Paranoia, paranoia everybody’s coming to get me
Working on my book about paranoia in film, I inevitably wound up reading a lot about it in real life. Not clinical paranoia but political paranoia. As the historian Richard …
The Greg Hatcher Legacy Files #29: ‘Sunday’s Second Thoughts’
Hey, it’s another column with a link to one we’ve already posted here!
Al Jaffee R.I.P.
Al Jaffee, the genius behind many great features at MAD Magazine, as died at age 102. I consider him the man who installed my sense of humor. In 1968, I was 9-1/2 years old when I was sent to spend the summer with my grandparents in Massachusetts. One fine summer day, my uncle Dickie cane home and handed me a copy of MAD #121, featuring Alfred E. Neuman done up as Guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi being carried by the Beatles. I was a MAD devotee from then on through my childhood and young adulthood. One of the artist-writers I quickly began to look for in every issue was Al Jaffee.
TV Musicals
When ‘Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist’ got the ax, I was reminded of the many other attempts to create a TV series in the form of a musical over the past some years. Usually they end up unsuccessful, and sometimes cringy. As I’ve previously mentioned, I have a fondness for musicals, so I’ve watched many of the shows below with varying degrees of enjoyment and disappointment. Let’s take a look at the best of them.
The Greg Hatcher Legacy Files #27: ‘Friday at the Finish Line’
Who wants a good Hatcher rant? Too bad, you’re going to get one!