Actress comedian Wanda Sykes’ comedy routine at the White House Correspondent’s dinner is sure to generate a slew of controversy — as have other comedians’ monologues there in recent years. In her comedy routine, she spiced up a mix of jokes anyone could laugh at with some jokes aimed at Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and former Vice President Dick Cheney that led to some conservative commentators...

Earlier this week I put up a post in which the introductory historical note was better received than the subject of the post itself. It occured to me therefore that it might be a good idea for me to make a series of posts on various historical tidbits. Being both a student of history and a fan of the ‘what if’ genre I think it might be of interest to some of our readers. Frequency will of course...

Do you like great showmanship, lyrics, vocals, rock melody and musicianship? Look no further than Aerosmith…in one of their best from the album “Pump”:

As a lifelong Star Trek nerd I almost fell out of my Captain’s Chair laughing at this one http://www.theonion.com/content/video/trekkies_bash_new_star_trek_film?utm_source=a-section

When the news hit that comedian actor Dom DeLuise died today at age 75 of cancer, in one sense it wasn’t a huge surprise: he had reportedly had cancer, and for months now the supermarket tabloids have talked about how sick he was and how if anything he was eating more than ever because the end was near. True or not, the fact is that when I was a reporter on the San Diego Union newspaper reporters there...

Last summer when I was performing at fairs in Montana and Wyoming, I got to talk to a lot of high school students on the fairgrounds. In one city, some high schoolers told me saying how much they loved show biz and wanted to get into it and that during the year a few of them had worked on a classic number the Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Of Company B for a talent show. Later this year, the song came up again —...

I am not much of a Horse Racing fan and did not even bother to watch the Kentucky Derby today but the results are sending shock waves through the community of racers as wll as the gambling world. A 50 to 1 longshot, Mine That Bird, raced from behind to win. The second biggest upset in Derby history and the biggest since 1913. The payout was $ 103.20 for every $ 2 bet. So if you’d put down $ 100 on the...

So we won’t be hearing Marty McFly’s guitar solo on Johnny B. Goode. But it would be great if we did! Tonight, in our church fellowship hall, we’ll be offering a Middle-of-the-Night Breakfast to the kids who attend the evening’s Logan High School Prom. It’ll be fun. But if Biff shows up, I may need some help. [This has been crossposted at my personal blog.]

The Capitol Steps wonders if it’s a case of Obama-Mia. Meanwhile, the auto industry is ailing and its new theme song is “Help Me, Honda.”

While our last effort was unfortunately scrubbed due to a scheduling conflict, today on Movie Addict Headquarters, (4 pm Eastern Time) we will finally be conducting our live interview with that legend of stage and screen, Cloris Leachman. In addition to reminiscing over her fantastic career, we’ll be taking a look at Cloris’ recently released autobiography, Cloris. If you’d like to join us...

And here we started to think that rage was confined to talk radio, mega-partisan Congressional debates and Fox News-promoted tea parties? Rage reigned supreme when Donald Trump fired Melissa Rivers from The Celebrity Apprentice…double rage since let’s just say her mother Joan was not pleased, either: UPDATE: The New York Daily News has more details about what happened and the context..including...

Tonight the TV Land network aired their annual TV Land awards program. Among the honorees this year was Magnum PI which won the ‘Hero award’. When he accepted the award, Tom Selleck showed what a class act he is. Rather than using his speech to talk about the show or himself, he chose to talk about those he considers to be the true heroes, our military veterans. He delivered a very emotional speech...

We tried to embed this earlier but the embeds were removed. We have now found a version that allows it but the earlier posting didn’t go up correctly. FINALLY….HERE is the show-biz history-making moment when Susan Boyle wowed the judges, the audience and the world with her song on Britain’s Got Talent. REAL drama:

This is definitely a new era. Whoever would have thought you would hear people diss “fact-based journalism” — or that we’d even see that phrase? But the dissing, and existence of that phrase do exist: 21st century America is moving into a new age where many people will often only go to websites with which they totally agree, listen or watch left and right wing talk shows that already...

Several young TMV readers requested a bit more of Bea Arthur. So, after a search on You Tube, here are two SPECIAL bits that illustrated how she was multi-talented — whether in theater, television, doing some comedy or singing with her gravely voice. FIRST: Watch her re-create her Tony Award winning (1966) character “Vera” doing a key song from the musical “Mame.” The camera cuts...

ET: Arthur passed away at her home on Saturday. The spokesman said she was battling cancer, but did not elaborate on the cause of death. In the video above Rosie sings the theme from “Maude” after Bea Arthur tells her that they [used to!] sing it instead of happy birthday at The Universal Grill in the village. I love that Bea went there. My friend Sam and I used to celebrate birthdays together there....

While we often get into heated debates at TMV I think the weekend can be a time for us to relax a little bit with some lighter topics. While I am sure some of us could manage to make any topic overheated I think it is a nice idea to have something simple for the next couple days. So here are a couple subjects to debate/discuss/etc 1)  What is the oldest TV show you can think of where the major cast members...

Jack Bauer Is Not Dead by Rick Moran Greg Gutfeld wonders (parenthetically) if Jack Bauer is dead because the Obama Administration released the memos concocted by Bush era lawyers to justify the use of torture. Earlier today President Obama said charges might be brought against those evil Bush lawyers behind the just-released memos justifying the harsh interrogation techniques used against folks who wanted...

Susan Boyle And Great Britain by Dalitso Njolinjo Part of me is happy for Susan Boyle’s world wide viral success and part of me is dreading what the video on YouTube will tell the world about Great Britain. Although Susan’s moment might have been a life changing experience for her, it really did not capture ‘Britain’ (and myself) at its best. Like the audience, when I saw Susan Boyle enter...

This one’s been making the tech blog rounds… If that didn’t quench your tech-machinery-plays-music thirst, here’s a laser cutter playing the Super Mario Bros. theme. And here a CNC router plays Still Alive from Portal. For Queen fans, here a guy in a car rocks so hard to Bohemian Rhapsody that the airbag goes off and knocks him out. (Check it out soon. It’s been pulled from elsewhere...

For your Saturday morning viewing pleasure, Stop Motion Wolf & Pig…

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Some producers and networks will do anything to attract viewers. Anything. And “anything” would certainly be the category for this news story which says so much about how notoriety in 21st Century America can earn you bucks, or at least fame: Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich may be appearing — with a judge’s (iffy) approval — to be on a new NBC reality show titled ““I’m...

The increasingly grim news about the extent of pirates’ threat to the ocean off Somalia must be viewed within a historical context in the United States: for years pirates have been portrayed as kind of romantic — as murderously amusing. Many Americans today think of Johnny Depp, but for decades the Gold Standard for the colorful, amusing, homicidal pirate was none other than Captain Hook of Peter...

Music producer Phil Spector has been convicted of murder in the death of actress Lana Clarkson. Sentencing will be on May 29th. So to review California law. Murdering your parents is legal. Murdering your ex wife is legal, sort of. Murdering your wife is usually legal. Murdering a woman in your living room is usually illegal. At least if you are a rich and connected celebrity.