I grew up on Bill Cosby’s records. I loved the little world that Coz created of his annoying brother Rudy, Old Weird Harold, Fat Albert, street football, his father the scary giant, Fat Albert’s car, Buck-Buck, the go-kart race…I could go own and own and own. (Not a typo…I’m channelling Zell.) Despite all my fondness…
Author: thehutch
Michael is standing right behind you.
Injun Joe is ticklish!
Crossgen Entertainment: Following a post about the sale of CrossGen on the Dixonverse Message Board, Chuck Dixon had this enigmatic reply: Posted on October 6/2004 at 08:39:13 PM by Chuck I know SO much I can’t tell right now. This leads me to believe that the purchase will lead to some kind of revival for…
I tell ya…
In a fitting memorial to Rodney Dangerfield’s passing, Fox News has Rodney Dangerfield’s Famous One-Liners. Note the joke which Rodney’s own web site chose to run on the day of his death: “I tell ya I get no respect from anyone. I bought a cemetery plot. The guy said, ‘There goes the neighborhood!”‘ Boy, I…
…but it will still debut this Saturday
‘Team America: World Police’ Sneaks Into Theaters Saturday, Oct. 9/2004 The guys are contractually obligated to produce a R-rated film, despite all the hoopla about the puppet sex scene. I’d love to catch it this weekend, though I imagine the theaters in Minneapolis will be jam-packed. (I’ll be at FallCon this weekend.)
I once found Robin Williams funny
Robots could be a really, really good movie. It has a stellar cast, terrific art design and production values, and it’s from the makers of the super-funny “Ice Age” …but this is a terrible trailer for it. And you know why? Robin Williams. Yes, I once found Mork from Ork funny, and his snappy banter…
Forget politics – Star Wars is more important!
The Weekly Standard is a political magazine which I only link to from here if it’s to a column by Larry Miller or Jonathan Last. This week, both Last and Matthew Continetti weigh in on the changes to the new Star Wars DVD set. “. . . So Be It, Jedi” is interesting enough, but…
Sealab 2021 – New episodes
Season 4 of Sealab 2021 will begin in November with the episode “Isla de Chupacabra.” Hat tip: the funny bumpers on Adult Swim. Another thing I learned from the chatty little white words: Harvey Birdman’s Stephen Colbert (who plays Reducto and Phil Ken Sebben) has signed on to a movie version of Bewitched, presumably as…
How do I sign up?
The Biggest Loser (which doesn’t appear to have a show web site yet) has been announced as a new reality show in which overweight people compete to lose the most pounds, all the while being counseled by fitness instructors and dietitians. The person who loses the most gets to walk away with a quarter million…
Evil Genius?
Seth’s post about Evil Genius reminds me of an observation I recently made on the Dixonverse message board: You’re a supervillain. You’ve managed to build a subterranean hideout that is heavily defended. It is fully staffed by dozens, maybe hundreds of minions, and yet no one knows about the hideout, meaning that they live onsite…
Flight of the Phoenix trailer
The trailer for Flight of the Phoenix is up. Unfortunately, while one of my favorite actors (Hugh Laurie) is supposedly in the movie, he doesn’t appear to be in the trailer. Giovanni Ribisi looks to steal the show; he sure has come a long way from being Phoebe’s weird brother on “Friends”.