Trunp is infuriating as always and we don’t yet know what’s coming up next for Colbert. So let’s check in with somebody who also lost a TV series. It’s good, ol’ Joe Pera, from the tail end of the second comedy boom.
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Kat Claws Her Way In
I was fifteen when my friend Kathei Logue told me how, a mere seven years before then, she had met the Beatles.
You’ve read the blog post, now see the movie! 😉
‘Apeeling’ Bunch of Bananas
As someone who is disinclined to follow major league sports, I rely on friends to tell me what’s what. If my buddy Bismo hadn’t clued me into the Savannah Bananas two years ago, I wouldn’t have known about this wacky baseball-ish team until last Friday’s PBS Newshour.
Shooter’s Secret War
Out of nowhere on Monday, it was announced that comic book writer/editor/publisher Jim Shooter had died.
On May 7, Shooter’s summer convention schedule was posted on Facebook…
Jim will be appearing at the following shows!
Big Lick Comic Con – NOVA – May 31-June 1
Heroes Aren’t Hard To Find – June 20-22
GalaxyCon Raleigh – July 24-27
Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of FarleyCon Pop Culture & Comic Book Expo! – August 2-3
TerrifiCon ™ – Connecticut’s Terrific Comic Con at Mohegan Sun – August 8-10
Dragon Con – August 28-31
See you there!
… but after missing a couple of those dates, this appeared on June 18.
Shooter had said nothing that I’d seen about him battling cancer, and considering his optimistic convention schedule I have to assume his condition must have declined very rapidly. I waited to post something about his death until the NYTimes had an obit. It’s shared here paywall-free.
I met Shooter only once, at a Terrificon in Connecticut. Joe Sinnott was going to be on a panel when we heard one of the other panelists was a no-show. I forget who it was, but he was a writer. I’d chatted with Shooter earlier that day, and when I heard of the vacancy I asked him if he would be willing to fill in. I told Jim that Joe would be there, he immediately agreed, and he was great.
Welcome, Doug Pratt!
I was contemplating becoming a paying subscriber to Paul Krugman on Substack. Instead, I am very pleased to be a Substack paid subscriber to none other than Doug Pratt. For years, whenever I posted something online about LaserDisc video, people would assume I was that Doug Pratt, but I’m not him, and here he is.
Easter With… Shari Lewis?
Fifty-five years ago, Oral Roberts had an NBC-TV Easter special. Take it away, sweet Shari!
Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart has died at age 90. It’s easy to confuse him with Oral Roberts. I have a related story to tell. I call it “Coffee Darlin’.” It’s coming up.