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Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon To Feature Joe Kuban
Jeff PrinceLabor Day is this Monday and you know what that means: Jerry Lewis and his Muscular Dystrophy Telethon will be on the boob tube for hours on end. I love watching Lewis at the end of the show, half out of his mind with exhaustio...
First Friday on the Green Cancelled
Anthony MarianiTonight’s show is a no-go. The next First Friday will be October 2 and feature The Burning Hotels and The Campaign. Luke Wade, who was on tonight’s bill, will be performing at Chadra Mezza & Grill (1622 Park Place Av, o...
Dallas Tackles Eugene Lockhart
Jeff PrinceThe indictment of Eugene Lockhart on a $20 million fraud scheme is a shocker because the former Dallas Cowboys linebacker seemed to be such a stand-up guy. He played during the dismal Danny White decade and retired in 1990 just...
We Are Not Amused
Jimmy FowlerI’ve never sampled the wings at Wing Stop, now being touted incessantly as “the official wings of the Dallas Cowboys,” but their TV ad featuring Troy Aikman and Jerry Jones mock-squabbling over the last wing cracks me up ...
Weekender, Thu., Sept. 3
Anthony MarianiTonight’s Central Market show with The Burning Hotels and Chatterton has been canceled due to inclement weather and rescheduled for early October and may include a special third guest. See you then. As of now, tomorrow’s Fi...
Robin O’Hagan, Larry Love Jr. Update
Jeff PrinceA loyal Blotch reader wondered what was happening with the Robin O’Hagan fatality investigation. Recall that O’Hagan, a beloved Stockyards character, died in a car crash on Memorial Day after a Hummer driven by Larry Love J...
Goodbye Charles Gibson, Good Grief Diane Sawyer
Jeff PrinceThe retirement of Charles Gibson is a bummer. He was one of my favorite news anchors because he had charm and humility and he realized the news was more important than himself. Too many newscasters these days come across like t...
Green is the Color of Death for UTA’s Newspaper
eric.griffeyA resolution introduced during the last meeting of the University of Texas at Arlington’s student congress called for the university’s award-winning newspaper The Shorthorn to discontinue its printed circulation, an...
Like, Chill Dudes
Jeff PrinceFort Worth is among the 40 most stressful major cities in America, according to a new survey that considered sinking property values, unemployment, inflation, and poor environments. But don’t have a panic attack for chrissake...
Lobdill Lobs Bomb At Drillers, Officials
Jeff PrinceFort Worth’s embracing of the oil and gas industry continued with last night’s unanimous city council decision to allow drilling next to Trinity Park. Most people who live nearby and own mineral rights want the wells and th...