Celebrating the Living: Alfre Woodard
I’ve watched enough PBS so that I don’t see her first. I hear her first.…
Attention Must Be Paid: Jason Bernard
One of the nice things about M*A*S*H was that it was quite good at giving…
Celebrating the Living: Garrett Morris
For what it’s worth, Saturday Night Live was not, according to him, his worst job.…
Attention Must Be Paid: Virginia Capers
There are probably not a lot of black women who got their start on the…
Celebrating the Living: Denise Nicholas
The problem with the rise and fall of Blaxploitation is that it happened too fast…
Attention Must Be Paid: Carl Anderson
Probably the luckiest thing in Carl Anderson’s life was that Ben Vereen didn’t do the…
Celebrating the Living: Conan O’Brien
Conan O’Brien is an incredibly smart man, and that’s one of the reasons his career…
Attention Must Be Paid: Ninón Sevilla
If it is true that people rarely get added to the schedule through Cop Rock—and…
Celebrating the Living: Lee Meriwether
Today, we have gotten to at least our seventh Catwoman, managing all but one while…
Attention Must Be Paid: Larry Linville
It’s hard not to feel sorry for Larry Linville. Someone on Teespring is selling a…