I liked both movies, and consider Critic's Choice the last Bob Hope movie worth watching.

The Marx book isn't bad, but it does portray a more self centered Hope than the Zoglin book does. And I remember reading in the Zoglin book and the Henry Bushkin biography of Johnny Carson, that while Johnny loved talking to old school comics like George Burns, and his idol, Jack Benny, Hope drove him nuts, as his…

I remember Carson describing in his 1979 Rolling Stone interview that he liked rock music, citing his recent attendance at a Bruce Springsteen concert, and being very impressed, and said that one of the best live performances he saw was the Rolling Stones at Madison Square Garden in 1972. As he told it, it was an act…

Even funnier was Merrill Markoe's description of a "game show" that was designed around Dave's comic skills called, "Tell It To Dave." in which Dave was supposed to give snappy answers to silly problems, sort of like a 70's version of "You Bet Your Life." Markoe glowingly described the set as "Like a pyramid, with…

I remember reading where Dave wound up on a game show path for a short time by meeting Allen Ludden & Betty White, who were doing a promotional tour for "Password" and met Dave while he was working at the ABC affiliate in Indianapolis. He really impressed them and they told him to call them if he ever decided to go to…

http://classicshowbiz.blogs… Damned right. Murray knew everyone in the '70's LA comedy scene, and gave breaks to several comedians, including David Letterman.

Yep, the Zucker's and Abrahams brought Dave's audition clip along when they appeared on "Late Night." Dave was not amused, or pretended not to be. He also auditioned for the role of the anchorman character in the Kentucky Fried Movie. And he was also considered for the role of Andy Travis in WKRP In Cincinnati.

As was Dave's pal and fellow stand up comic, Jeff Altman. I remember that was the only reason I watched that fiasco as a kid.

I especially enjoyed one of Daniel Tosh's "Web Redemptions" in which he played Maher, and Andy Kindler was on the panel, lobbing insults at him. The two best insults were, "If you and Jimmy Fallon had a baby, it would be known as the kid who killed comedy!" and "What's it like to be a 60 year old man who still wears…

I remember reading where Lennon was beginning work on some sort of a book that was to be part memoir and part family history. His Aunt Mimi found out about it when he called her one day and asked her for any family heirlooms and memorabilia that she wasn't using, telling her to just set it out, and the movers will…

I read in Ben Bradlee's autobiography that he was really into restoring houses, actually doing gut work with the contractors on the homes he restored, and even built a vacation cabin by himself. When it came to Grey Gardens though, he admitted that it was way out of his skill set, and was limited to running errands…

I grew up in the Wheeling,WV area, and when my parents remodeled our house we bought
a lot of stuff at 84, simply because it was cheaper and convenient. I do remember the owner of the company being kind of right wing though, and his divorce from his wife of many years was big news in Pittsburgh. I remember a caller…

I remember after Ronald Reagan was elected in 1980, he gave an interview to CBS Sports as part of the Thanksgiving Day-Detroit Lions killing time until dinner game. It mainly discussed his time as a sportscaster and his announcing career. But then, at least Reagan knew how to play to a general audience.

To him that's probably classier than either his taking it in his orange face, on his orange chest. Which would be my follow up question if I didn't get an answer to the swallowing one.

The late comedian George Miller had a line about Sam Elliot that also applies to Steve Bannon, "He looks like he needs to be vacuumed."

I have faith in Norm's ability to say the most inappropriate thing about Trump, without breaking a sweat.

That was roughly a couple of years before Richard shed his "Young Cosby" image and began to become the Richard Pryor we all know and love.

IIRC, he drives a Volkswagen Bus/Vanagon with his King/Lennon theory plastered all over it. A photo of it turned up on the Jalopnik website, which was asking people to send in pictures of the strangest advertising/messages they've ever seen on a car. Several people commented that they'd seen it around Austin,TX, and…

I've heard the guy who's pushing this theory on several talk radio programs. He's gotten craftier over the years, as he actually stays on the topic the host is talking about, then lowers the Stephen King boom. It's hilarious to hear the collected groans from the host's studio before they dump him.

Great, now we'll get to hear from her dingbat son on how John Lennon was murdered as part of a huge government conspiracy. Sean only has two tunes on his life's jukebox, and that's one of them.