I seem to be on a showbiz kick lately, and I’m glad it took me to this interesting behind-the-scenes look at one of the greatest sitcoms of all time. The Mary Tyler Moore Show has kind of… more →
Cannonball Read Vwrote 4 days ago: I seem to be on a showbiz kick lately, and I’m glad it took me to this interesting behi … more →
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wrote 3 weeks ago: One Last Thing Before I Go has a premise problem, or really, two premise problems. Maybe even … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: Judd Foxman’s father’s death could not have come at a worse time. Fresh off the w … more →
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wrote 1 month ago: In this, the first novel of a trilogy, newly-minted Detective Hank Palace of the Concord, NH Police … more →
wrote 2 months ago: The early chapters of Ira Levin’s debut crime novel crackle and hum with the intensity … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Ugh. If there’s any character in Michael Chabon’s most recent novel which serves as a st … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Warren Littlefied was an executive at NBC throughout it’s Golden Age, first as a second … more →
wrote 3 months ago: This is a terrible book and no one should ever read it. How’s that for a review? You want more … more →
wrote 3 months ago: A man (who may be a fictionalized version of the author) summons up the temerity to finally a … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Recently, I downloaded the free Kindle edition of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in … more →
wrote 3 months ago: William Goldman is one of the best screenwriters of all time, having written such classics as Butch … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Candice Millard’s Destiny of the Republic is a first-rate retelling of the dramatic eve … more →