The Ed Sullivan Show – Rock ‘n’ Roll Classics (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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The Ed Sullivan Show – Rock ‘n’ Roll Classics (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

The Ed Sullivan Show Rock ‘n’ Roll Classics (Rhino-2002) Your tolerance of the variety show format is equally proportional to the amount of hours you’ve viewed MTV since 1981. More than two decades have passed since the rest of television adapted to the now-taken-for-granted style of the quick-edited, odd-camera-angled, sound-bit, irony-heavy entertainment presentation. You are … Continue reading

James Pickens, Jr. – Into The Lyon’s Den
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James Pickens, Jr. – Into The Lyon’s Den

James Pickens, Jr. Into The Lyon’s Den by  Jay S. Jacobs Every year, TV Guide does a special issue called “The Best Show You’re Not Watching.”  In it, they champion a TV series that has fine acting, excellent writing and good production values, but somehow has not seemed to attract a huge audience.  Sometimes the honor has … Continue reading

Tom Verica – American Dad
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Tom Verica – American Dad

Tom Verica American Dad by Ronald Sklar Tom Verica stars as family patriarch Jack Pryor on the NBC sleeper hit American Dreams.  The role calls for the strong silent type: a challenge which is not always as appreciated as it should be in a medium that often displays the dad as the house fool. Here, Verica … Continue reading

Joshua Malina – Hail to the Chief
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Joshua Malina – Hail to the Chief

Joshua Malina Hail to the Chief by Jay S. Jacobs There are lots of ways that people go about trying to get their first big break in acting.  Some people kill themselves working a minimum wage job while floating from audition to audition.  Some try other arts, like music or modeling, as an entrance. Some people sit on a stool in … Continue reading

Colin Quinn – Tough Guy
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Colin Quinn – Tough Guy

Colin Quinn – Tough Guy by Ronald Sklar Originally posted on Mar. 10, 2003. We as Americans have always taken for granted that we know Colin Quinn intimately. Of course, as a nation we’re bound to make that presumption since we feel that we have more or less grown up with the dude. Sure, we learn more than … Continue reading

Auto Focus (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Auto Focus (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

AUTO FOCUS (2002) Starring Greg Kinnear, Willem Dafoe, Rita Wilson, Mario Bello, Ron Leibman, Ed Begley Jr., Michael McKean, Kurt Fuller, Michael E. Rodgers, Lyle Kanouse, Christopher Neiman, Nikita Ager and Bruce Solomon.  Screenplay by Michael Gerbosi. Directed by Paul Schrader. Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics.   Rated R.  105 minutes. The bludgeoning death of 60s … Continue reading

Corky Romano (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Corky Romano (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

CORKY ROMANO  (2001) Starring Chris Kattan, Vinessa Shaw, Peter Falk, Peter Berg, Christopher Penn, Fred Ward, Richard Roundtree, Vincent Pastore and Fiona Hale. Screenplay by David Garrett and Jason Ward . Directed by Rob Pritts. Distributed by Touchstone Pictures.   85 minutes.   Rated PG-13. Saturday Night Live may be responsible for a revolution in television comedy, but … Continue reading

Erik Palladino – ER Doc Talks AIDS Awareness
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Erik Palladino – ER Doc Talks AIDS Awareness

Erik Palladino ER Doc Talks AIDS Awareness by Ruby Comer  My locks need to be trimmed so I swing to my neighborhood salon, Shorty’s Barber Shop, because the first Wednesday of each month they donate their day’s salary to one of my favorite AIDS organizations, LA Shanti. As my hair is foiled in bleach and baked … Continue reading

Peter Krause- Helping to Make TV Safe for Smart People
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Peter Krause- Helping to Make TV Safe for Smart People

Peter Krause Helping to Make TV Safe for Smart People by Jay S. Jacobs The fall of 1998 was a tough time for television comedy. The networks tried to come up with a plan for post-Seinfeld TV, but the best they seemed to be able to come up with were tired retreads like Jesse, Two of a Kind and Maggie … Continue reading

Alan Rafkin – The King of Nick at Nite
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Alan Rafkin – The King of Nick at Nite

Alan Rafkin The King of Nick at Nite by Ronald Sklar “I’m still working,” sixty-eight-year-old Alan Rafkin says. “They’ll have to carry me out in a body bag.” If you had his job, they would drag you out kicking and screaming too. Alan Rafkin is a TV sitcom director. And not just another forgotten name … Continue reading