Archive for the 'Television' Category


We Were The Lucky Ones

Hulu/Disney+ trailer: I know this show is a year old, but an e-mail put me over the top, I decided to check it out and I highly recommend it, I’d like to think everybody would watch it, but not everybody likes a Holocaust drama and not everybody has Hulu or Disney+. So… There was a […]

Stolen: Heist Of The Century

This is my recommendation of the weekend. It’s a documentary, but it’s only one ninety minute episode long, in other words it’s neither a big commitment nor a slog, you can start it on a whim and finish it shortly thereafter. There are a few re-enactments, which usually rub me the wrong way, but what […]

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, […]