Something Old, Nothing New

I don't know what inspired me to ask this question now, but: has there ever been an in-depth, authoritative examination of all the rumor...

(Cross-posted from the TV Guidance blog) Having written enough about The Looney Tunes Show and Looney Tunes reboots in general, I don...

Sidney Lumet, who just died at the age of 86 , was probably the most famous of the first generation of TV directors to move into film -- him...

I couldn't say I'm surprised that Hugh Martin died ; he was 96, after all, and the one time I was lucky enough to finally talk with ...

I've been hoping TV Ontario would put some of its old material online, and they recently created a site to do just that, a "Public ...

I was reading over Stephen Rowley's blog and came across a fine 2005 post that I remembered reading before (when his blog was "Cin...

It's not a secret that I haven't posted here very often lately. (And I'm not exactly the first blogger who can make that claim.)...

Update: In comments it's suggested that this might be by a different comics great, Jack Bradbury . ---- There have been some good post...

I've sort of given up on Warner Bros. DVD releases of its cartoons: I accept that we're not going to get much of value until a) Blu-...

Well, time for another post full of probably incorrect assumptions, but a shorter one. I've always meant to mention this, but to my surp...

Update: This post is sort of an example of why one shouldn't post in too much of a hurry -- the post is likely to contain some assumpti...

The latest find at Bluegobo.com is from Richard Rodgers' last musical, I Remember Mama . This was a natural subject for a musical, and s...

Does anybody recall which Warner Brothers cartoons used the song "A Gal in Calico" on the soundtrack? I know at least one of them ...

The Man Who Came to Dinner is on as I write, an adaptation of a stage play that sticks as close to the original as a movie can get away wit...

As the local Archie buff I should say something about the death of artist, inker and letterer Jon D'Agostino . His best-known credit is ...

Generally, I like cynical or at least disatrous Thanksgiving stories better than sentimental ones, and I prefer present-day Thanksgiving sto...

I recently got to talk to Hugh Martin ( Meet Me In St. Louis and much more) on the occasion of his autobiography, which was quite a thrill ...

I was looking at "Gay Purr-ee" again the other day, a movie that is less than the sum of its parts but will always have a followin...

Thad knows (as do most people within earshot) how much I love Artists and Models , so I thank him profusely for uploading the trailer after ...

Sad about the death of Jill Clayburgh , who I really liked in An Unmarried Woman. She was one of a number of unlikely female stars of the ...