In 1964, NBC aired a Christmas episode of their weekly anthology series “The General Electric Fantasy Hour.” It was a stop-motion animated adaptation of the book and song “Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer.” NBC aired the Rudolph hour every year until 1971, when CBS snapped up the rights. And for over half a century, that’s … Continue reading Rudolph Revisits The Peacock
I read an interesting book today called “With Love, Mommie Dearest” by A. Ashley Hoff. It’s about the creation and legacy of the motion picture “Mommie Dearest.” “Mommie Dearest”, if you aren’t familiar, is a movie based on a book written by screen actress Joan Crawford’s adopted daughter Christina. Joan Crawford, you see, was….nuts. She … Continue reading No Wire Hangers…Ever!
Mercy! It has been a dog’s age since I’ve written something for ye olde blogge. Do I have a legitimate excuse? No. Do I have completely fraudulent excuses? Of course! -It is too hot to think.-My laptop came down with vapor lock.-I’ve been too busy planning my run for the presidency. I’m planning to run … Continue reading Random Blatherings
Sometimes I look around and realize that I am inundated with Blu-Rays and books and CDs. I don’t do this on purpose….it just happens. There are just so many good things! And I have zero sales resistance. So this weekend, I threw my own little one-person film festival. The program consisted of three movies, two … Continue reading Saturday Night At The Movies
Tonight, Pat Sajak hosts his final episode of “Wheel Of Fortune”. His farewell remarks have been all over Facebook today but I’m trying to avoid them….I want to see the final episode in its entirety. Pat Sajak’s dry humor will be sorely missed…he was a perfect match for this game. And yet, there was a … Continue reading The Replacements
I don’t quite know why I decided to do this. I don’t know if anybody wants to read it. But I wanted to look at the doctors notes during my month long hospitalization at Poudre Valley Hospital in Colorado. It’s harrowing. When I was first admitted I had the flu and a lovely gift basket … Continue reading The Story Of My Almost Death
It’s Saturday night. SNL is a rerun. So I’m playing back some “Happy Days” episodes from one of my streaming services. I had kind of forgotten about the auto-record I did, and so I have 36 “Happy Days” episodes in the vault. (I’ll probably watch one or two more episodes and trash the rest…I’ve seen … Continue reading Fonzie’s Eyes And My Kidneys
A few years ago on Facebook, some dear friends and I shared photo memories of a trip to New York City that happened in the Spring of 1998. It was my final year at SUNY Brockport, a year during which I had a quote-unquote “humor column” in the student newspaper. Which is fortunate, because I … Continue reading Wenty and Adam and Pat and Heather and Sally
I take great pride in my ability to have fun on vacations despite my long list of problems and catastrophes while traveling. For example! My sister Joey Bean and I went to L.A. In a fit of shenanigans, I started jumping on the hotel room bed…and promptly fell off and laded on my hand. I … Continue reading Vacation Tribulation
DOC: Here we are at the final chapter of our GGR Networks history: Specials and Co-Productions! Co-productions are series that involve other creative voices besides Doc and Dave. I think the first of these was “Ten Songs Will Survive”, which is also the only one of our series that can legitimately be labeled a podcast. … Continue reading The GGR Networks Story: Chapter Five
