This is the grave of Marlin Perkins. Born in 1905 in Carthage, Missouri, Perkins got interested in animals as a young child. He nearly died of pneumonia at the age of 7, but managed to hang on. However, his mother died of it. His father...
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We should remember the wonderful if bizarre career of Dean Stockwell now that he has passed on from the planet. He was great in so much. When he did Quantum.
Why on Earth is the weekly Saturday Night Live limply written, questionably acted, and toothless political humor now such a big deal that every week it trends on Twitter? We.
An extremely rare television review from me, as I am horrible at sitting down and watching shows. Much of this comes from my deep contempt for the culture of binge watching and other parts of it come from my frustration with the dump of half-baked...
On Roy Clark Grave Day, this was inevitable. At least we get some Loretta and Conway in this 1974 episode. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xMU_Td11y58
Well, hey there! In case you missed it, over at the Ringer, I wrote about Ted Lasso’s place in the grand tradition of “players coaches” like Joe Gibbs and "Sparky".
This is the grave of David Garroway. Born in 1913 in Schenectady, New York, Garroway lived all over the place as a child, as his parents moved constantly. They finally ended up in St. Louis in the late 1920s, which is where Garroway went to...
This Joshua Rivera piece of criticism about the evolution of the Muppets is really quite good. Recent iterations of this (Jason Segel's excellent film excluded) have been a case study.
This is the grave of Frank McGee. Born in 1921 in Monroe, Louisiana, McGee grew up in Oklahoma as his dad worked in the oil fields. He wasn't necessarily headed.
Last night, I watched this 1970 appearance by Orson Welles on the Dick Cavett Show, after Jack Lemmon had already been interviewed and was also on the stage. It's quite fascinating. Welles oozes his charisma and charm, even if he also oozes some very bad...
This 1953 short is an absolutely outstanding satire of early television and the chaos it brought to households and neighborhoods. That's a first rate late film cameo! This was also.
Alyssa Rosenberg has a very interesting piece noting at how a century of cop films and then television shows has served as propaganda for the fascists running amok in our.