More Christmas Songs to feed your soul at the holidays and all year long
Recently, I did a deep dive into Christmas music videos. During the holidays Christmas music is everywhere, so much so that it goes in...
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Dan Connors
- Dec 7, 2022
- 5 min
Is Disney Too Woke? And What Does Woke Even Mean?
Does the Walt Disney Company have a woke problem? Unlike in any other period of their history, Disney is aggressively embracing...
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Dan Connors
- Dec 4, 2022
- 6 min
The Marx Brothers- Lightning in a Bottle
“The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.” “I, not events, have the power to make me...
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Dan Connors
- Nov 16, 2022
- 5 min
Newhart- the crazy world inside of a gentle mind
"All comedians are, in a way, anarchists. Our job is to make fun of the existing world." Bob Newhart Bob Newhart is one of the sneakiest...
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Dan Connors
- Oct 17, 2022
- 5 min
Hadestown Etc- Musical Theater Notes From 2022
"See, Orpheus was a poor boy But he had a gift to give: He could make you see how the world could be, In spite of the way that it is." ...
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Dan Connors
- Sep 13, 2022
- 5 min
Steven Colbert behind the scenes
I recently crossed another item off my bucket list by attending a live taping of a national network television show, and it did not...
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Dan Connors
- Sep 10, 2022
- 6 min
Harry Potter cancelled? The play that survived its creator's banishment
I recently went to New York City and saw the new play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, along with the large Harry Potter shop on 23rd...
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Dan Connors
- Sep 4, 2022
- 4 min
SCTV- Laughs from up north, eh?
Sketch comedy has a long and storied history in American television, from the days of Your Show of Shows to Jackie Gleason to Carol...
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Dan Connors
- Aug 21, 2022
- 6 min
Scrubs- can hospitals be funny?
At the turn of the century, reality shows were the next big thing, and the biggest reality show of all was Survivor- a million dollar...
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Dan Connors
- Jun 25, 2022
- 3 min
Get Smart- Would you believe a show could last five seasons with just a few stupid recurring jokes?
The 1950s and 1960s were the height of the cold war, and spy thrillers were extremely popular during that period. James Bond movies were...
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Dan Connors
- May 21, 2022
- 4 min
Saturday Night Live- The last water-cooler television show
When television first went nationwide in the 1940's, there were only three networks and the shows that were broadcast became a part of...
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Dan Connors
- Apr 22, 2022
- 8 min
We are all Archie Bunker- how one tv character exposed America in all its contradictions.
The 1960's were one of the most turbulent and consequential decades in American history, but you'd never know it from the pop culture of...
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Dan Connors
- Mar 5, 2022
- 5 min
WKRP in Cincinnati- That Other 70's Show
Comedies of the 1960's for the most part were silly, innocent, and safe. The world of Leave it to Beaver, Gilligan's Island, and The...
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Dan Connors
- Feb 2, 2022
- 6 min
The Eternal Winter of Hogan's Heroes
Sometimes shows get on television that just don't make any sense. Hundreds get proposed every year, dozens of pilot episodes get made,...
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Dan Connors
- Jan 8, 2022
- 5 min
Pearls Before Swine- comic relief in dark times
Pearls Awaits the Tide: A Pearls Before Swine Treasury Stephan Pastis 2021 I'm one of the dinosaurs that still read the daily...
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Dan Connors
- Jan 2, 2022
- 5 min
Mork and Mindy- comic genius meets corporate incompetence
Robin Williams, who tragically passed away in 2014 was a true comedy legend. I read an amazing biography about him that came out in 2018...
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Dan Connors
- Dec 6, 2021
- 6 min
The Monkees- The Prefab Four and their unlikely rise to stardom.
"Madness!! Auditions Folk and Roll Musicians-Singers for acting roles in new TV series. Running parts for 4 insane boys ages 17-21. ...
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Dan Connors
- Dec 1, 2021
- 4 min
Dopesick- Hulu's maddening, sad miniseries on the opioid crisis.
Watch the trailer above to get some idea what this miniseries was about, and watch all episodes if you can. It will make you both mad...
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Dan Connors
- Nov 1, 2021
- 7 min
M*A*S*H- The most watched television show of all time
Comedy and war seem like unlikely companions. War is a brutal, dark, and violent endeavor that brings out the worst in people, while...
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Dan Connors
- Sep 27, 2021
- 6 min
Star Trek- The Voyages of Hope
"Star Trek speaks to some basic human needs: that there is a tomorrow. It's not all going to be over with a big flash and a bomb. That...
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