Back in the early ’90’s. before he became a late-night TV host, Conan O’Brien and his Harvard writing pal Greg Daniels (creator of the American version of The Office) decided to take a road trip to Vancouver. Turning on the TV in the hotel, they became mesmerized by this strange Canadian series about a B.C.
I’ve raved about this before, but if you’re not listening to Lucille Ball’s “podcasts” recorded back in the mid-’60s, you’ve got some ‘splainin’ to do. The recordings are basically a re-edit of radio show conversations Ball had back in 1964-65. These ten-minute radio show episodes have been kept is a vault for years and number
The folks at AMI-tv know how to get my attention — send food in a box. A big white one arrived last week with ingredients to make a pasta dish, which even I should be able to figure out. It’s all in aid of drawing attention to the Season 2 premiere of Dish with Mary,
Anybody else surprised to learn that American Ninja Warrior has been on NBC for 14 seasons? That’s a lot of warriors, although goodness knows there is a lot of pent-up warrior-ing going on in North America and the rest of the world these days. The stunt show, simulcast on CTV, climbed to No. 8 in
For the first time ever, comedian Ron James is headlining at Stratford. No, not as Macbeth, or King Lear or Hamlet. He’ll be performing his politically charged, subversive standup set Saturday at the Avon Theatre. If you haven’t seen James live and in person, get thee to the theatre! It’s all part of Stratfest; ticket
Think casting The Sopranos was easy? Fagetaboutit. Tony Sirico originally read for the part of Uncle Junior on the award-winning HBO series. After the audition, creator and executive producer David Chase called the actor at home with a “good news, bad news” scenario. The bad news was that Sirico did not get the part of
Expectations were high when Patrick Watson became chairman of the CBC in 1989. Many in the creative end of the television industry cheered that initial impression that the inmates were finally in charge of the asylum. Alas, Watson, who died at 92 on July 4 in Ontario, was as powerless to re-invent and reinvigorate Canada’s
Larry Storch, who died July 8 just six months shy of 100, was everywhere on ’60s television, one of the busiest second bananas on the screen. The New York native seldom headlined and more often guest starred in dozens of sitcoms, variety shows and dramas. To many, however, he’ll always be best known as Corporal