Here’s another video from the Western Canadian Reason Conference. This one shows how Jesus has been pictured through the ages. Even though he was a Jewish Middle Eastern man, he’s been most commonly pictured as someone with the same ethnicity as those who were doing the picturing. There is a lot of humor in this … Continue reading Picturing Jesus
Alan, Angie, and Clarke
There are a couple of recent Fresh Air episodes that I want to highlight. First, there’s a retrospective episode of interviews from several years ago with Alan Cumming and Angela Lansbury. Cumming talks about his appearance in Caberet among other things, and the Lansbury interview is from 1980, so she’s talking about her role in Sondheim’s … Continue reading Alan, Angie, and Clarke
The Gass Boys
Our family moved into the house on West Main Street in Richland, PA, in late November 1957, and one of my first memories of that house is being sent to my room to take a nap. This was an all-purpose punishment whenever I did something that didn’t please my mother, or whenever she simply wanted … Continue reading The Gass Boys
Escape from Ben Casey
In the early 60s there were two medical shows on TV, Dr. Kildare and Ben Casey. I watched the first one which was on in the early evening, but I couldn’t watch the latter which was shown at 10 o’clock, as that was past my bedtime for a school night. However, Ben Casey was rather famous for a … Continue reading Escape from Ben Casey
The One with David E. Kelley
David E. Kelley has been responsible for more TV shows than just about other single writer-producer. From LA Law (created by Steven Bochco) to The Practice to Ally McBeal to Boston Legal to Chicago Hope to Harry’s Law to Love and Death to The Lincoln Lawyer to Big Little Lies to— The list goes on. … Continue reading The One with David E. Kelley
A Very Stable Genius Part Two
I like Randy’s parody videos better when he uses a song that I know, like this one.
OK
I watch a fair number of foreign movies and TV shows, both those originating in other English speaking countries as well as some from countries that speak a different language. I’m frequently surprised at how many references to American culture they contain. Perhaps it’s not that much of a surprise in the English speaking countries, … Continue reading OK
Finding Roommates
In the previous episode, Mike Carr bugged out of our roommate agreement leaving me less than a week to find two roommates and off-campus housing for the following year. Well, that didn’t take long! Actually I don’t remember anything about searching for roommates after Mike Carr unceremoniously dumped me, but as I considered Carl Gruber … Continue reading Finding Roommates
Ross Bagdasarian
Having mentioned “Witch Doctor” the other day, I had to look to see what was available on YouTube, and there is a video of David Seville performing it. Well, lip-syncing to it. I remember those nonsense syllables so clearly after all these years: “Oo! Ee! Oo-ah-ahh. Ting. Tang. Walla-walla bing bang. Oo-Ee! Oo-ah-ahh. Ting tang … Continue reading Ross Bagdasarian
Do Not Forsake Me Part 3
In High Noon Sheb Wooley plays Ben Miller, one of the three gunslingers who rides into town at the start of the film. While he had a modest career as a character actor and went on to a recurring role on TV’s Rawhide, his voice has appeared in over 400 motion pictures. Wolley appeared in the … Continue reading Do Not Forsake Me Part 3