Sunday night at the 76th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, John Leguizamo delivered a stirring address on representation. He singled out minorities who won awards during the ceremony. Liza Colon-Zayas made history as the first Latina to win Best Supporting Actress for The Bear. Anna Sawai became the first Asian to win a Best Drama Actress
The death of comedy legend Bob Newhart July 18 had me scrambling for this “From the Vault” conversation with Bill Daily. This was recorded in May of 2014 with the interview arranged to cover the release of The Bob Newhart Show: The Complete Series in a DVD box set from Shout! Factory. I also interviewed
Bob Newhart made me laugh so many times over the years, especially on his first hit TV sitcom, The Bob Newhart Show (1972-78). I’ll never forget, therefore, the one time I made him laugh. It was at a Television Critics Association Awards presentation, at least a dozen years ago. I believe our group were bestowing
One of my favourite all-time phone interviews was with Bill Daily. A familiar and welcome face on TV through the ’60s and ’70s, the comedian and actor died Sept. 4 in New Mexico at the age of 91. Daily played apartment-crashing neighbour and airline co-pilot Howard Borden on The Bob Newhart Show (1972 – 78)
My neighbour Doug asked me the other day if the whole world had turned to crap or was it just television. This is one of those transition weeks where, if you’re not into the Stanley Cup playoffs, or the last few new episodes of Louie or Fargo, for discerning viewers, there’s not a lot on.