Archive for the 'television' Category

The Artist

Friday, June 27th, 2008

The kind of conversation I love. The artist talks about his life and his art. Damn.
“America was founded by slave owners who wanted to be free.”
                                                 -George Carlin, 1937-2008

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Okay, it’s official: “Bill Moyers Journal” is my favorite honorary Black public affairs program. If Tony Brown wasn’t semi-retired, I guess he’d be worried! LOL!

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The King’s Tome

Monday, June 16th, 2008

The new biography of Jack Kirby really isn’t that; it’s an authorized, more-polite-than-it-should-be version of his life used as an excuse to showcase his great art. And thank God for it.
Jack Kirby is responsible for two-thirds of every childhood smile I ever made. Period. The Fantastic Four. The Silver Surfer. The Incredible Hulk. The Mighty Thor. The […]

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Belated Condolences To……..

Monday, June 16th, 2008

…..the families of Harvey Korman, who I will always think of first as The Great Gazoo, and second as that hysterically funny man on “The Carol Burnett Show”

 and to Tim Russert.

When Russert first took over “Meet The Press,” I wasn’t very excited. He seemed to turn a serious, sober news program that used to feature […]

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Woo-Woo! A Black Panther Cartoon!

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

Man, am I READY for this!
And for the uninitiated……..

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No! Anyone But Tosh!

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

 
First Maid Marian on “Robin Hood,” and now this? Damn BBC!

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Zora Is My Name!

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Yes, it is. And you’ll be on “American Masters” tonight. I can’t wait.

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Much better, on LEVELS, than the journalistic hit-job he did on my hometown in 1986.

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…..you’ll just have to see the Newseum for itself. I just can’t do it justice.

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And Now, Season Four

Friday, March 28th, 2008

And just when I swore I was not going to watch it illegally online this season, that I was not going to care so much this time because of Freema getting the boot (well, sort of).
*SIGH*

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