Warren Bell

Warren Bell was nominated June 20, 2006, by President George W. Bush to be a member of the Board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for the remainder of a ...

Warren Bell was nominated June 20, 2006, by President George W. Bush to be a member of the Board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for the remainder of a six-year term expiring January 31, 2012. He was an executive producer of the ABC sitcom According to Jim.

Half-hour News Hour

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Just wanted to throw in my two-cent recommendation for Fox News’ new news comedy show.  (That’s right, News’ new news.)  It’s called The Half Hour News Hour (see above) and ...

Hall of Fame Standards

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Jpod, Andy — what could muddle the standards for entry into Cooperstown more than this fact: 13 of this year’s voters didn’t consider Tony Gwynn up to snuff, and eight ...

On the subject of the speaker

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Since you brought her up, K-Lo… In the many many howls of concern over my CPB nomination, one joke I wrote in 2005 about Speaker Pelosi was frequently cited as evidence ...

the nonsense I’ve put up with

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Thanks, K-Lo, and thanks of course to the White House and the President for this tremendous honor.   As for the nonsense I’ve put up with…  Oh, man.  Put it ...

S-mitt-en?

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I was fortunate enough to attend a reasonably small gathering at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills last night to meet Governor Romney and hear him speak.  First impressions — ...

Apologia

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I haven’t seen Michael Richards on Letterman yet, but several people have emailed asking my thoughts on it, and of course others have commented here.  My observation is this: we’re ...

Re: Celeb PC Crackups

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Derb, the Gibson and Richards outbursts are bringing to the public what Hollywood insiders have known for years: a lot of celebrities are out of their friggin’ minds.  Power, fame ...