OK, but first of all Michael Carbonaro is so cute. Nancy Sinatra sang the opening song. And despite it being all those things on my list, it worked because the cast was likable and for once a gay movie did all the stupid things which a straight movie does.

But I did enjoy It's My Party. The odd thing about that was Olivia Newton-John gave the best performance. Far better than the über-hammy performance by Lee Grant. And I thought Longtime Companion, which you cannot resist calling Schlongtime Companion, was good enough. I didn't like Jeffrey, but that also suffered from…

I love this movie. Gay cinema usually sucks because it usually suffers from one or all of the following problems: 1) insisting upon beating us over the head with a Valuable Lesson, 2) such a low budget the actors are shitty, 3) too much sex, 4) wallowing in stereotypes, 5) bad writing.

I must confess it is one of those songs which still throws a chill down my spine every time, it is that damned good. There is something about that song of which I never tire.

Heat wave!

I would argue that "Heat Wave" is more appropriate and I often see it used in documentaries to signify Watts and other mid-sixties-related stories.

That would be 1992's painful vocal foursome Color Me Badd.

This was supposed to be Cher and Robert DeNiro. I'd be very curious to see that movie.

That was a real US Senator.

I read the book recently (I found a signed leatherbound copy on eBay - the book is out of print). Gotta say, the book isn't that good. Bad dialogue and exposition. But the Senate stuff crackles, in keeping with Drury's experience as a journalist.

I just want to say I love Polk also. I don't know why he isn't considered one of the greats, outside of academia perhaps.

Let's face it, Hank Fonda bombed NYC because his nagging shrew of a wife was there.

Give me Franchot Tone in Advise & Consent any day.

When I was a kid, WWOR used to show the Jack Benny Show before school. I thought it was hilarious. I really only got the cheapness jokes and the violin playing when I was in grammar school, but he always stayed with me. In my teens, I saw To Be or Not to Be for the first time and howled (still a favorite). Then when…

Aww, nuts, I just posted that. I was so excited to see the review I didn't read ahead.

"Their bark is louder than the dogs they eat back home."

Technically, he was a minister.

I disagree. She knows. She insinuated as much to her mother.

From the NY Post review of the episode:

Wow, I thought I was the only person who listened to Coast-to-Coast A.M..