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A Preview of This Week?
Allan J. Lichtman believes that Donald Trump's major accomplishment will forever be that "He has done more than any American in history to convince his fellow citizens that their votes are not counted honestly." And he points out that this is in spite of the fact that — and I…
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Mid-Term Crisis
Some recent stories from The Daily Show… [...] Read More... from Mid-Term Crisis
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Gator Aid
The very first cartoon show Hanna-Barbera produced for television was The Ruff & Reddy Show which went on the air in 1957. It was followed by The Huckleberry Hound Show (1958), The Quick Draw McGraw Show (1959), The Flintstones (1960), The Yogi Bear Show (1961) and Top Cat (also…
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Why I Don't Like Halloween
Here's this again… At the risk of coming off like the Ebenezer Scrooge of a different holiday, I have to say: I've never liked Halloween. For one thing, I'm not a big fan of horror movies or of people making themselves up to look disfigured or like rotting corpses. One time when…
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Cheesecake Chatter
Desi Lydic "Foxsplains" Obama's Cheesecake Factory joke. As the clips in this video show, no one on the Trump side seems to understand what it meant but they know Obama said it so they have to come up with some sort of outrage… [...] Read More... from Cheesecake Chatter
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It Gets Better…
I was a big fan of a sitcom called The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis which ran four seasons on CBS — from 1959 to 1963. When I found the first episode (i.e., the pilot) online, I decided to post it here so maybe some of you would watch it, like it and seek out [...] Read More...…
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Fred Sez
So…let's forget about the election in this country for a moment and focus on the recent one in Israel, which could have more than a little impact on this nation. Here's what Fred Kaplan has to say about it… Israel's election this week was so close that neither of the contending…
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Ask ME: Copying Voices
Micki Dee St. James writes to ask… You may well have answered this before but my memory is not what it once was. Seems to me voice actors are scrupulous about claiming they never steal someone else's voice completely — that would be theft. They always introduce subtle…
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Fred Sez
Fred Kaplan says that the biggest loser in next week's election could be…wait for it…Elon Musk. Here's an excerpt from Fred's article… This is a crucial election for millions of Americans, whether they realize it or not. Elon Musk understands his own stake in the outcome very…
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At Long Last…
Some of you probably check in with this blog several times a day, waiting for me to feature a group of ukulele players performing the song, "Build Me Up, Buttercup." I never want to disappoint my readers so… [...] Read More... from At Long Last…
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It's the Jimmy Awards!
I've become a fan of the Jimmy Awards and you're probably wondering what those are and who the hell is Jimmy? Well, the Jimmy Awards are The National High School Musical Theatre Awards and they've been doled since 2009. The goal is to elevate theatre arts education in schools…
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Wabbit Eternal
The no-one-saw-it-coming death of Eric Bauza has hit a lot of people, in and outside the animation industry, hard. That's in part because the man was so accessible and friendly. He said yes to every event, every panel, every request for his participation. When I asked him to…
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Go See It!
I don't imagine that a lot of people who come to this website are enthusiastically voting Republican in the current election. But just in case there are some of you, Jon Stewart has just made the perfect case why you should not do this… And if you need further convincing, watch…
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About Eric Bauza
Yeah, it's been confirmed. Hypertensive Cardiovascular Disease. Damn. Here's a better photo of him… [...] Read More... from About Eric Bauza
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Eric Bauza, R.I.P.?
Eric Bauza is — and maybe I have to say was — a hugely-talented Canadian voice actor who quickly became one of the most in-demand performers. He even landed the plum job of speaking for the major Warner Brothers characters like Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Tweety. His Facebook…
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And While We're On That Topic…
And speaking of Wicked and politics…just after I reposted the video of Wicked cast members urging you to vote in the 2020 election, I stumbled across this — and I can't believe I never saw it before. It's Kristin Chenoweth singing a repurposed song from Wicked to urge voting for…
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Vote! Vote! Vote!
This is labeled as a special dispatch from the land of Oz but it's also a dispatch from October of 2020 when COVID was still keeping some of us home and when it seemed imperative to vote against the Wicked Witch named Donald Trump. I posted it here on October 7, 2020 and I just…