An Open Letter to David Letterman
Dear Dave, As a female viewer of your show and an admirer of your comedic talents, yes, you owe me an apology and yes, you gave me—and all your viewers, your staff and most importantly, your wife—one on the air Monday night. But Dave, I expected so much more from you. I consider you highly intelligent—if a bit curmudgeonly, extremely cynical and the type who definitely holds a grudge—but you seem to think my IQ level is in the low...
TV's Funniest Guys and Gals
New blood is always a good thing, and the marquee Emmy category for best actor in a comedy series is comprised of 33% of it. But those fresh faces are up against four major comedy heavyweights, including last year’s winner, Alec Baldwin. And the other nominees are: Steve Carell, The Office Jemaine Clement, Flight of the Conchords Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory Tony Shalhoub, Monk Charlie Sheen, Two and a Half Men As the reigning...
Newest News Queen: Diane Sawyer
Whether you watch them or not– and their audiences are dwindling, yet still a potent force — the anchors of the network news broadcasts are among the most powerful people on the global stage, able to snag an interview with the president or just about any other newsworthy personage and jet into world trouble spots and history-making events, backed by the full resources of their respective news organizations. It seems only...
Cineastes Unite: Save Film at LACMA!
It’s looking more and more likely that the much-deserved outrage raining down upon LACMA’s Michael Govan for his decision to shut down the museum’s film program may result in its rebirth. That’s my optimistic take on this controversy at this moment–and my fervent hope. Between Martin Scorsese’s pointed editorial in today’s Los Angeles Times and the new and growing by the minute Facebook group,...
Jason Jones: Exposing Something Funny in Iran
“How did you make it out of there alive?,” I somewhat seriously and somewhat facetiously asked Daily Show senior investigative foreign correspondent Jason Jones and producer Tim Greenberg about their recent trip to Iran. Their mission, and they chose to accept it, thinking they were going to France, was to somehow find humor “Behind the Veil,” as they’re calling their multi-part series documenting their ten-day journey to the land of...
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