Theme Time Radio Hour: Fast Food
Regular readers may know my short-lived but potent obsession with the radio program Theme Time…
Celebrating the Living: Carel Struycken
Very few people’s careers start with someone abandoning their car at the corner of Hollywood…
Attention Must Be Paid: Susan Hayward
There was a time when Hollywood made what they called “women’s pictures.” These were movies…
Disney Byways: “Mickey’s Garden”
In the Mystery Science Theater 3000 short “The Truck Farmer,” one of the jokes is,…
Love Kills: Persia on WAR OF THE ROSES
“When a couple starts keeping score, there is no winning. It’s only degrees of losing.” …
Year of the Month: Roland Saint-Laurent on LOOK WHO’S TALKING
Part of the late ’80s mini-wave of baby movies, which includes 1987’s Baby Boom and…
Disney in Transition: THE LITTLE MERMAID
In 1937, Disney graduated from shorts to features with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.…
Pictures of a Revolution: 2004
Welcome to Pictures of a Revolution, a year-by-year study of the output of Revolution Studios. This…
Taco Break Of The Month: No Longer in Play with MAJOR LEAGUE by Miller
In case you have never had basic cable at any point in the past 30…
Celebrating the Living: Denise Crosby
Quite famously, Nichelle Nichols wanted to quit Star Trek. The show didn’t do anything with…