Monday, July 24, is Ava Gardner Day on Turner Classic Movies... TCM host Ben Mankiewicz, in this special video, credits with leading to his job at the network. Sort of...

2017

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IN MEMORY OF THE MAYOR OF QUAHOG By Eric Gould

Family Guy has released a tribute reel in memory of former Batman! star Adam West (1928-2017), who played a monumentally self-effacing version of himself as cartoon mayor of Peter Griffin’s fictional hometown of Quahog, Rhode Island... Family Guy is going ahead with three more episodes that West had already recorded parts for...

2017

Jul

COMING TO A BOIL By Eric Gould

Senator Al Franken gets in a few zingers here in interviews with David Letterman in his new Funny or Die web-series Boiling the Frog, which looks at the politics of climate change...

2017

Jul

ANOTHER PRESIDENTIAL STAR IS BORN By Eric Gould

John Oliver's put his new acquisition, a was figure of lessor-known president Warren G. Harding, to work – starring in a new biopic about the ex-commander in chief along with some Hollywood heavyweights...

2017

Jun

UM, WHAT THE… By Eric Gould

Would that there were an easy or obvious description of this short that has been making the rounds since last week. A visit to filmmaker David Lewandowski's website leaves it simply at: “Time for Sushi is the latest in a series of short films inspired by an obsessive passion for nonsense..."

2017

Jun

MYSTICAL PIZZA By Linda Donovan

Who knew you could order dinner and a show for home delivery? James Corden and Seth Rogen delivered to unsuspecting customers along with a catch: They could have the pizza they ordered or whatever was in pizza box #2, à la Let’s Make a Deal...

2017

Jun

THERE'S A CERTAIN GLOW ABOUT THEM By Eric Gould

Based on the ’80s show GLOW, the new Netflix series of the same name uses fictional characters to tell the back story of struggling actresses (and others) who were cast and became professional wrestlers...

2017

Jun

THE LOST WEST EPISODE By Eric Gould

DC has just released the unaired episode of the NBC comedy Powerless, featuring the late Adam West as chairman of the Gotham City Wayne Industries... West spoofed his ‘60s Batman series sign-off’s with a tongue-in-cheek take to the audience, teasing them to tune in next week...

2017

Jun

‘THE PLANET OF WYH’ UNCUT By Eric Gould

Like the rest of TVWW, Alex Strachan was struck and swept over by last week’s episode of Fargo (“Who Rules the Land of Denial” 6/7/17) where several Coen Brother film tropes are reprised...

2017

Jun

IT WAS FIFTY YEARS AGO TODAY By Eric Gould

Well make that May 30th, but in their ongoing business of reexamining and repackaging their catalog, The Beatles have remastered and rereleased their landmark Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album...

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