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
Network comedy today is no laughing matter. The days when you could watch two solid hours of great comedy on one night are long gone; heck, it’s difficult to find two solid hours of comedy in a week. But all is not entirely lost. I’ve checked out three new shows – one pretty good, another
Baby you can drive my car, and if you did, you would discover something fab. My 2007 Saab comes with a bonus feature — a “big screen” (for the time) entertainment centre. Even better, it came pre-loaded with all these “XM” satellite radio options, cutting age audio for my 9-3 Aero’s Bose speakers. Nearly two
If you’ve been holding off until now, it is time to hop on the bus. As in Pluribus. The AppleTV series premiered a few weeks ago with new episodes each Friday — except for this week. Episode Five began streaming Wednesday as an early US Thanksgiving present. The series, executive produced by Vince Gilligan and
Are Canadians up for watching The American Revolution? Ken Burns latest docuseries, is a six-part, 12-hour, deep dive into a long, bloody birth of a nation. Co-directed by frequent collaborator Sarah Botstein (The Vietnam War; Jazz), it sticks to the immersive style of storytelling Burns has mastered over decades of documentary filmmaking. With no actual
If you want to see two very different documentaries about comedians in their sixties, watch Marc Maron’s Are We Good? right after watching Eddie Murphy in Being Eddie. Maron is the one not living in a 100-room mansion. He’s in a modest house, doing his own laundry, baking a pie, changing a tire, heading out
Hard on the heels of the excellent documentary John Candy: I Like Me comes another moving film about comedy performers. The first was co-executive produced by Candy’s two adult children. This one is directed by a famous son, Ben Stiller. His film, Stiller & Meara: Nothing is Lost, premieres Friday October 24 on AppleTV. Now,