Yvonne Craig was introduced at the start of the 1967-68 ABC season as Batgirl on Batman. I would have been 10, so I would still probably have been more excited to meet Adam West, but Lordy, Craig helped rush a lot of us through puberty. The actress died Monday at her home in Pacific Palisades, Calif., from
On Monday, Arlene Bynon asks about the news that Tracy Morgan will return to Saturday Night Live. He’s scheduled to host Oct. 17, following the 41st season opener with Miley Cyrus Oct. 3 and Amy Schumer Oct. 10. Morgan, of course, suffered serious head injuries in a terrible car accident in June of 2014. The
David Bianculli and the gang over at TV Worth Watching told me to go see a movie. The catch was they wanted a review right away. The movie? A TV series makeover, of course–“The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” I guess Bianculli knew I had a Johnny 7 spy gun when I was a kid. The original Man
The Beverly Hilton-based TCA press tour has wrapped up for another summer and for the first time in years I didn’t gain any weight. That’s because, as mentioned here before, I went to the cottage this summer instead. The tour was packed as usual with sessions but the two-and-a-half week gathering always seems newsier when you’re
It’s always a delight catching up with Fred Ewanuick. The Port Moody, B.C. native lent his easy-going charm to Corner Gas for six seasons as town goofball Hank Yawbo. When I visited him on the set of the Corner Gas movie last summer near Regina, he let me drive Hank’s truck, which was cool. Ewanuick
CHML’s Scott Thompson starts this week by acknowledging this is a funny time of year in TV land. Sure, news is starting to build about the upcoming fall season, but, asks Scott, is there anything worth watching now? The answer seems to be yes if you’re a Blue Jays fan. Canada’s team is on fire
Wrangling interviews from the cottage can be a drag. You’re by the lake, trying to steal a few days off, and work intrudes. Technically it’s a challenge because there’s no Wi-Fi or telephone jack to plug in a recorder. So you’re unplugged in more ways than one. So even though I was standing in a
A few weeks ago when I was in Montreal for Just for Laughs I caught up with Norm Macdonald. The 51-year-old comedian has long been a favourite of mine, dating back to his days as Saturday Night Live‘s most fearless Weekend Update anchor. Twenty years ago, Macdonald knew the next shot he took at O.J. Simpson