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Dynamic Duo
From April 27 through May 27 the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens has exhibition celebrating the work of Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams. Oh, baby. This should be sweet.
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One Night Only
One Night Only By John Schulian As soon as they heard Levon Helm was coming, the guys in the band began to imagine him sitting in with them, playing the drums, maybe even singing “The Weight.” It was...
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Way Down in the Hole
David Simon has a site. It is called “The Audacity of Despair.” It houses a bunch of his journalism and essays. Worth a look.
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You Gotta Watch Your Back
Maxim has an oral history of “The Wire.” A must-read for groupies of the show.
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A History of Violence
Check out Carlo Rotella’s 2008 Washtington Post Magazine profile of the novelist and screenwriter George Pelicanos: Pelecanos was a writer, story editor and producer for “The Wire.” He wrote crucial...
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If She Calls, I’m Not Here
Swell oral history on “Cheers” by Brian Raftery over at GQ. Anyone who ever loved that show, well, you’re in for a treat.
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Laff In
The Ernie Kovacs Collection Vol 2 is out. And it’s worth having. [Illustration by the great Drew Friedman]
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I Don’t Give a Damn ’bout my Reputation
Over at Vanity Fair, check out this oral history of Freaks and Geeks. Fun stuff.
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Night-Shifting for the Hip Fleet
“Night-Shifting for the Hip Fleet,” by Mark Jacobson. New York Magazine, 1975: A driver I know named David is worried. David and I used to moan cab stories to each other when I was on the night line....
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You Betcha
“The Day My Grandfather Groucho and I Saved ‘You Bet Your Life’” by Andy Marx.
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Right Now
In the early nineties, I went to the Museum of Broadcasting with a friend to watch Dennis Potter’s final TV interview with Melyn Bragg. Potter was dying and during the interview, he drank liquid...
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Forgive Some Sinner and Wink Your Eye at Some Homely Girl
On the latest episode of Here’s the Thing, Alec Baldwin interviews David Simon.
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