TV Club: The Muppet Show, “Episode 223: John Cleese”/“Episode 224: Cloris Leachman”
- 1:32 PM — May 22 —
- Source: TV Club - The A.V. Club
Sam And Friends borrowed liberally from the catalogues of Stan Freberg and Spike Jones; the characters' skill with snappy wordplay falls somewhere between The Marx Brothers and Mel Brooks; the unsustainable anarchy of The Muppet Show: These debts are frequently acknowledged in Muppet productions, be it in Freberg popping by Sam And Friends to demand credit for the records played on the program, or Muppet Show bookings like alpha Python John Cleese or his predecessors in British silliness, The Goon Show alumni Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan. Read More
Ilene Kleinbaum: The Bachelorette Recap: It's The Muppets!
- 12:27 PM — May 22 —
- Source: NoControl
This week's episode of The Bachelorette starts off somewhat untraditionally, being that we're filming in Emily's hometown of Charlotte, NC. Read More
TV Club: The Muppet Show, “Episode 221: Bob Hope”/“Episode 222: Teresa Brewer”
- 1:36 PM — May 15 —
- Source: TV Club - The A.V. Club
For all the carefully crafted illusions that make up the Muppet universe, Jim Henson was never shy about pulling back the curtains on his film and television work. Read More
Drowned: Living in the Land of Vice
- 1:09 PM — Apr 27 —
- Source: Consequence of Sound
Jeremy D. Larson does the best Michael McDonald impersonation that I've ever seen. Read More
Weekly International News Wrap: ‘Avengers’ Assemble, Murdoch Comes Apart and Canada’s Early Morning Porn
- 10:36 AM — Apr 27 —
- Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Joss Whedon 's Avengers heads for a monster foreign bow; Rupert Murdoch 's testimony is a nightmare for the British government and an Ontario morning news channel goes hardcore. Read More
Spare Times: For Children, for April 27 — May 3
- 6:09 PM — Apr 26 —
- Source: The New York Times - New York NY
Totalitarian regimes need children: not their participation, but their loyalty. Read More
TV: TV Club: The Muppet Show, “Episode 215: Lou Rawls”/“Episode 216: Cleo Laine”
- 1:39 PM — Apr 24 —
- Source: The A.V. Club
Sex And Violence and The Muppet Valentine Show through a variation of the Koozebanian Mating Ritual, ramming the two pilots-cum-one-off-specials into each other at full speed—with explosive results. Read More
TV: TV Club: The Muppet Show, “Episode 213: Rudolf Nureyev”/“Episode 214: Elton John”
- 1:20 PM — Apr 17 —
- Source: The A.V. Club
"Last week I was dancing with Natalia Makarova. Now I'm in a steam room with a lady pig. Read More
Rare Gay, Black Opera Singer Finds Fame In Detroit’s ‘Pearl Fishers’
- 7:26 AM — Apr 13 —
- Source: CBS Local
When he was 16, Noah Stewart, an American tenor, met legendary soprano Leontyne Price when she was autographing records in a New York store. Read More
Music, movies power these fests
- 4:20 PM — Apr 12 —
- Source: Attention Must Be Paid
And rock 'n' rollers haven't been forgotten by the Florida Film Festival, which has an impressive slate of music-oriented films in this year's lineup, starting with the look into the hearts of Rick Springfield fans in "An Affair of the Heart," the world premiere elevated by the presence of Springfield himself for a Q&A session. Read More
Biography
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