Archive for the 'Television' Category


Mailbag-Ed Sullivan

RE: The Ed Sullivan Documentary In 1965, having been urged to audition Trude Heller’s’ house band/recent Epic signee The Remains, Sullivan visited the club unaccompanied.  According to the band, he sat at a table by himself, watched one set, and asked them “Do you want to appear on my show?”  Simple as that. Paul Lanning […]

The Ed Sullivan Documentary

“Sunday Best” – Netflix trailer: View this post on Instagram A post shared by FUNK LIFE (@funklife4ever) This is not the doc you think it is… As a matter of fact, I’m not sure it would be made in today’s anti-DEI environment. You think it’s going to be a survey of Ed’s show, the highlights, […]

The Marc Maron Special

HBO Max trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwBW3do9yqc He’s not afraid of pissing off the Trumpers. I gave up listening to Marc Maron’s podcast years ago. He’s talks too much and he’s too uninformed. But having listened before that, I know that he’s pissed off a lot of people. You see Marc had an edge, as if angry that […]

Two Videos

These two TikTok clips really need no introduction, but I’m going to give them one. If you’re time-challenged, just scroll down to the links and watch them. They’re the best explanations of the topics they concern that I’ve seen all week. Yes, on TikTok. The dirty little secret is late night TV’s goal is virality […]