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Review: “Beyond the Fringe” and The King of Deadpan Comedy

Posted on March 24, 2012 by andrew.anderson

It’s Not Funny, It’s British! Back in the 1960’s and 70’s, Dallas radio station WRR-AM’s “Library of Laughs” aired at 10 minutes before every hour and featured recorded comedy. The DJ would play one track from a comedy album by … Continue reading →

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Chamber (of Horrors) Opera

Posted on March 3, 2012 by andrew.anderson

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’ The Lighthouse: the Leanest, Creepiest Opera Ever In December 1900 the lighthouse supply ship Hesperus based in Stromness, Orkney, went on its routine tour of duty to the Flannan Isles light in the Outer Hebrides. The … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Woodsman, Don’t Spare That Tree!

Posted on January 21, 2012 by andrew.anderson

All right, class, when I say “animation,” how many of you think “kid’s movie?”  Good.  Yes, as anyone who was conscious during the early ’70s can tell you, just because the ad has a cute-looking cartoon cat named Fritz doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Mapplethorpe’s Flowers, Hubert’s Freaks

Posted on December 10, 2011 by andrew.anderson

“A movie is not about what it is about.  It is about how it is about what it is about.” I apologize for not giving a proper citation for the source of my opening “quote.” The best I can do is … Continue reading →

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Book Review: “Book ‘Em, Dan-O!”

Posted on October 15, 2011 by andrew.anderson

My original title for this review was “Insert ‘Em Into the Show’s Formula, Dan-O!” But I thought that one up before I had actually read Round Up the Usual Suspects: Criminal Investigation in Law & Order, Cold Case, and CSI. … Continue reading →

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