Category Archives: Diversions

Not a ka-jillion details other than voice actor Maurice (The Brain) LaMarche squeezing it in during his tribute to William Shatner.

The best original, hand-drawn cartoon…OK, it’s just the plain best show on Adult Swim, The Venture Brothers, has been renewed for two more seasons with a 60-90 minute special. I have a strong spot in my heart with many other shows … Continue reading →

Star Trek and Futurama wouldn’t be the same without him. I definitely need to make the time to catch the uncensored version of his roast on Netflix.

Since I enjoyed their past work of Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead, I’m willing to give Paul a shot especially after this little fan film the Brit duo did. I’ll still shoot for the matinee price at Alamo.

This was my fourth show of the French-Canadian circus troupe and so far it’s the funniest because the comic-relief characters are larger participants than those recall from O, Mystere and Alegria. It still has mostly serious moments involving acrobats, trapeze artists … Continue reading →

This does drag on a bit and get childish, but I still found it more entertaining than the recent Abrams’ movie.

One of my biggest peeves with Hollywood is their failing grades in Astronomy, they’re almost as bad as the Deep South’s grades in Science overall. I know they’re just movies or TV shows, but c’mon, our understanding regarding the galaxy … Continue reading →

Today’s audiences will remember him as the kind German ranch owner from Malcolm in the Middle. No matter how much the older brother Francis screwed up, Otto let it slide until he was written out for the last couple seasons. … Continue reading →

A rather sad kick off to the weekend for comedy and Las Vegas, where both gentlemen resided during their final years. Charlie Callas is most likely to be recognized by younger people from Mel Brooks’ movies. I forgot he was … Continue reading →

There were some oldies but goodies in the sitcom department on this quiz of match the hangout with the show. I did better than I anticipated, 10 out of 14. My best friend Jose better not get Cheers, Happy Days … Continue reading →

See how well you do on this quiz. I nailed 12 out of 15. No cheating by looking at imdb.com please.

Comedian Steve Landesberg’s passing is old news by now but the other day I had a little personal revelation about the well-loved character he played, Detective Sgt. Arthur Dietrich. I’m somewhat like him at work…in a good way. Hear me … Continue reading →

Revenge of the Pink Panther was the first non-Disney or Star Wars movie I got to see in theaters. With all the slapstick from Peter Sellers, it was small wonder why kids found it funny and my parents took us … Continue reading →