It is not enough to say that Bad Bunny just headlined the best Super Bowl halftime show ever. This was like a fleet of stealth bombers, launched into 135.4 million American homes at once (according to early NBC reports), dropping joy, spirit, culture, exuberance, and, yes, a wake up call for a nation under attack.
I have a confession to make: The original Star Trek launched on its three year mission in 1966. As a young lad at the time, I never got into it. It seemed too soapy for me, and also that men in pajamas thing. I was more into Batman and Lost in Space. How would I
While it probably helps, you don’t have to be a fan of anything Disney to be astounded by the new documentary Disneyland Handcrafted. You do, however, have to subscribe to Disney+ or have access to YouTube. The full documentary is available now on both platforms. The project is culled from a treasure trove of well-preserved,
This week on CBC Radio stations across the country, I was asked to comment on “Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!” The two-part documentary, directed by Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio, premieres this Thursday and Friday on HBOMax and Crave. Each regional radio host started by asking me to explain who Brooks is for
I used to play hockey in a senior men’s league in Georgetown, Ont. And when I say seniors I mean fifty-five and up. There were some surprisingly spry 80 year olds in the group. I no longer play but I’m still on that granddad group’s email chain. One just wrote about the sensational Crave hockey-based
Television viewing in the 21st century is an embarrassment of riches. But why is is so hard to find something to watch? I’ve got 34 channels in my cable package, Netflix, Apple TV+, CBC Gem, Amazon Prime and Disney, plus Tubi and Pluto. And still, I can spend almost as much time looking for something
I can’t wait to talk to my Humble & Fred pals Howard Glassman and Fred Patterson (next visit: January 20) about “CFNY: The Spirit of Radio.” The documentary, from Highball TV, recently premiered on TVO and can be streamed on TVO’s digital platforms, including right here on YouTube. The film is credited to Matt Schichter
I survived the great Chevy Chase Show debacle of 1993. Members of the Television Critics Association, in Los Angeles for our semi-annual network television press tour, were shuttled to the home of the doomed talk show in advance of the premiere. It was not that much in advance as an ambitious makeover had not finished