The producer can only do so much. At least the Grammys are smart enough to get an outsider, as opposed to the Oscars, which constantly use someone from their industry with ties to the past and no skill putting on a TV show. But Ben Winston can’t control the voting. Everyone agrees that last night’s […]

It’ll probably be a good show. But does that mean you have to watch it? Last year Ben Winston threw out Ken Ehrlich’s “Grammy Moment” playbook and created an intimate affair that seemed to live in the present as opposed to the past. But that does not mean the show will reflect people’s tastes. Prior […]

He died. We were the first TV generation. This was before they called it the “boob tube.” Its novelty had started to wear off, but our parents still remembered getting together for Sid Caesar and “The Honeymooners.” TV was a breakthrough, just like the internet. And you’d watch anything, just for the experience, just like […]

“Downfall: The Case Against Boeing”: https://bit.ly/3gZx6hC You want to watch this. On Netflix. I’ve had a fascination with aircraft ever since my first jet flight on a Boeing 720B. We all knew the 707, it substituted for “jet” the same way “Kleenex” substitutes for “tissue.” Hell, ultimately Steve Miller sang a song about it. So […]