Just As I Thought
Fun Stuff

Portrait of the Artist

Ah, that day when my friends Sara and Lance and I went to the Hirshhorn gallery to see the Laurie Anderson exhibit, and turned around to discover that we were being followed by… Laurie Anderson.

April 24, 2023
Cacophony

Designing Women and Teddy Z

One went on to television success, the other faded into obscurity. Here are the themes from the debut of two CBS sitcoms. Designing Women: The Famous Teddy Z: It’s worth noting — especially on the “Designing  [more...]

April 24, 2007

On the Board

Cacophony

Sister Kate and The Nutt House

Bet you don’t remember either of these sitcoms on NBC — especially “The Nutt House,” a hotel-based comedy (barely) which was produced by Mel Brooks and starred his usual troupe of characters including  [more...]

April 24, 2007
Cacophony

PBS Pledge Music

This one is both interminably annoying and yet useful. It’s a whopping fifteen minutes of looping, spangly stock music for the background of public television pledge breaks. Used for years on end by Maryland  [more...]

April 24, 2007
Cacophony

Something for Everyone on WETA

Although I was serving as the interim publicist at WETA — the public broadcaster in Washington, DC — when this ditty debuted, I disavow any knowledge of it and take no responsibility whatsoever.

April 24, 2007
Right = Wrong

The goat is being scaped

As I lay in bed this morning listening to the news on the radio, it struck me: Alberto Gonzalez will be resigning soon. I base this not only on the continued “support” from the White House, but because the  [more...]

April 23, 2007
General Annoyances

One word: Plastics

Happy Earth Day, one and all. I wonder if this year’s Earth Day is apt to be more successful than others, with the current fad of being “green”. I wonder if the green movement will grow and prosper and  [more...]

April 22, 2007