Calling It as I See It
Charlie Sheen is at it again. He’s blowing through the mega-millions he makes for Two and A Half Men by spending it on escorts and cocaine in his ongoing share-the-wealth program. …
Celebrities
Beautiful, Wise Betty
The New Ann Landers
Ozzy Osbourne is a lot of things but a health advice columnist probably isn’t one that immediately leaps to mind. Rolling Stone Magazine has hired him to do just that and I have a couple of samples of the wizened old rocker’s wisdom. …
The Futility of Attempting to Improve on Excellence
Hollywood movie-makers are remaking The Crow. If I could I would stop them in their tracks. …
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One Lucky Couple
Imagine you’re getting your engagement photo taken in a New Jersey park and you notice a guy sitting on a bench who looks familiar. Could it be? Is it? Yup. It’s the Boss. …
Media and the Mixed-Up Message
Pat Burns is not dead. Neither are Gordon Lightfoot or Walter Gretzky. …
RIP Robert Schimmel
You already know I’m a stand-up comedy nut. And I am a fan of Robert Schimmel who died this weekend from injuries he sustained in a car crash.Â
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A Tale of Two Women
Diandra Douglas and Michael Douglas divorced ten years ago after he went through a Tiger-Woods-lite period of drug and sex addiction. They had been married more than two decades and had wed after dating just six weeks. …
Must See TV
At a dinner gathering at our friends’ place last night we got talking about television. One of the gang is anticipating a work/life/commute change and she’s excited about actually watching TV shows as they happen. Of course, that’s no longer necessary in these days of PVRs and “on demand” television channels. But it brought me back to the days of ‘appointment tv’. …
Dr Laura’s Flapping Pie-Hole
Dr. Laura has been dishing out judgemental advice on radio airwaves for 30 years and she’s about to hang up her headphones after this latest fracas over something she said. …
Changing Goals
Years ago when someone would ask me my ultimate career goal I’d say, “to replace Mary Hart on Entertainment Tonight!” Well Mary Hart is finally leaving the show and fortunately for me, my goal of succeeding her was happily abandoned long ago – so I’m not disappointed that I wouldn’t be considered for the job in a million years! …
Who Can I Sue?
Lawsuits for gigantic amounts of money crop up every once in a while and usually over something pretty stupid. …
Sweet Sounds
820 Cham in Hamilton has abandoned its feeble stab at the talk radio format and has returned to its roots – country music. Yesterday I tuned in to find out how it was going and heard one of my favourite singers of all time. Ronnie Dunn of Brooks and Dunn, singing My Maria. …
A Deep Mental Filing Cabinet
I’ve noticed a trend developing in my little life. …
Naming the News
So ol’ Lloyd Robertson, the man who has had a grandfatherly smile for as long as I can remember is finally going to retire after leaving a 35 year butt-print in the CTV anchor chair. Well, he wasn’t the main anchor that whole time but I really wanted to write “35 year butt-print”. Naturally, people are asking me about his replacement, Lisa LaFlamme. I say “Hurrah!” but not because she’s a woman, because she’s a Lisa. …
“Entertainment” Television
Former host of The Insider, Pat O’Brien, is writing his autobiography. The nasally-voiced, bookish talking head made headlines a few years ago for creepily propositioning a young female colleague (caught on tape, on her answering machine) and later for a workplace email in which he claimed Insider co-host Lara Spencer made viewers “want to vomit”.  So the man’s no saint.  He has sobered up and is trying to fly right. …
Things I Learned This Week
If I ever see dolphin on a menu, it’s not necessarily a reason to be startled that a fellow mammal is being pan-seared and served on a bed of rice. …
The Good Doctor is Out of the Office
I have to admit I didn’t even know Dr. Demento was still on the air! …