I'm finally playing Vegas!

No, I'm not opening for Sinatra (yet).  But tomorrow night I will be speaking at the Las Vegas Academy of the Arts at 7:00.  I'll be discussing my career and ways to reinvent yourself.   Okay, and maybe I'll sing a few of my hits. But...

Who is your favorite TV president?

A recent Reuters poll found that fictional TV presidents scored a much higher approval rating than our actual president. Even Francis Underwood kicked ass. And not only did he kill people, he had the audacity to propose cutting Social Security.So...

A key to directing

Just finished directing another episode of INSTANT MOM that was written by that sparkling young writing team of Annie Levine & Jonathan Emerson. I’d like to thank them for writing in stunts and a dog. But it was a terrific script and INSTANT...

Inside THE PRICE IS RIGHT

Today is my daughter Annie's birthday. So as a salute I thought I would reprise something she wrote for the blog a few years ago. Thanks for being such a wonderful daughter. And for being funny. I love you.My daughter Annie recently attended the...

Why I'm glad I got out of radio

I thank “Kung Fu Fighting.” I was a disc jockey in San Diego in 1974 working the 7-midnight shift. Although we were called a Top 40 station, our playlist was more like Top 20. Research suggested that repetition was the key to rating success so...

Friday Questions

Yes, it’s that time of the week again.Ted O'Hara with the first Friday Question:Have you ever found that you've boxed yourself in on future stories due to some plot detail in a past show that seem innocuous at the time? And if so, how did you get out...