A one-star review of MONSTER: THE ED GEIN STORY

I grew up on a steady diet of old television and oldies music. Nick at Nite’s original programming, shows from the 1950s primarily, were...

"Who'll be the next in line?"-The Kinks

The pretty, pretty, prettiest good episodes of CURB

Hey Vern! It's Ernest!

I watched all of SOUTH PARK and all I got was this lousy towel.

A reaction to ESQUIRE'S 50 Best HBO Shows

An appreciation of Penelope Sheeris' TV series DANGER THEATRE

A decent proposal for kids in the arts.

A short tour of my book collection

A new essay from your resident contrarian.

David Lynch. Artist. David Lynch was an artist from Missoula, Montana. He wrote and directed the films Inland Empire ,  Mulholland Drive...

Greetings, readers! I hope you all had a nice holiday season and are as ready for the New Year as I am. 2024 was both challenging and...

I have occasionally made comments on this blog that America has become a sick nation in its ravenous appetite for true crime. It is...

* ½ out of **** At this point, what on earth can you say about Ryan Murphy? His output includes some of the worst television I’ve ever...

NOTE: Unfortunately, I was unable to make the deadline last Friday due to illness. To catch up, another blog post will appear tomorrow at...

In this year where everyone is on their tiptoes awaiting one form of political turmoil or another, my thoughts have been drifting toward...

Saturday Night Live (pr. n.): a live show in which most of the funniest sketches are pre-recorded. On the late Norm Macdonald’s Netflix...

I was perhaps in my junior year of high school when the news broke that, after many years of speculation and debate, Thomas Jefferson,...

Christopher Durang was a playwright and actor from Montclair, New Jersey. He wrote the plays Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Tony...