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Farewell to the Prisoner in Cell 13

Patrick McGoohan, actor, director and co-creator of one of the greatest SF series ever, The Prisoner died yesterday. I wonder if he got to see any of the new version.

I Love Jon Stewart

Know why? Here’s why – because he’s unafraid of stating the obvious to someone who deeply, desperately needs to hear the obvious. Yes. I

The VP Debate (as seen on Saturday Night Live)

So, last night Evil Dad asked me if I’d seen the SNL sketch about the VP debate. I hadn’t. I tried to embed this but I can’t, so here’s the link. Enjoy. If Queen Latifah and Tina Fey were to suddenly announce their candidacy for President/Vice President (doesn’t matter to me which one has which [...]

Tim Russert, host of NBC’s “Meet the Press”, died today of an apparent heart attack. He was 58. I really enjoyed “Meet the Press”, primarily because of Russert. He was cheerful, charming, and unafraid to ask questions of powerful people. Questions that nobody else was interested (at the time) in asking. Including, in 2004, George [...]

Al Jazeera TV

Does anybody have any hints or tips on how this lowly American can watch Al Jazeera TV without watching it on the computer? Apparently our fine cable network doesn’t think we need to see that here. I doubt that our local satellite provider would do better.