So Garry wanted to get a show that’s a freebie if you sign up for a new installation of Starz. But we already have Starz, so while they might let you sign up, they won’t give you the teaser freebie… Read More ›
Television
UNFILTERED: CULT OF FOX’S VIEW AS VOTING DAY DRAWS NEAR – THE SHINBONE STAR
UNFILTERED: THE CULT OF FOX’S VIEW AS NOV. 3 DRAWS NEARER Following are comments to the Fox News coverage of the police shooting of a Black man in Kenosha, Wis., and the aftermath of that shooting where 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse, a… Read More ›
FAVORITE TV SHOW? IT’S A TIE.
Fandango’s Dog Days of August #16 Fandango would like to know what my favorite TV show is and I have to say, it’s a tie. First of all, we’ve watched “The West Wing” at least half a dozen times during the… Read More ›
CAN’T GET NO SATISFACTION – Marilyn Armstrong
Fandango’s Provocative Question #76 And so on we go to Fandango’s provocative question of the week which, I must admit, isn’t as provocative as usual. To answer this properly, I need to describe yesterday. It was the day after taking Bonnie… Read More ›
AND THAT’S WHY I LOVED LUCY – GARRY ARMSTRONG
I’ve got the blues. I need to perk up. Melancholy. Melancholy Serenade. Serenade of the Bells. The Bells of St. Mary. A silly word link game I play to lighten things. Suddenly, it reminds me of another time, an assignment… Read More ›
HOLLYWOOD AND MORAL CHARACTER – Marilyn Armstrong
How stupid are we? This post in its various permutations has gotten nearly 5,000 hits. Not recently, but in the first few years of posting. For several years, whenever I got more than 1000 hits in about half an hour,… Read More ›
ONCE UPON A TIME, WE HAD A GOVERNMENT – Marilyn Armstrong
For the past couple of weeks, Garry and I have been watching (again) all 7 seasons of “The West Wing.” Aside from being a brilliantly written show, it clarifies where we are as a nation. That we are fighting exactly… Read More ›
WORLD SHARING IN A TIME OF PLAGUE – Marilyn Armstrong
WORLD SHARING IN A TIME OF PLAGUE Questions: If we learn from our mistakes, why are we always so afraid to make them? Just because we learn from our mistakes doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try to avoid making mistakes. Trust… Read More ›
BRAIN SNOBS – Marilyn Armstrong
It isn’t just culture that divides us into classes. What we watch on television, see in the movies, and read also puts us into a category, often unfairly by people who don’t “get” why we like what we like. I read… Read More ›
BYE BYE GAME OF THRONES. THE PARTY’S OVER – Marilyn Armstrong
Again, I tried reading “A Dance With Dragons” by George R.R. Martin. It is book five of an interminable series called “A Game of Thrones,” the most violent, grim, and repetitive — and long — series ever written. It makes… Read More ›
SORRY, WRONG NUMBER – By GARRY ARMSTRONG
People of a certain age will recall the title from a popular radio drama that became a film noir classic with Barbara Stanwyck as the damsel/wife in distress and Burt Lancaster as the spouse with mayhem on his mind. You… Read More ›
LYNN NOVICK: “BASEBALL” – Marilyn Armstrong
This piece was published in Planet Vineyard in September 1998. It was a short-lived magazine. Long on great writing, short on paid advertising. I realized that hardly anyone ever saw this piece. It is based on my interview with Lynn… Read More ›
