Wednesday, May 31, 2023
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Monday, May 29, 2023
Things I learned over the weekend
. The boss of JPMorgan is being questioned in two civil cases that allege his bank ignored Jeffrey Epstein's sexual misadventures. My bank is supposed to know about my sex life? And act on it? Kill the lights.
. The space between the letters in all these sentences? It's called kerning. K e r n i n g.
. Algonquin Park is 130 years old this month.
. The hackers the FBI hires to fight cyber-crime hackers must not have used pot in the previous three years. So they are morally superior to the bad hackers?
. Eggbeater Jesus is what locals and tourists call a Baptist church in Huntsville, AL. The local landmark has a 50-foot high mosaic. If you Google "eggbeater jesus" it will show you many pictures of ... this ...
PERFORMANCE: Psycho Psychiatrists - Fry & Laurie
Two young whippersnappers grew up to be Dr. House (Hugh Laurie) and Stephen Fry, but here they trade a rapid-fire routine of psychiatric one-upsmanship.
And unlike SNL, they stick the landing.
Clip: A Bit of Fry & Laurie - Psycho Psychiatrists
Premier Putin's Comedy Corner
Google analytics says the blog now has 11 readers in Russia.
This includes our original four spy masters in Saint Petersburg who follow it for memes and disinformation ideas.
На посошок!
Clip: Putin's pep talk for Trump | Puppet Regime | GZERO Media
Sunday, May 28, 2023
The Beauty Of Succession
It seems obvious that tonight's finale of HBO's Succession will join The Wire, Six Feet Under, The Sopranos, Game of Thrones as Classic TV.
Hope it's not an epitath for HBO, which made them all. WBD, or Max, or whatever the Warners multicorp's calling itself this week, seems intent on killing it.
Above, a five minute tribute to the photography, music and ambiance of the series.
And below, a funny line from every episode of the first three years of the series. (Tonight ends the fourth).
Seasons and individual episodes of the series can be purchased on YouTube or amazon.prime
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Saturday, May 27, 2023
TV history for sale
There's a showbiz artifacts auction
that closes in five days.
Up for sale:
David Letterman's skyline
Johnny Carson's set
The Cheers bar
Mr. Spock's ear tips
Edith and Archie Bunker's chairs
Lawrence Welk's baton
The latex Budweiser Frogs
A 1950 NBC studio camera
James Comisar began collecting
TV showbiz stuff in 1989
for a museum that never was.
Nearly 1,000 items are available,
a sweep of TV history from
Howdy Doody to The Sopranos.
All are pictured at
Above, that's the Flying Sub
filming miniature from
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
(CBS TV, 1964-1968)...
Auction 7318 | Lot: 89108
Current Bid: $80,000
Auction 7318 | Lot: 89108
Current Bid: $80,000
But you can buy bubblemaster
Lawrence Welk's baton
for about $300.
_Adam West Batman
and Burt Ward Robin costumes
ABC-TV 1966-68
Laugh-In's
Flying Fickle Finger of Fate
NBC-TV 1967-73
Bids on items currently
range from $6 (title cards)
to $500,000 (Batman & Robin)
and you'll have to prove
you're not a robot.
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