Random Stuff
Jennifer Valdivia Gets Ryan Howard HR Ball
Jeff PrinceJustice triumphs. The 12-year-old Florida girl who nabbed a record-setting home run ball by Philadelphia Phillies slugger Ryan Howard, and then was hustled out of her prize by team officials has finally got her ball back. Howar...
Official “Boo!” Club Selections
Jimmy FowlerI spent a childhood devouring almost everything Stephen King wrote. My enthusiasm was greatly helped, of course, when he sent me two autographed postcards almost thirty years ago saying thanks for the fan mail. As an adult, I s...
Young & Restless Are Old & Restless
Jeff PrinceI have an embarrassing confession. During my freshman year at college in the 1980s, I had a break in classes between 11 a.m. and noon and since there wasn’t much on TV back then I started watching “The Young And The Restles...
“Wink Wink, Nudge Nudge, Say No More”
Jimmy FowlerTonight on KERA-TV Channel 13, ”Monty Python Week” begins with hour-long “personal best” episodes through Oct 9 at 10pm that were hand-selected by John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin. ...
Stop the Exodus to Austin
Anthony MarianiMaybe we should start a campaign to get hip Fort Worth musicians who’ve relocated to Austin to come back. Just ’cause. First one to wrangle is alt-country singer-songwriter and Paste magazine darling Collin Herring, whose n...
Off Asides On Dallas Cowboys
Jeff PrinceDumping Jessica Simpson might have been premature. Last year, she shouldered the blame for Tony Romo’s dismal performances. Now there’s nobody to blame but No. 9. And he deserves plenty of blame for yesterday 10-17 loss to ...
More on the Obama Bashing…
Peter GormanAnother very nice friend of mine passed along one of those made up letters spelling the end of the world today. It was stupid on the face of it, but I still took the time to look up everything in the letter in the Congressional...
Weekender for Fri., Oct. 2, 2009
Anthony MarianiTired of the same ol’ bars? Tired of seeing the same ol’ people and having the same ol’ convos? Well, tomorrow (Saturday) will be your chance –– daggum it! –– to do something different! From 3 to 10 p.m. on the ne...
Ted Williams’ Head Ain’t Right
Jeff PrinceA new book says a bunch of ingrates abused Ted Williams’ frozen head. That ain’t right. Williams was an irascible cuss, for sure, but he was also what I’d call a true American hero. A top slugger among the annals ...
Isn’t It Ironic?
Jimmy FowlerDavid Letterman has never struck me as particularly talented, just surly and a little slow. Admirers have long defended Dave’s godawful interview skills as proof that “Late Show” is “the anti-talk show.” I enthusiasti...