Random Stuff
Another Rainy Weekend
Jimmy FowlerThere are only three more performances in Amphibian Productions’ run of Richard Greenberg’s quietly affecting ”Three Days Of Rain.” Catch it if you can. The play features at least three characters with a grating tendenc...
2012 Doomsday Prophecy: $10 Milk
Jeff PrinceAll these 2012 doomsday prophecies I’ve been inundating myself with online and on The History Channel for the past week have put me in a funk. Pangs of anger, depression, and worry are crowding into my more typical emotions o...
Chef Tim Love Back on Bravo
eric.griffeyChef/Owner Tim Love (Lonesome Dove, Love Shack) will be back on the Bravo Network’s hit show Top Chef. Love, who recently competed on the network’s Top Chef Masters show, will appear as a guest judge on this season&...
“BobAAAY!”
Jimmy FowlerI caught most of the ultra-hyped Oprah interview with Whitney Houston (part two today at 4!), and I have to say – I really regret never seeing an episode of ”Being Bobby Brown.” (Jeff, do you have any copies lying around?...
Jay Leno Takes It On Chin In Debut
Jeff PrinceRed flags popped up in my mind when the TV commercials promoting Jay Leno’s new primetime show for weeks on end were surprisingly unfunny. Then, I kept hearing about how Leno was going to bring back funny to prime time. More ...
Cuzthisis Thrillaaa!
Anthony MarianiFort Worth will be part of a worldwide effort to perform the largest simultaneous dance. The song –– and the moves –– will be Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” Y’know. Clawed hands in the air going back and forth. S...
This Just In: World To End Soon
Jeff PrinceI watched a lot of the History Channel this weekend and was floored by all the shows about Nostradamus, the Mayans, and other ancient prophets who claimed that Armageddon, the end of days, the apocalypse, or whatever you want t...
“King Of The Hill” Will Be Missed
Jeff PrinceThe joy of watching the Dallas Cowboys kick butt in their season opener on Sunday was saddened later that evening when “King of the Hill” aired its series finale. Hank, Peggy, and Bobby Hill of “Arlen” have been welcome...
Want an NEA Grant? Only if You Voted Obama
Anthony MarianiIn the 1930s, the U.S. government conscripted visual artists across the country to create what amounted to U.S. propaganda: murals of muscular farmers, posters of empowered women. The goal was to help motivate Americans out of ...