You mean David Simon?

"Isaac Bashevis Singer’s fantastical tales of life among ordinary Jews, with the most Jewish conception of New York standing in for Singer’s Chelm"

"Logan’s Run, the seminal 1976 science fiction classic…"

Actually, Vonnegut rated Slapstick a "D" in a section of his 1980 "autobiographical collage" Palm Sunday, wherein he grades all his previous books. (Slapstick was the first book where he got rid of the "Jr." - indeed it's tough to find any edition of a pre-Slapstick book of his these days that does include the Jr.)

Any Cat's Cradle adaptation, no matter who the director is, will have to make a good choice as to what music the Calypsos of Bokonon should be set to. (There was one example that got radio play in the '70s, with lyrics directly from the novel - "Nice, Nice, Very Nice" by Ambrosia; it's on YouTube - but that musical…

I would quibble only about one aspect of the description of Francis: What about his marriage? To me this represents a major development that ought to have been mentioned; Piama and the actress playing her are both quite good.

The novel was written in 1962 and set in the same year, and I'm glad they didn't change it. The novel specifies that Capitulation Day occurred in 1947, and it's important for the story - specifically the state of relations between Germany and Japan - that the war isn't too far in the distant past.

Sure I'm interested - isn't that where Jessica Savitch drove her Oldsmobile station wagon into a creek and overturned?

The level of editorial attention needed to coordinate a week-long Star Wars package is something I'm glad to see. But please, editors, I implore you: Take care not to refer to the 1977 film as anything but Star Wars (or at the very least, avoid writing as though it had always been called by its subtitle, which wasn't…

The best way to end the series (if it ends this season) might be to skip the elections entirely and have a "One year later" epilogue - with Eli as president.

Well, both scandals are about our leaders lying to us and not wanting to get caught.

I first noticed Mr. Lloyd in the early 1970s in a Night Gallery segment, the one where he gives a rather creepy insectoid brooch to a much younger woman he's interested in (Sondra Locke). Even never having seen him before, it was obvious he was perfectly cast.

This is forgivable to a certain extent - that is, the writer very probably has no personal memory of the Nixon scandals or his resignation.

The single "The Boxer" b/w "Baby Driver" was released months before the album came out (I bought both; I was ~13), so I tend to think of the single and not the album when I happen to hear either of those tracks.

Actually it was the mid-1970s. Star Trek Phase II was to be the flagship series of an all-Paramount syndication network, 20 years before UPN was launched. A bunch of story treatments were written, updated Enterprise designed, etc. Ultimately the pilot episode was transformed into the first feature film in 1978-79 (in…

"All Our Yesterdays' Tomorrows"

Kurtzman?

When Alicia lied to Eli by replying that no, Marissa hadn't spoken to her, didn't she think he would find out?

My spouse and I agree that after Good Wife ends, we would enjoy a series with this guy as the lead character. My only problem with him (so far) is that Jeffrey Dean Morgan's teeth are too perfect.

Regrettably - I say this as someone who paid to see the damn thing in 1989 - the only moments in Star Trek V that aren't embarrassing are those with no actors visible or audible, in particular the shot of the Enterprise in Earth orbit with the full moon behind it. That was a nice 6 seconds…