Something Old, Nothing New

I don't know when "Tiny Toon Adventures" will be re-released; the show that started the WB animation boom of the '90s (th...

I have to admit I haven't really been keeping up with the "Disney Treasures," a series of themed collections of Walt Disney sh...

Busby Berkeley Box Set to be released in March 2006. Fans of elaborate overhead shots and dozens of dancers repeating the same step over a...

Platypus Comix has the last part of its interview with Jon McClenahan , dealing with the last projects of StarToons (including some of the b...

The Peanuts website has finally gotten around to the 1969 strips where Snoopy writes his great novel. Part 1 is here . Part 2 is here . T...

When Rupert Murdoch buys the Daily Planet, he gives its two star reporters, Lois Lane and Clark Kent, a chance to audition for a spot in TV ...

Actress Wendie Jo Sperber has died . She was only 46. Sperber is best known for her role on "Bosom Buddies" . That very underrat...

Gary Tooze at DVD Beaver has the first review of the complete Matt Helm set . The transfers are nothing special, but cheesy-looking, slight...

The success of the new BBC "Bleak House" miniseries has reminded the world once again of the most important thing about Charles Di...

An in-depth analysis of the history, rules and significance of the Mr. T webcomic . Late-'90s/early-'00s internet fads already seem...

From USA Today : Cary Grant classics in time for 'Holiday' Just in time for Valentine's Day, five classic Cary Grant films will ...

You find the strangest things when you look through the Usenet archives , and one thing I found was a copy of one of my favorite pieces from...

For those who are interested in sweaty atmospherics, as well as a case study of what had to be changed in order to bring an "adult...

I wish I liked the movie The Tales of Hoffmann better. When I say I wish I liked it, I don't mean that I feel it's my duty to like...

Thanksgiving (the American version, I mean) is never complete without the "Turkeys Away" episode of "WKRP in Cincinnati....

The lyrics I feel like quoting today are some very sweet, sentimental lyrics from an unexpected source: Ira Levin , of "Rosemary's ...

This Amazon.com review indicates that the first season set of "The Rockford Files" isn't all we could have hoped for: not onl...

The songs going through my head lately are mostly songs by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart , especially their out-of-left-field love songs. ...

Just a brief addendum to my post on Martin and Lewis : Jerry Lewis has reportedly been telling audiences that the Martin and Lewis movies ar...

I haven't seen Walk the Line yet (though I am one of the few people who has managed to sit through even a portion of I Walk the Line , ...