I read a book this weekend that got me thinking about spin-offs. Particularly, those spin-offs which take a beloved character from a popular sitcom and plant that character in a new place and situation. The book I read was “Art Carney: A Biography” by Michael Starr. I’m saving Art Carney, and his legendary characterization of … Continue reading Spin-Offs On Parade
Look Ma, No Polyps! Or: Wenty Tries To Tell About His Colonoscopy Without Grossing Everybody Out Did you know that February is National Colorectal Cancer Month? Well, it is. So my timing in getting a colonoscopy is excelllent. (Honestly, I had nothing to do with the timing. My nephrologist (kidney doctor) told me I should … Continue reading Look Ma, No Polyps! Or: Wenty Tries To Tell About His Colonoscopy Without Grossing Everybody Out
I have not been a big fan of AI. It gives me the creeps. In most cases, whether it’s a picture or video or whatever, there’s just enough of it that’s unsettling. The AI I do like is for purely stupid purposes. For example, somebody (or bodys) has been making a series of hilarious and … Continue reading Here’s Artificially Intelligent Johnny!
“Around Dodge City, and into territory on west, there’s just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers: that’s with a U.S. Marshal, and the smell of gunsmoke!“ -Opening phrase of the “Gunsmoke” radio series. I have been a fan of radio theater from the day a 4th or 5th grade teacher brought out … Continue reading Gunsmoke!
This is going to be one of those “grumpy old man” essays. Winter tends to gin up the grouch in me, even if there’s no snow. I decided a few weeks back to plan a little weekend getaway. Three days and two nights in the Mile High City, the highlight being a live stage performance … Continue reading Does StubHub Make You Feel Like A Schlub? Join The Club!
The above Facebook post sets the stage for what was indeed a very strange evening at Radio City. (Full disclosure: It was actually only a 16-year broadcasting career at this point. I was engaging in a little bombast.) Here, as I tried to explain it to some of my Facebook friends, is what happened that … Continue reading Basketball Bloopers And Blunders
(SFX: phone rings…twice…three times..) JILL: National Weather Bureau, this is Jill, how may I direct your call? WENTY: I would like to inquire about the possibility of weather counseling. JILL: Weather…..counseling? WENTY: Yes. You see, over the last few days our town has experienced 65 mile an hour wind gusts. And as a result of … Continue reading A Foul Wind Doth Blow
On Friday January 13th, 2023 the flu was going around in Alliance Nebraska. One of my co-workers at KCOW was a strong fellow who would probably still come to work if a dog bit his foot off. But on this day, the co-worker took a sick day. This, combined with it being Friday The 13th, … Continue reading My 3rd Anniversary Of Near Death!
2025 was a pretty darn good year. Tremendous in fact! The fact that it ended with me suffering from the Annual Post-Christmas Cold (thanks sick people on the plane!) only slightly tempered my enthusiasm. So here are things I wrote and things I did. March: Hooray For Culver City! And other California locales. I had … Continue reading Wentyworld 2025: The Year That Was
There are Christmas specials and there are Christmas episodes. This is about the latter. I have selected my ten favorite Christmas episodes from sitcom past. I limit this to sitcoms because…well, I like sitcoms. (This stuff isn’t complicated.) Happy Days: Guess Who’s Coming To Christmas In my “Happy Days Epics” series I have noted that … Continue reading Wenty’s 10 Favorite Christmas Sitcom Episodes
