Archives for the 'TV & Movies' Category
Holy Mackerel! I forgot the Oscars…
This year the Academy Awards were such a non-event in my life that I managed to forget all about last night’s big show, and this is particularly surprising since after Kathi and I got the kids to sleep last night I slumped down on the couch and turned on the TV. By then, I suppose, [...]
CollegeHumor video… NOT safe for the office…
… but still pretty darned hilarious.
If you liked the Discovery series Planet Earth then you’ll love this.
Capsule Review: 60Frames.com
In last Wednesday’s Daily Variety I spotted a review of the new slate of original online content at 60Frames.com, a new site that is funded by UTA.
The Variety review goes into more detail, but the short version is that this is yet another collection of wannabe Saturday Night Live skits.
I looked at the premiere episode [...]
Sick and Wrong: the parental advisory in front of Sesame Street DVD
I’m glad that I’m not alone in hating the parental advisory in front of “Sesame Street Old School,” the new DVD set of the first two seasons. In the New York Times on 11/18, Virginia Heffernan rightly satirizes this move.
Speaking as a media guy and a father, I wonder why we are so interested in [...]
Not quite misquoted, but…
It’s always interesting when I get interviewed by mainstream media about the internet and the broader media universe.
A few days ago, a reporter from MarketWatch called to get my opinion about next week’s launch of the new Fox Business Network, a wannabe competitor to CNBC. I spent a long time chatting with him about how [...]
