Category: Entertainment
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Pinky and the Brain and Orson and Mrs. Buckley
Ever since the Nerdist podcast had Rob Paulsen and Maurice LaMarche on as their guests back in April, I’ve been obsessed with Paulsen’s own podcast, Talkin Toons. I was just graduating from high school when Animaniacs first aired and my 17-year-old self was instantly and completely in love with the show. (Rob Paulsen, in case…
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Christ Just Can’t Get a Break on Broadway
I’m sure it is nothing. Maybe just happenstance… an unexpected alignment in the universe… if anything, but this year’s confluence of Christian influenced (I’d be pressed to say “themed”) Broadway musicals have had a rough few days. First (June 12), Godspell announced it was closing after it’s June 24th performance. Next (June 19) came word…
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BOOK REVIEW: If It’s A Choice, My Zygote Chose Balls by Jeremy Hooper (Good As You)
If It’s A Choice, My Zygote Chose Balls: Making Sense of Senseless Controversy by Jeremy Hooper My Goodreads rating: 5 of 5 stars The LGBT community has been under attack by conservatives and religious fundamentalists since before Adam and Steve had their first chance to shake their groove thing at the first Eden Happy Hour…
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The Warner Witch of the West
So, I got two emails the other day from Zazzle.com’s Content Review team, telling me that two pieces I created (one on November 25, 2007 and the other on December 28, 2007) have been removed from the online service because they violated someone’s copyright. Your design contains an image or text that may be subject…
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Jest: The Secret Gay Agenda Revealed
The folks over at Jest have taken the fears of the foolish and turned them into a witty sketch. The “Gay Agenda” (a pejorative that has been bandied about by jerks for 20 years now) is exposed! Kudos guys, kudos! (Hat tip to Towleroad)
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Book Review: Peter and the Starcatchers
After seeing the Broadway adaptation I was hungry to check out the source material. Happily, I was as pleased as pirates plundering a’plenty with both. The book, Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, supposes what might have been the origins of the mythic boy and other favorite characters from J. M. Barrie’s classic…
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“The Clifton Monroe Chronicles” is a rousing success!
During my extended absence from writing on the blog, we successfully opened The Clifton Monroe Chronicles: Episode 1 – The Case of the Scarlet G. I was in New Orleans for the opening weekend (and helped by running the light board while working with the press) and enjoyed watching this co-creation get standing ovations each night.…
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Theme Songs that Terrified Me as a Chld
I’ve been busier than usual lately so I haven’t posted much, short of some Instagram moments here and there but I was listening to a podcast this morning and one of the panelists mentioned the theme to Unsolved Mysteries and it reminded me that, while I loved the show, the song itself terrified me! Something…
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Musical Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious-Star Robert Sherman passed away at 86
The Associated Press is reporting that Robert Sherman, one half of the legendary Sherman Brothers, passed away Monday in his home in London. The Sherman Brothers were “unknown heroes” to me as a child. I knew their songs by heart, sang them relentlessly, and wore new grooves in my Disney LPs, listening to their music over…
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Republican Debate #20 – 4 more and your next one’s free!
The GOP presidential candidates met again this week in Arizona for their twentieth debate. TWENTIETH! At this rate they’ll either have a longer run on television than Cheers or M*A*S*H or get their next sub sandwich for free. These debates are becoming ridiculous. The onslaught of far-right rhetoric being spewed over our airwaves is enough to make even Guiliani…
Tommy Karr 