Episode #7 of Drunk Ex-Pastors is now available to download or stream. In this installment, I explain why I don’t like movies containing red-headed twin children or the Holocaust; Christian reveals some sobering facts about ISIS and their plot to take over America (or just kill us all, we’re not sure at this point); we take […]
Category: TV
Hot Enough for Acting?
As I explain in episode 4 of Drunk Ex-Pastors below, it is my contention that only around 10% of household-name “actors” are actually talented at acting, while the rest just aren’t (among this other 90% are names like Brad Pitt, Diane Keaton, George Clooney, Sandra Bullock, etc.). Now don’t get me wrong, these people can […]
Podcast #2
Our second podcast is now available for download. In this episode, Christian and I discuss the shooting of Michael Brown, the unarmed black teen who was shot in the back and head by a white police in Ferguson, MO, last week; we explore the issue of whether people on the right are more ideologically driven […]
Farewell, Robin Williams (and Whatchoo Talkin’ ‘Bout, Willis?)
Like all of you I’m sure, I was saddened to hear about the death of Robin Williams, who committed suicide on Monday (he had battled drug addiction in the past and alcoholism and depression very recently). As I remarked several months ago at the passing of Philip Seymour Hoffman, it is always heartbreaking when someone […]
“I’d Cry, But I Don’t Think I Can Spare the Moisture….”
According to a recent USA Today interview with Netflix’s chief content officer Ted Sarandos, a fifth season of Arrested Development is a virtual certainty: Sarandos is also “positive” that another season of Arrested Development is in the offing: “It’s just a matter of when,” he says, adding that sorting out actors’ schedules is a concern: It was […]
Nostalgia: It Ain’t What It Used To Be
Here’s the thing about me: I am really, really nostalgic, and one of the effects of this has always been that hearing songs from my past has a profound impact on me. I can often be whisked back to my youth in a moment and recall things that I haven’t thought about in years, just […]