Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni have signed deals to continue on “Law & Order: SVU,” and those of us who need NBC to do well can only say “whew.” It’s no secret the Peacock doesn’t have an embarassment of prime-time riches right now, so long live Benson and Stabler.
As it turns out, they negotiate in tandem, [...]
Archive for June, 2009
The Koufax & Drysdale of NBC
Posted in Living in the Past, Noticed, People, Sports, TV Stuff, tagged Christopher Meloni, Don Drysdale, Law & Order: SVU, Los Angeles Dodgers, Mariska Hargitay, NBC, Sandy Koufax on June 30, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Now They Come In Fives?
Posted in It's all about me, Living in the Past, News, People, TV Stuff, tagged Billy Mays, Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Gale Storm, Michael Jackson, obituary on June 29, 2009 | 5 Comments »
It’s interesting, the way we react to the deaths of celebrities.
Ed McMahon: “Oh, that’s too bad. I knew he was having problems.”
Farrah Fawcett: “What a shame. Too young. She was something, wasn’t she?”
Michael Jackson: “What? Really??? No freakin’ s**t!”
Billy Mays: “You’re kidding. The OxiClean guy? What the hell happened?”
Gale Storm: “Oh jeez, I remember her. [...]
Back From Obscurity, Briefly
Posted in Living in the Past, People, Sports, tagged Greater Hartford Open, Kenny Perry, Tim Norris, Travelers Championship on June 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
As Kenny Perry celebrates his victory in the Travelers Championship, let us take a moment to remember Tim Norris.
Tim Norris won the penultimate Sammy Davis, Jr.–Greater Hartford Open played at Wethersfield Country Club in 1982. He set a tournament record with his winning total of 259, which earned him the then-princely sum of $54,000. Tim [...]
Hell Froze Over
Posted in Digital World, It's all about me, Media, News, People, TV Stuff, tagged Michael Jackson, TMZ on June 26, 2009 | 7 Comments »
As news of Michael Jackson’s collapse and death started to break Thursday, something unusual unprecedented happened to me.
I went to tmz.com to see what they had. And they had a lot. As a matter of fact, they broke the news of his death, well before the traditional media outlets did.
I have been aware of TMZ, [...]
The Courant’s 2-for-1 Sale
Posted in Diatribes, Media, News, Noticed, Sports, tagged Hartford Courant on June 26, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Please open your major metropolitan daily to page B3 (although your edition could differ from mine.) Thank you.
I save the sports section for last to linger over the box scores and Dom Amore’s fine baseball coverage. Today there was no Dom Amore, but two Red Sox articles by Adam Kilgore of the Boston Globe. OK, [...]
The Shame Of It All
Posted in News, People, tagged Michael Jackson, obituary on June 25, 2009 | 6 Comments »
He was incredibly talented, he merged genres, he broke barriers, and once upon a time he was a very attractive young man.
So with the all the words that are being written and spoken about Michael Jackson, here is my sole contribution and observation.
I feel bad that I can only remember him as a freak.
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And the [...]
King Of The Hill
Posted in Living in the Past, Noticed, People, Sports, TV Stuff, tagged Celebrity Pro-Am, Mr. Ed, Sandy Koufax, Travelers Championship on June 24, 2009 | 5 Comments »
There was a nice field for the Travelers Championship Celebrity-Pro Am.
Among them: the usual crowd from ESPN and UConn, Joe Pesci, other actors whose faces you know but might have to think about their names (Aidan Quinn, Peter Krause, Rob Morrow, Luke Wilson, and local guy James Naughton), Boston sports guys Bill Belichick, Doug Flutie, and Dwight [...]
Just Another Glof Ad
Posted in Media, Noticed, tagged advertising, Essex Golf, spelling on June 24, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Doesn’t anyone proofread? Serivce? What the hell is serivce?
I know, picky picky. I almost wish I didn’t notice these things, but I do. (And no charge for the free ad, Essex Golf. )
What Did I Tell You?
Posted in News, People, Politics, tagged Jon & Kate Plus Eight, Mark Sanford, South Carolina on June 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Huh? I told you Buenos Aires was fantastic.
So fantastic, the governor of South Carolina took a powder on his wife and kids, and flew there for a week for the great beef, the fine wine, and, as it turns out…another woman.
Hiking in the Appalachians? Brilliant!!!
This guy makes Jon & Kate look like the amateurs they [...]
We Like To Watch
Posted in Diatribes, People, TV Stuff, tagged Jon & Kate Plus Eight, Jon Gosselin, Kate Gosselin on June 23, 2009 | 4 Comments »
10.6 million Americans watched “Jon & Kate Plus 8″ Monday night. 10.6 million. And Monday’s blog post on the subject got more hits than usual. Most of you who left a comment seem to hold the Gosselins in disdain.
So what are we to make of their…what… popularity? And if it’s not popularity, what is it, [...]
