VANCOUVER–Had an arresting conversation Friday with Jackson Davies, a.k.a. The Beachcombers’ Constable Constable.Jackson is promoting The Beachcombers at 40: Bruno and the Beach (Harbour Publishing, where else?). The book is written by series creator Marc Strange and Davies, who played Constable Constable from 1973–a year after the series debut–until it ended in 1990. He helped
President Obama in happier times with Dave on Sept. 18. John Paul Filo/CBS Years ago it was said that if you lost Walter Cronkite, you lost the White House.The “most trusted” CBS news anchor certainly played a part in ending Lyndon Johnson’s political career. Even more lethal, it could be argued, was being the steady butt
From Monday’s Conan: According to a new report, the average Canadian is now richer than the average American. This is bad news for Americans and worse news for those Mexicans who now have to tunnel all the way to Canada Tweet
Conan O’Brien’s kinda been off the radar lately, tucked away over there on TBS. This clip, from last week’s triumphant trip to Chicago, shows his late night series can still be the funniest thing on television–especially when an old friend shows up to bark at not-so-innocent bystanders.
News that TBS has canceled Lopez Tonight isn’t a total surprise. Comedian George Lopez was working it hard in recent weeks with appearances on Late Show with David Letterman (his first sit down with Dave ever!) and a memorable turn on Piers Morgan Tonight. For my money, that was one of Morgan’s best CNN hours,
From Conan: The government is less than a week away from not being able to pay its bills. We may have to move in with Canada for a while.
From Monday’s Conan: Rod Blagojevich was found guilty of trying to sell President Obama’s Senate seat. As the verdict was read, Blagojevich’s face remained expressionless while his hair remained ridiculous.