2 Comments
On this week’s Al Franken podcast, his guests are former U.S. Attorneys Joyce Vance and Preet Bharara. They hold a very interesting discussion of the legal problems ahead for Trump, the rioters, and also Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley. As Al describes it, this is “A Blow-by-Blow Assessment for Two of our Greatest Legal Minds (Not Al).”
I have a long list of episodes from the NPR quiz show Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me! to eventually post and wasn't going to get to this one for a while, but it seems SO timely now.
On this week's 'Not My Job' segment of the show is Jane Krakowski. And no, she doesn't talk about the MyPillow seditionist suing a newspaper for supposedly hurting his reputation as a Christian because of it untrue story that he was dating Ms. Krakowski. Alas, this was recorded well-before that rumor made its way into the paper. I find Jane Krakowski very talented, although I'm not a big fan since she tends to get typecast so often in a pretty one-dimensional, unlikeable role. Her interview with host Peter Sagal is a bit perfunctory, largely talking about her work in a pretty straight-forward way, though a more personal side does come through. The most interesting part is her talking about making the new game show she'll be hosting - a remake of "Name That Tune" - which they shot during the pandemic in Australia, even flying in American contestants. By the way, back to Mike Lindell suing for the false-story about dating Jane Krakowski hurting his Christian reputation, which I found to be my favorite story of the week. I mean, seriously, how weak and thin does one's faith have to be to have it shaken by a story that you are dating Jane Krakowski??! A blonde, beautiful, talented, successful actress. In fact, if anyone's reputation is hurt by rumors of them dating, it is really hers. (To her credit, she's had fun with her public response, writing about who her own favorite dream dates would be with. And no, the MyPillow guy, was not on the list.) By the way, what I think would be hilarious is if she sued Mike Lindell for hurting her reputation because he had claimed that the mere idea of her dating him was so repugnant that it damaged his reputation as a Christian.
On this week’s episode of 3rd and Fairfax, the official podcast of the Writers Guild of America, the guest is screenwriter-playwright Kemp Powers. He talks about adapting his play for the new, acclaimed Amazon film One Night in Miami. Inspired by a true story, it deals with when four legends—Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, and Sam Cooke—came together for one legendary night.
As a bonus, here's the trailer for the movie -- Very sorry to know about the passing of Henry Aaron, but very happy to know about his baseball career and life. Here is Vin Scully's call of his 715th home run on April 8, 1974, breaking the record of Babe Ruth, a call which is particularly good and notable for his famous line at the 1:10 mark -- and all his commentary and perspective after. But most notable for the home run itself. |
AuthorRobert J. Elisberg is a political commentator, screenwriter, novelist, tech writer and also some other things that I just tend to keep forgetting. Feedspot Badge of Honor
Archives
May 2024
Categories
All
|
© Copyright Robert J. Elisberg 2024
|