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09.12.2024
For this morning's Holiday Fest, we have a total joy. As readers of these pages know, especially since I mentioned it the other day, I'm a huge fan of the "Goes Wrong" folk -- who've done several...
Tonight's Fest is all you want. Two completely different songs titled, "All I Want for Christmas is You" -- and both wonderful. The first is the one that most people think of, Maria Carey's song. ...
08.12.2024
This is a fascinating, totally unexpected treat. It came to my attention when I was scrolling through YouTube and came across something marked The Miracle on 34th Street, which said it starred...
While "Hallelujah" isn't precisely a traditional Christmas song (nor little-known), it comes close enough for the season and this particular version qualifies for our "little-known" purposes. ...
07.12.2024
For today's Fest, we have three of my favorite holiday recordings. Hugely-known songs, but not arranged like this. These are come from my Internet friend, the talented composer, arranger,...
The other day I mentioned my longtime friend, John Kander, all the way from back at Camp Nebagamon, and how his nephew Jason Kander was being featured on 60 Minutes (which you can see here ). ...
06.12.2024
It’s never a good sign when a cabinet nominee needs to have his mom go on TV to defend him. And oh-so far worse when the position is to be Secretary of Defense, in charge of the Pentagon,...
Happy Ollie Days. I posted this in 2021 for the first time, and loved the video so much that I thought it deserves repeating on this anniversary day and being made a bonus posting this year. ...
05.12.2024
On Sunday, I posted a Media Alert about a double-segment on 60 Minutes. It was about Jason Kander (nephew of my longtime friend John) who organized, with the help of others, a remarkable,...
Robert J. Elisberg is a political commentator, screenwriter, novelist, tech writer and also some other things that I just tend to keep forgetting. Elisberg is a two-time recipient of the Lucille...
To continue the Fest, this is a Christmas recording that blends two worlds -- totally unknown, yet hugely-well-known and wonderful. How can that be, you ask??! I'll explain. The main song here is...
No, that's not just a holiday greeting, but something else entirely. Let me explain... My Holiday Fest posts have made me think of one of my favorite, little-known holiday movies which I figured I...
04.12.2024
For today's Holiday Fest, we have songs that are both the unknown and known -- though an uncommon version. Both are from Marlene Dietrich. This first is her recording of "Der Trommelmann" -- which...
We interrupt the Holiday Fest currently in progress so that we my bring you this special posting. The Holiday Fest will return soon -- like this evening. This afternoon, though, we honor the...
I was thinking of just turning over the page to President’s Biden’s statement on pardoning his son Hunter because I thought it was so eloquent. But as time has passed and others, most notably...
03.12.2024
Over the weekend, I saw a social media comment that some MAGOP made in response to angry criticism at Trump nominating Kash Patel to be FBI Director, writing in his defense " The establishment...
Continuing our Holiday Fest and getting back to the main intent -- little-known but wonderful holiday songs -- how could I possibly let the season go by with a song from my beloved Pickwick ,...
02.12.2024
The guest on this week’s Al Franken podcast is David Axelrod, former Senior Advisor to Barack Obama and now an analyst for CNN. Al writes, “Donald Trump’s Cabinet selection is about as...
As I mentioned earlier, our Holiday Fest also includes a few little-seen TV specials from the past. This one tonight wasn't a standalone special per se, but instead was the Christmas special...
I’ve written in the past about my longtime friend since our days at Camp Nebagamon, John Kander (who is the nephew of legendary Broadway composer John Kander, writer of Cabaret and Chicago ) and...
01.12.2024
As readers of these pages know, I dearly love The Goes Wrong Show. It's a BBC-TV series made by the same people who created The Play That Goes Wrong, which I've written about on this site a few...
On this week’s Naked Lunch Thanksgiving podcast, hosts Phil Rosenthal and David Wild write that they “give thanks for their Naked Lunch listeners by taking calls from some of you and...
30.11.2024
An article in Politico noted an interesting, possible strategy by progressives in Congress for taking on Trump – calling his bluff on some of his campaign “promises. If they succeed, they can...
Yes, it's that time o' year. 'Tis the season. It's our annual Holiday Music Fest, starting tonight each day through the end o' the year. . Well…ever since it began it was the Holiday Music...
29.11.2024
Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse are known for their two stage musicals, Stop the World I Want to Get Off, and The Roar of the Greasepaint the Smell of the Crowd . Together, they also wrote...
And we have two more wonderful moments from The West Wing with their Thanksgiving episodes. The first here is when press secretary C.J. Cregg comes to President Bartlet's office to explain he has...
It's that time o' year, and I think it's near-impossible on Thanksgiving to not celebrate with this classic by Stan Freberg, from his great Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America . And...
This is a good way to finish off our Thanksgiving Fest. I'm a big fan of Jack Benny, and have been since a kid. Perhaps I got it from my Grandma Rose who loved The Jack Benny Program , and I...
As we continue our Thanksgiving Fest, here's a wonderful scene from an episode of The West Wing. We're going to have a bunch of The West Wing today, because Aaron Sorkin seemed to love...
28.11.2024
This is a short trip Out and About with Jiminy Glick, but yet another fun one. It's a slightly different setting from most and comes from backstage at The Tonight Show . He’s interviewing Jimmy...
Yesterday, Rudy Giuliani and his legal team moved to have his trial postponed, but the judge didn’t allow it and said it would move forward as scheduled. Afterwards, outside the courthouse,...
27.11.2024
I completely understand why Special Prosecutor Jack Smith moved to dismiss his two cases against Trump. I just wish he hadn’t done it. There was no way that Smith’s prosecutions against...
Since we're nearing Thanksgiving, I figured it was a good time to bring back my Thanksgiving-related piece from last year that starts with one of the fun "50 people try to make..." videos from...
26.11.2024
Today, once again (and again and again...) marks the anniversary of when Agatha Christie's play The Mousetrap opened on London's West End. That was on November 25, 1952 -- 72 years ago today. ...
The weekend is usually a time in politics when not much of note happens – often nothing of note. But the incoming Trump administration still keeps making headlines from its Cabinet nominations,...
I fully understand that this will be of little interest to most people here, and by "little interest," that's the polite way of saying "probably none." But one of the nice things about having a...
25.11.2024
Hosts Phil Rosenthal and David Wild welcome actress, director, writer, and producer Bonnie Hunt to "Naked Lunch." They write that “Bonnie retraces her remarkable career, including how as a young...
Broadcast from Detroit, Michigan, on this week’s ‘Not My Job’ segment of the NPR quiz show Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me! , the guest contestant is Governor Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan. Her...
24.11.2024
The guest on this week’s Al Franken podcast is professor and author Scott Galloway. Though this conversation took place well-before the election, what is discussed still has resonance. What...
We have a new one this week. The contestants are Liza Steele, Romain Fardel, and Cleo from New York City. I think the hidden song is so easy, I’d be shocked if most people not only don’t...