I am watching something on the E! channel right now.  It is a countdown of the "Top 101 moments of Saturday Night Live." It is interesting how even though I haven't been a real avid watcher of SNL since about 1994, I still seem to have caught all of the major characters and sketches from the show. Here's my question: who is your favorite cast member? When I think about this I consider: Bill Murray, Dana Carvey, and then Eddie Murphy.  Bill Murray and Eddie Murph...

I just found out that there had been a Brady Bunch Marathon on TVLand this weedend.  I have only been able to catch the tail end of it.  I really like those "Pop-up video" episodes.  (I wasn't in the US when the pop-up thing ran its course, so I would like to see more and more shows done in the "pop-up" style!) For as long as I remember, I have been watching "The Brady Bunch" in syndication.  Even though I was born before the series had been cancelled, I didn't catch the...

Today at the grocery store I picked up a copy of the Star .  Every once-in-a-while I enjoy looking through those celebrity/gossip/scandal tabloids or magazines. What really struck me about the magazine that I had just read was how often one can see Paris Hilton in the magazine.  Out of 96 pages, Paris' photo is on 8 of them.  (I didn't count how many times she was mentioned, but I am sure that it was more than a few times.) Since when is she so famous anyway? ...

Last summer, FOX introduced a new show called "Quintuplets."  It did well enough in the ratings to earn itself a Wednesday night timeslot. "Quintuplets" is a nice, charming show.  From the pilot episode, the show introduced identifiable and interesting characters (by sit-com standards.)  The characters even seem to have continued developing since the show began. The star of the show (or at least the most famous name) is Andy Richter. I really like Andy Richter...

Major radio markets in the United States feature dozens of channels, each specializing on one genre of music or talk, with the advertising focused on the segment of the population that will most likely be reached by that type of music or talk.  As a potential advertiser, that is a good way to focus on a potential market. I am currently in Japan.  When I lived here, and when I have visited other countries, I was always surprised at the limited number of radio stations a...

Click here for my latest article Tonight's show featured the returns home of the three contestants.  Vonzell went to Florida, Bo to Alabama, and Carrie to Oklahoma.  After one song apiece, the results were read.  Bo Bice and Carrie Underwood will appear in the finals, while Vonzell Solomon was eliminated. Vonzell's elimination wasn't exactly surprising, but it was sad to see her go.  She was one of my favorites from the audition round.  (In fact, I was high...

Click here for my latest article. On tonight's show (the last one before the finals), each contestant sang three songs. The first song was chosen by Idol record producer Clive Davis, the second was the contestant's choice, and the third song was chosen by a judge. Once we know tomorrow's results, we will only be six days away from the grand finale where the next American Idol is named. Each of tonight's three contestants did really well with their songs. It is safe to say that Bo Bice...

Click here for my latest article. Tonight we found who the final three contestants on American Idol are.  Vonzell Solomon , Bo Bice , and Carrie Underwood made it through, while Anthony Federov was eliminated.  (So much for my prediction of an upset!) It is kind of sad that Anthony left now.  He had actually begun to improve.  His performances over the past three weeks or so have been really good.  It wouldn't have been an outrage if he ended up in the fina...

Click here for my latest article. Tonight's show featured first country songs, and then songs written by the songwriting team of Gamble and Huff.  I like the G&H songs; but since I didn't recognize any of the country songs (except the Faith Hill song), I wasn't all that much into those. As I was watching, I realized that this year (more than others), the top four finalists are the four best-looking contestants from the top-twelve.  Pop music being so image-driven, I think t...

I wrote an earlier article about the Corey Clark interview.  The crux of my article was that although the interview was entertaining, the claims really didn't amount to much. Just now I was reading some critical analysis of the interview.  In the article, " Idol special offered a lot of nothing"  (from MSNBC.com), I found the following quote:  Asked to describe the most salacious part of his claims, his physical relationship with Abdul, Clark said, gIt was dope,...

For May Sweeps ABC News "Primetime Live" aired an interview with former "American Idol" top-twelve contestant, Corey Clark.  Clark (who is shopping a book), claims in the interview that he was approached by competition judge Paula Abdul with an offer to help him succeed in the competition. Clark claims that Abdul gave him advice with song choice and wardrobe, as well as supplying money for clothing and haircuts.  Amidst the advice sessions, a sexual relationship developed. Appare...

Click here for my latest article. Tonight's episode saw the final shuffling off to greener pastures of Scott Savol .  It had been a long time coming, and it is kind of a relief to see him go.  At this stage of the competition, he was in a bit over his head. Joining Scott in tonight's bottom-two was the gradually-improving  Anthony Federov .  (I think that he'll be the next to go by the way.) The final-three is shaking out to be Bo Bice , Carrie Underwood , and ...

Click here for my latest article. Tonight's American Idol featured the first two-song performances by the contestants.  The first song was supposed to be one written by a certain famous song writing duo, and the second song was supposed to come from the current Billboard charts.  What bugged me about the second set of songs on tonight's show was that they weren't introduced by title.  I wish that they would do that.  I wasn't able to identify any of the set of second...

Click here for my latest article. Tonight's show was an interesting one.  Vonzell and Anthony , two of the best singers last night found themselves in the bottom-three.  Scott Savol , who should have been eliminated, made it into the top-three. Ultimately, last night's poorest performer: Constantine Maroulis was sent home.  Seems like America finally saw through his thing.  All sizzle, and no steak.  (Paula didn't take it so well, did she?)  Now we...

Click here for my latest article. The theme of tonight's show was "Songs from the year 2000 on."  I wasn't really optimistic about the entertainment value of tonight's show, considering that I wouldn't be familiar with many of the songs.  Sure enough, I only recognized Constantine's and Vonzell's songs. The Performances: 1) Carrie Underwood sang Lord knows what.  Sometimes I wonder what happens during the sound check at rehearsals.  The music was so loud that C...