I’m watching the first season of Homicide: Life on the Streets and especially enjoy the performance of Jon Polito, who was axed after the first season to get someone reportedly more telegenic. Polito is a gem in his film and TV appearances. Here’s a You Tube Polito comedy reel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9vN–f4-O8
He also did a Paine Webber commercial:
And Rockworks Riff after Katrina:
A scene from Frank’s Last Dance:
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.