Posted 6:00 AM by Gerald So
CAGNEY & LACEY first aired twelve years before I became interested in crime fiction. Even so, I knew it at the time as a pioneering, multi-Emmy winning show. With Tyne Daly recently hospitalized, I was motivated to buy VEI's fortieth anniversary CAGNEY & LACEY DVD set, which includes the pre-Sharon Gless pilot movie and first season and the four post-series TV movies.
The show is nostalgic today, but also holds up to the best TV ever, delivering realism, action, humor, and heart. I don't know another show that alternates its first credit between its two stars. Watching Daly's performance, I would easily believe Lacey were a real person with her Queens attitude, devoted husband Harvey, and kids.
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Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Friday, February 23, 2024
DON'T LET THE DEVIL RIDE by Ace Atkins
© by Gerald So | 6:30 AM
Ace Atkins' move to William Morrow was announced in April 2022 with the first of a two-book deal being a suspense thriller about a woman who uncovers her husband's double life. Thanks to publicist Jessica Cozzi, I got to advance-review the book, DON'T LET THE DEVIL RIDE, going on sale June 25.
Ace Atkins' move to William Morrow was announced in April 2022 with the first of a two-book deal being a suspense thriller about a woman who uncovers her husband's double life. Thanks to publicist Jessica Cozzi, I got to advance-review the book, DON'T LET THE DEVIL RIDE, going on sale June 25.
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Vote Snow
© by Gerald So | 6:30 PM
You know expelled Rep. George Santos's district? Mine. I voted against him in 2022, and his utter failure forced me to vote in this bleak midwintertime. Fortunately I voted Feb. 3, sunny if cold. On Election Day I was home shoveling five inches of snow. Come November I hope the U.S. avoids the chaos of a second Trump term by voting him down again. Then we can happily watch the courts hold citizen Trump accountable for his litany of crimes.
You know expelled Rep. George Santos's district? Mine. I voted against him in 2022, and his utter failure forced me to vote in this bleak midwintertime. Fortunately I voted Feb. 3, sunny if cold. On Election Day I was home shoveling five inches of snow. Come November I hope the U.S. avoids the chaos of a second Trump term by voting him down again. Then we can happily watch the courts hold citizen Trump accountable for his litany of crimes.
Friday, February 09, 2024
Let's Remember
© by Gerald So | 11:30 AM
After Special Counsel Robert Hur announced his findings in the investigation into President Biden's mishandling of classified documents—basically that there was not enough evidence of ill intent in Biden's actions, that they could be attributed to normal memory lapses that come with age—Biden held a press conference as a show of strength. Unfortunately I don't think it helped him, as he incidentally confused the names of world leaders.
Politics is not for me. I think the United States should work together as intended. We should help each other with our weaknesses, not tear each other down. For example, if a president is genuinely incapacitated, that's what the vice president is for, to mitigate the country's vulnerability. In this sense, a president's potential infirmity isn't a concern. People make it one, manufacturing a talking point to chip away at a candidate's or president's stature.
I know my vision of togetherness and cooperation is an ideal that happens only when absolutely necessary, but I'll always mantain it would nice if it did more often.
After Special Counsel Robert Hur announced his findings in the investigation into President Biden's mishandling of classified documents—basically that there was not enough evidence of ill intent in Biden's actions, that they could be attributed to normal memory lapses that come with age—Biden held a press conference as a show of strength. Unfortunately I don't think it helped him, as he incidentally confused the names of world leaders.
Politics is not for me. I think the United States should work together as intended. We should help each other with our weaknesses, not tear each other down. For example, if a president is genuinely incapacitated, that's what the vice president is for, to mitigate the country's vulnerability. In this sense, a president's potential infirmity isn't a concern. People make it one, manufacturing a talking point to chip away at a candidate's or president's stature.
I know my vision of togetherness and cooperation is an ideal that happens only when absolutely necessary, but I'll always mantain it would nice if it did more often.
After Midnight
Posted 12:00 AM by Gerald So
I've been a fan of comedian Taylor Tomlinson since hearing her on the SELF-HELPLESS podcast around 2017. I was excited for her game show/talk show AFTER MIDNIGHT even though latenight talk has always been too late for me and I don't get around much on the Internet, AFTER MIDNIGHT>'s inspiration.
So far I've found the show spontaneous and funny like WHOSE LINE IS IT, ANYWAY? and Taylor seems to be enjoying holding court with guest panelists including actors and comedians. Quite a few are new to me. I see them on the show and search them out and enjoy myself further.
AFTER MIDNIGHT airs 12:37—1:37 AM Tuesday through Friday on CBS and is later posted on the CBS website and Paramount Plus.
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I've been a fan of comedian Taylor Tomlinson since hearing her on the SELF-HELPLESS podcast around 2017. I was excited for her game show/talk show AFTER MIDNIGHT even though latenight talk has always been too late for me and I don't get around much on the Internet, AFTER MIDNIGHT>'s inspiration.
So far I've found the show spontaneous and funny like WHOSE LINE IS IT, ANYWAY? and Taylor seems to be enjoying holding court with guest panelists including actors and comedians. Quite a few are new to me. I see them on the show and search them out and enjoy myself further.
AFTER MIDNIGHT airs 12:37—1:37 AM Tuesday through Friday on CBS and is later posted on the CBS website and Paramount Plus.
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