Entertainment Overnight -- I Have Nothing

Thank Goodness for KCPT's Lily White Weekly Talk Shows!

I saw a late edition of KCPT's "Week in Review" last night and as I said, thank goodness we have KCPT and their 2 very usually lily white and nearly completely all male talk shows, "Ruckus" and "Week in Review."

On last night's show, it was, yet one more time, all men--except one token woman--and all bleached white.

Ain't it great?

I mean, who else is going to tell us how things are? Who else should tell us how things should be?

Well, middle-aged and elderly white, largely Right Wing--at least on "Ruckus"--males, men, of course!

It's just the way it should be, isn't it?

Heck, on "Week in Review" they even imported the panel leader from England! How fantastic is that?

None of those pesky "people of color" or minorities!

Ain't nobody got time for that!

Besides, there was that one segment last evening toward the end of the show where they squeezed in a very brief story and mentioned now-deceased Royals player Yordana Ventura.

Who says they don't have minorities on KCPT's news programs?

Entertainment Overnight -- Hallowe'en Flashback

Great, old flashback. Talk about a whole 'nother era. Look how squeaky clean Dick Clark is. (For you kids, Dick Clark is the host, at the beginning of the video. He used to have a TV show. Google it).  Also, what kills me is how formally dressed the singer, Bobby Pickett is for this song. A full, dark suit and tie. How odd. If this were done in the late 60s or early 70s or after, I think we can pretty well assume he would be far less formal and more in appropriate costume for it.



Happy Hallowe'en , y'all. Have a great, safe, fun, maybe productive weekend.

On Donald Trump

Happy Thanksgiving

A couple flashbacks.



With this next one, I realized Homer Simpson, of "The Simpsons" is the same character as the father in "The Munsters", Herman Munster. Same guy, same gag. Both work.



Have a great day and weekend, y'all.

Two of the best scenes from TV, possibly ever

First from now gone "West Wing":



And then, more recently, from HBO's "Newsroom":

Why America isn't the greatest country in the world anymore from nrcbtnue on Vimeo.

Both written, rather no surprise, by Aaron Sorkin.

Entertainment Overnight -- Budweiser hits it out of the ballpark

I don't think I'm the only one that thinks Budweiser made a rare, terrific commercial here.

"I'm back. I'm back."

True then, truer now

Kansas City gets a black eye

How embarrassing.

'Modern Family' Stars Get Stuck In An Elevator For One Hour In Kansas City Hotel

 

Embarrassing for the Sheraton, sure, but for Crown Center, too (and the Halls, frankly) but for all of Kansas City.

This went out over the AP and all the news outlets. It's been on ABC News, Huffington Post, TMZ and all kinds of media outlets.

Nice.

One of the actors, Eric Stonestreet, a local guy, tries to do a cool thing and bring other stars of the TV show here for a fundraiser and what happens?

They get stuck in an elevator for nearly an hour.

Them and about 15 people, stuck in an elevator for that long.

So much for the fundraiser.

If the Sheraton and Crown Center have any sense or shame, either--preferably both, of course--they will make a BIG, big donation to the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Kansas City.

Now, what should happen is that they should go back on the show and make an episode wherein they all go back to Kansas City for some reason and end up stuck in an elevator.

Here's your good old days for you

I'm so old...

...I know what this references, in all aspects.

Enjoy your beautiful Sunday, y'all.

John Belushi redux, right here in Kansas City?

From the Star today:

Man with samurai sword robs Church's Chicken

Kansas City police are looking for a man who robbed a Church’s Chicken restaurant Tuesday night armed with a samurai sword.

The man demanded money from the cash register at the store at 55th Street and Prospect Avenue just before 10 p.m. He then left in a brown, two-toned Chevrolet pickup truck, possibly a 1980s model.

I love that. I love the insanity of it. Well, at least as long as no one was hurt.

It naturally reminded me of this:



Link to original story: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/10/24/3882132/man-with-samurai-sword-robs-restaurant.html#storylink=misearch

What will no doubt be a great, funny fundraiser tonight

Jon Stewart is having his "Night of Too Many Stars" fundraiser to benefit New York Collaborates for Autism and to help contribute to the development of autism schools, services and programs across the country. Tune in to "Night of Too Many Stars" live on Comedy Central and CC.com, tonight at 7 pm Central Time.

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One out of every 110 children was diagnosed as autistic in 2010. This year, as Mr. Stewart says, "...just two years later, it's one in every 88."

Please watch, laugh and support, if you can.

Links: http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/night-of-too-many-stars/celebrity-auction?xrs=eml_stars

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Rest in peace Andy Williams, December 3, 1927 – September 25, 2012



Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Williams

What I've always thought

Army Medical Examiner: 'At last! The perfect soldier!', political cartoon by Carl Sandburg in "The Masses."

What a shame.

This is what I've thought for years--at least since I was 16 and in high school and the Vietnam War was taking place.

I saw this, briefly, last evening on the PBS "American Masters" special "The Day Carl Sandburg Died."

It was excellent. I'd recommend you see it, if you can. Really wonderful.

Link: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/carl-sandburg/homepage-the-day-carl-sandburg-died/2267/

Broke?

These are the two actresses who play, reputedly, "2 Broke Girls" on the CBS television show.

I ask you, do these two look broke to you?

It looks to me as if they only either sold or didn't buy their makeup and hair care products alone they wouldn't be broke.

That's not any "broke" I ever knew.

Just saying.

Link: http://www.cbs.com/shows/2_broke_girls/

Quote of the day

“America…is being lost through television. Because in advertising, mendacity and manipulation are raised to the level of internal values for the advertisers. Interruption is seen as a necessary concomitant to marketing. It used to be that a seven- or eight-year old could read consecutively for an hour or two. But they don’t do that much anymore. The habit has been lost. Every seven to ten minutes, a child is interrupted by a commercial on TV> Kids get used to the idea that their interest is there to be broken into. In consequence, they are no longer able to study as well. Their powers of concentration have been reduced by systematic interruption.”

―-Norman Mailer

Blow up the TV, indeed.

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The blatant racism on network TV

I know the racism on TV has declined a great deal in the last few decades and it's not nearly as bad as it once was, by any means, but every once in a while, it just slaps you on the face.

Yet another strong example of this was shown to me last evening when I was rather "forced" to watch a couple hours of the somewhat new program "Revenge."

It's mostly about very wealthy people--who also happen to be either very beautiful or very handsome, thanks very much--but what struck me is that on all the time I watched, I saw a total of 3--count 'em, 3--black people or "people of color." And of those 3, two were insignificant, very briefly shown characters. They were two service people. The third, a woman, was a possible female love interest of one of the main male characters. Get this--she was shown only for a very short time toward the end of the show and entire evening, too.

So racism, you're still alive on network programming, it seems, even if you are dying, thank goodness.

We have a way to go yet.

We can do better than this.

Link: http://abc.go.com/watch/revenge/SH55126554

I'm so old...

...I know who Fred Murtz was.


Without Googling him.