Archive for the 'Television' Category


Mailbag-Rossington/Maher/Nile/Kooper/Ticketing/Smith/Raitt

GARY ROSSINGTON/LYNYRD SKYNYRD In April of 1987 I was working with Alex Cooley and Peter Conlon promoting concerts in Atlanta and still doing a little management. My old friend Gary Rossington and his wife Dale Krantz Rossington called me to say Amber Ertegun suggested they talk to me  about me managing their band Rossington. We […]

Re-Bill Maher

Thank you for calling out Bill Maher and his nonsense.  Over the years he has gone from modestly funny to an old man screaming at a cloud, ranting constantly about “wokeness” being the thing that will destroy our culture, while mostly giving the people who are actively trying to destroy democracy a pass.  Sure, some […]

History Of The World, Pt. II

Are you watching this? It’s so STUPID! Which is why it’s so great. The “Curb Your Enthusiasm” takeoff is genius. Even down to the staring contest between Judas and the Roman soldier. The original “History of the World,” you know, “Pt. 1,” was uneven. It’s hard to do comedy, it’s hard to be consistent. Mel […]

Kleo

Netflix trailer: https://bit.ly/3mtHYtW George Drakoulias told me to watch it. First we had to finish “Shrinking,” well at least everything but the last episode, had to wait until 3/4 to watch that, and then… I trust George. I was familiar with the show. But the buzz was mixed. And I passed. So revisiting the data, […]