Talkin' 'bout Adele. Currently the number one singer in the country, with the biggest album of the year so far. And she didn't have to wear a green merkin or fly in on wires or appear in …
Taking time out today from preparing for tonight's Mariners-Angel game (to be broadcast on 710 ESPN Seattle, and MLB.COM) and celebrating my wedding anniversary (love you, Deb) to answer you…
Hello from Anaheim where I'll be calling this weekend's grudge match between the host Angels and the Mariners for 710 ESPN Seattle, the Mariners' Radio Network, and MLB.COM. Rece…
Opportunities don't come along very often. You've gotta take advantage. When David and I were starting out, our first sale was to THE JEFFERSONS. The story editors had liked our spec MARY…
Here are some holiday leftovers...Hope you had a great 4th of July. I did. Went down to Redondo Beach at Great Big Radio Guy's place to watch the fireworks. And unlike a couple of years a…
I hope you enjoy fireworks tonight without blowing your hand off. I never quite got the attraction of holding lit sticks with small explosives made in unknown countries by craftsmen who earn…
A lot of folks are on the road this holiday weekend, giving their GPS systems a real workout. My GPS guide is so nice. She's incredibly patient with me. Whenever I disobey her instruct…
You're going to LOVE this! This is going to make your holiday weekend.
Okay,this is brilliant! THE OFFICE recut as a typical cheesy 80s or 90s sitcom. It was made by benny2700, whoever that is. So put your Walkman down, stop playing Pong for a few moments an…
Happy July! Let's kick off the month with some Friday Questions. Drew gets us started: You mentioned the props for Cheers a few weeks back. I was thinking that being in charge of props a…
Finally! A version of JEOPARDY for morons!! For years, cretins have surfed past JEOPARDY on their way to FEAR FACTOR repeats always wondering what the big deal was. It's just some egghe…
It's not uncommon for writers to get fired off of film projects. You turn in a draft, the phone stops ringing, and then you learn that someone else has been hired to rewrite you. Larry Ge…
The 4th of July weekend heralds the real beginning of the summer vacation season. Still don't know where to go yet? Allow me to help while shamelessly pushing my book, WHERE THE HELL AM I?…
I saw MIDNIGHT IN PARIS recently, which I liked but didn't love (even if all the critics tell me I'm supposed to love it). There were some nice moments in it, I enjoyed the fantasy aspects …
I read articles all the time about where tourists visiting Los Angeles can see stars. There are also maps to the stars homes (although Jack Benny and Lucille Ball have moved to more permanen…
In 1985, my partner, David and I created a comeback show for Mary Tyler Moore called (oddly enough) MARY. We were extremely fortunate to have a great casting director in Molly Lopata.&…
More Friday Questions answered here. Keep 'em coming and thanks!An Anonymous reader (please leave a name in the future) gets us started: I have a two-part question:1) Are you considering, …
Warning: I'm in a generally snarky mood. Kim Kardashian's ex, Reggie Bush, is now dating a Kim Kardashian impersonator. They say it's what's on the inside that counts…