Christopher Buckley's leaving after he announced his support of Obama in the 2008 election, was the end of National Review as the bastion of a sane conservative site. I remember when they gave John Derbyshire and Ann Coulter the boot. I'm surprised that they haven't made a triumphant return.

Didn’t the really rich in New York City back in the day prefer to be driven around in big boat station wagons, such as Buick Electras, Ford Country Squires, and Chevy Caprices with the faux woodgrain trim, as to avoid attention? I remember watching a CNN show called “Pinnacle”, which used to profile big deal business…

As a friend of mine posted earlier, 'He's in a better pLace, now."

I want to see Jerrod Carmichael and Doug Stanhope in the Sammy & Dean roles. And Louie Anderson as Captain Chaos's Mom.

"Ted was the Shemp of the Kennedys!" Sam Kinison.

The inexpensive 1940's edition of "The Great Gatsby" and other reprints of F. Scott Fitzgerald's works in paperback during WWII were what led to his rediscovery by the reading public, especially by soldiers who were starved for reading materials.

Man, Richie Aprile has put on weight.

Bill Hader had a great line as "The President Of Hollywood" in the Comedy Central roast of James Franco, when he mentioned Franco's cringetastic hosting of the Oscars. "Franco, when you hosted the Oscars, you did something I never thought possible. You made me like Anne Hathaway!"

I remember reading in Joe Queenan's "Red Lobster, White Trash, & The Blue Lagoon" where he went to see "Gone Fishin" in a multiplex near Times Square, to a near empty house. After the movie, he personally handed out refunds to his delighted fellow moviegoers.

Nesteroff collected Archie comics as a kid, and discovered the Spire ones. He was quoted about them in a Vanity Fair article about the history of Archie, and wrote a longer piece about them, which is in the link that I posted.

Comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff explains the "Born Again" Archie comics history for you. http://generationexploitati…

Her story really motivated me. To continue reading the newspaper until I got to Marmaduke. My day isn't complete unless I read Marmaduke.

Geri Jewell has become a motivatonal speaker. I know this because she recently had a speaking gig at a community college near me, and it made the local papers.

I remember reading in an interview with Louis C.K. about how he manged to get "Louie" on the air. He asked the executives at FX how much would they budget for a show per episode without his receiving any interference from the network. The executives said, $250K, and he agreed to do the show with that budget. With…

It's not that suprising. Both Six Feet Under and Boardwalk Empire were given second seasons on HBO after their premiere epsodes. I would imagine it has to do with selling the rights to the shows abroad, as well as getting commitments from the actors to stay with the program if there is a second season.

Is this the funny version of "Angie Tribeca"?

Elvis Costello would like to have a word with you.

Daniel Tosh mentioned on his show last night that his "Babe Ruth" joke wound up in "Trainwreck." He said he's OK with Schumer using it, as the "Last two white people on Comedy Central have to stick together." Of course, the bit he was doing was called "Joke Police", and he believes that more comedians should use…

On the bright side, while Captain Forehead may be retiring,as long as Eli Manning’s in the NFL, we’ll still have Daniel Tosh’s Eli Manning, “Dumbface” jokes to look forward to.

Mark Evanier wrote about "Hank" on his blog not too long ago. It was about a young man who had to raise his younger sister, as their parents had died, and he was trying to work his way through college as well. He remembered it as not being horrible, but not great, either.