Saturday, March 11, 2006

The Cannell Channel

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Having mentioned that "Riptide" was coming to DVD, I felt it necessary to post the opening title sequence of the show (courtesy ...

"It's Hummer Time"

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Warner Brothers' official Looney Tunes site used to feature very weak, newly-produced Flash cartoons. Recently they've wised up and...
Friday, March 10, 2006

Veal Prince Orloff

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The best season of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," season 4, gets DVD-ified on June 20. The show improved massively in its third seas...
Thursday, March 09, 2006

Wowsers!

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David Cornelius smacks down "Inspector Gadget." In mild defence of the show, one thing that made it fun to watch as a kid was that...
Wednesday, March 08, 2006

The Searchers: Did Ethan Kill Lucy?

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One of the many reasons why The Searchers is the most fascinating movie ever made -- not necessarily the best, just the most endlessly fasc...
Monday, March 06, 2006

That'll Be the Day

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The special edition of The Searchers is out on June 6. Good news and bad news on the special features. The good news is that the second d...

Boat Show

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Stephen J. Cannell's "Riptide" is coming to DVD (only in Canada). This was one of several shows Cannell created in the immedia...
Sunday, March 05, 2006

No More Supporting Players

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I like George Clooney. He is better and more talented and better-looking than me but has a sense of humor about it. But my heart sank a li...

Oscarz

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So, a few thoughts while we wait for the entrance of Jon Stewart into the wondrous world of Oscar hostage: 1. The most interesting thing abo...

Last Yip Harburg Lyric of the Day

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This is the 25th anniversary of the death of E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, my favourite song lyricist. Here is one of my favourite of his ...

The Tootie Connection

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In honour of this year's Academy Awards, I would like to point out that this is the first year when two -- not one, but two -- nominated...
Saturday, March 04, 2006

Harburg Lyric of the Day: "I Like the Likes of You"

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A simple but nutty lyric, this one, and a fairly early Harburg song -- 1934 -- with music by Vernon Duke (whose most famous collaboration wi...

Why I've Come Around on Network

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I was never that big a fan of the movie Network. Compared to Paddy Chayefsky's masterpiece -- the really audacious, taboo-breaking The...
Friday, March 03, 2006

Harburg Lyric of the Day: "I Don't Think I'll End It All Today"

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The next Yip Harburg lyric is another song from Jamaica , and one of the strangest songs ever written: "I Don't ThinK I'll End ...

Stephen Root is God

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Another thing that comes back to me when watching the third season of "Newsradio" is that Jimmy James, as played by Stephen Root ...

Don't Be a Wussy!

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To follow up on my recommendation of the sitcom "Titus," , DVD Verdict has an interview with Christopher Titus on the show, its c...

Important TV Dialogue With Life Lessons

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From the third season of NewsRadio , a dialogue exchange where Beth (Vicki Lewis) is angry that Lisa (Maura Tierney) has received an award f...

Oh Dear God

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My previous post on the cultural Stalinism of much of the contemporary right ("Comrade Clooney's film represents decadent bourgeoi...

"I have lots of stories about famous people that involve me in some way."

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Just a reminder that Shout! Factory has released another Dick Cavett Show collection, the one we've really been waiting for: "Come...
Thursday, March 02, 2006

Harburg Lyric of the Day: "Sunset Tree"

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Yip Harburg was over 70 when he wrote the lyrics for Darling of the Day , a musical version of Arnold Bennett's "Married Alive....