The happiest nation in the world is Denmark. Arthur “The Fonz” Fonzarelli and Howard Cunningham are the only two characters to appear in every single episode of Happy Days. The “Spruce Goose” is made of birch. The longest non-coined and nontechnical word in the English language remains that grade-school chestnut, antidisestablishmentarianism. The longest technical term … Read more
When Six Feet Under ended, we dropped HBO (literally ten minutes after the final episode). The main reason was that I never wanted to be so involved with a television show again. It was a calendar-clearing institution. If it’s not bleeding or burning, it can wait until the show’s over. I didn’t realize it until … Read more
“A President can no more stimulate the economy in the short run than you can make a child grow a foot in a week.” – Russell Roberts We’ve been here before. Seven summers ago, was it? Got some “rebates” then, we did. Hey, it’s a check with our names on it. Not like we’re going … Read more