Happy Father's Day

Especially to my own father, Cliff, who is both my hero and role model. Note to those wives and kids planning to celebrate: no brunches. That’s Mother’s Day stuff. Let the old man sit in front of the TV and watch NASCAR or the WNBA.  Or watchFIELD...

My botched attempt at a summer romance

More from my book, THE ME GENERATION... BY ME (GROWING UP IN THE '60s).   By the way, it's the PERFECT Father's Day Gift.   And now take the Way-Back machine to 1969I started going out with Rhonda. She lived in Philadelphia and...

Friday Questions

Get your Friday Questions answered here! VincentS is up first.Was it ever on the radar to make Bebe Neuwirth a regular on FRASIER? Since I’m not really qualified to answer that, I got one of the shows creators, David Lee to graciously respond for me.One...

Let's introduce Tennesee Williams and the band

One of my pet peeves going to concerts is when the singer interrupts a song to throw in some patter or introductions. Songs tell a story and the illusion is destroyed once the singer steps out of the moment. It’s insulting to lyricists. What if...

Reviewing shows on NETFLIX

It can’t be done. Not without totally ruining them. Since everyone watches NETFLIX series on their own schedule there’s no way to review anything without being a spoiler. This is fine for me, but my heart goes out to poor TV critics. Some of the...

Another one of my rants

As if they do any good.This is for all the showrunners of new multi-camera sitcoms (i.e. shows shot in front of a live studio audience) that the networks have recently picked up.   The format is much maligned, but hopefully this will help...