Television is an invention that permits you to be entertained in your living room by people you wouldn’t have in your home. – David Frost I am easily distracted and have a short attention span. In years past I could easily finish a 500 page book within a week, and not that… Read More 100 Memorable TV Characters…The Top 25
Before we get to the exciting conclusion of the 2016 Sammy Awards it must be noted that less than 24 hours after “journalist” Megyn Kelly was nominated & shared a victory for the DB Cooper Award it was announced that she is leaving Fox News and heading to NBC next summer. I’m not quite sure… Read More The 2016 Sammy Awards – Part 3
A semi-regular attempt to address some of life’s minutiae that might otherwise be overlooked….. – – – – – Family, friends, & citizens of The Manoverse know that my relationship with the ol’ home state of West Virginia has been…ambivalent…at best. Not a day goes by that part of me doesn’t regret taking off… Read More Points of Ponderation…Episode 8.16
I feel sorry for today’s youth on a variety of levels. I just don’t think their childhoods are nearly as cool as mine was. Of course I am sure parents said the same thing about our generation. Anyway, one of the things that kids miss out on these days is memorable TV theme songs. The… Read More 25 Favorite TV Theme Songs…..Part 1
The television landscape is littered with spinoffs/sequels/continuations/reboots both good & bad…mostly bad. Logically one can conclude that any series worthy of a spinoff must be pretty good itself, which right away means the new show has high standards that it must live up to, something that oftentimes proves to be difficult. The spinoff needs to… Read More Superfluous 7 – Best & Worst TV Spinoffs
Back when I used to do a Person of the Month at the old site on MySpace I had…for some strange reason…a real issue with getting the darn thing published on time, which in a perfect world would be on the last day of the month. When I decided to revive the idea here in… Read More Heroes & Heels…..January 2013
A semi-regular attempt to address some of life’s minutiae that might otherwise be overlooked….. As a proud Trekkie and a huge fan of the Star Wars saga I am a bit…ambivalent…about JJ Abrams directing a new Star Wars film. It is my understanding that George Lucas had a 9 part series in his… Read More Points of Ponderation…..Episode 2.13
So, I’ve been thinking… 30 years from now another writer is going to do a list like this. If, like me, they are heavily influenced by the types of programming they grew up with, what will that list look like?? Will someone actually heap praise on crap like Family Guy, America’s Next Top Model, Wife… Read More 50 Favorite TV Shows…..30-21
Sequels, though not uncommon throughout the history of film, really hit their stride in the 1970’s with the success of follow-ups to movies like The Godfather & Jaws and the insatiable urge to turn huge profits into even more money. These days it seems like a sequel is oftentimes inevitable, regardless of whether or not… Read More 100 Favorite Movies…..24 & 25
Awhile back I read a book called The 101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived. It wasn’t quite what I thought it was going to be when I made the impulse purchase, skewing a bit too much toward the analytical and academic instead of the lighthearted and interesting. The authors made a point of emphasizing… Read More Superfluous 7 – Fictional Characters With Whom I’d Like To Hang Out
