Farewell to Kenneth Mars and Len Lesser
I wanted to acknowledge, today, the passing of two terrific comedic actors: Kenneth Mars and Len Lesser. Kenneth Mars was a mainstay of Mel Brooks’ early films, most notably The Producers (in which he played Franz Liebkind, a Nazi whose love for the fallen Reich spurred him to w
Doonesbury Turns 40!
Believe it or not, 2010 marked the 40th anniversary of Garry Trudeau’s seminal comic-strip Doonesbury. I was lucky enough to have received as gifts, recently, two tomes that were recently released in order to celebrate that event. The first is Doonesbury and the Art of G.B. Tr
The Top 10 Episodes of TV of 2010 — Part Two!
Yesterday I began my list of the Top 10 Episodes of TV of 2010. Here now is the rest of the list, numbers 1-5! 5. 30 Rock: “Reaganing” (season 5, episode 5, aired on 10/21/10) — Jack boasts that he has reached a 24-hour state of perfection that he called “Rea
The Top 10 Episodes of TV of 2010 — Part One!
All right! So here we are at last at my final 2010 Top 10 list — my list of the Top 10 Episodes of TV of 2010! I hope you’ve all enjoyed my previous lists: The Top 10 Movies of 2010 (click here for part one, and here for part two), The Top 10 DVDs/Blu-Rays […]
The Top 15 Comic Book Series of 2010 — Part Two!
Yesterday I posted the first part of my list of my Top 15 Comic Book Series of 2010! Click that link to read numbers 15-6, now here we go with the final five (yes, I am a Battlestar Galactica fan): 5. Incognito: Bad Influences — Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’ sequel to t