Always solid brutha David Scott Anderson just says the words “Okay, see… The Obama Administration will be funny” and proceeds to show some funny clips by John Stewart, Jay Leno, and Stephen Colbert regarding the Obama Administration. Folks, good comedians and comediennes have no problem finding humor. No matter how dry someone may appear (President Obama) the funny folks will find something. So don’t fear lovers of The Daily Show and others. Things will keep on rolling along. Besides, President Obama is funny. He’s got the too cool look down so much it’s...

During 36th Annual Tony Awards back in 1982, a classic performance was seen by people in attendance yet missed by a substantial number of people on television (who watches the Tony Awards?). The performance was turned in by Jennifer Holiday. I heard about it when I was young but never seen it. Here it is. Eight and a half minutes of emotion, spirit, and great singing. Gotta watch them Texas girls! And for those who watched the Sci-Fi network series Sliders will see the only cast member that stayed on the show from beginning to end: Cleavant Derricks (aka Rembrandt). I think I’m going...

Dean Esmay points to an article on GALATICA.TV about “Naturalistic Science Fiction” and the use of that concept in the hit television show Battlestar Galatica. Our goal is nothing less than the reinvention of the science fiction television series. We take as a given the idea that the traditional space opera, with its stock characters, techno-double-talk, bumpy-headed aliens, thespian histrionics, and empty heroics has run its course and a new approach is required. That approach is to introduce realism into what has heretofore been an aggressively unrealistic genre. Call it “Naturalistic...

Hands down, the greatest superhero to grace the totally tubular tube is… POWDERED TOAST MAN!!!! When ya just need that one slice of toast to add with your cup of steaming blood quickener, Powdered Toast Man will deliver! And you don’t need a toaster. Such joy!

Being a musician and music lover, I find myself listening to and deeply enjoying the music of some children’s shows. I particularly enjoy the music of 64 Zoo Lane. From Wikipedia: 64 Zoo Lane is a children’s television programme created by An Vrombaut. It features a girl called Lucy who lives next to a Zoo. Every night she is told a story by the animals present there. Characters include Georgina the Giraffe, Nelson the Elephant, Tickles and Giggles the monkeys and Molly the hippopotamus. The programme emphasises friendship and responsibility. Originally shown in England as part of...