By Ken Levine
Monday, July 02, 2018

OCEAN'S EIGHT -- my review

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Here’s the REAL plot of caper movie, OCEAN'S EIGHT – a movie studio is trying to steal $100,000,000 from unsuspecting theatergoers . ...
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Sunday, July 01, 2018

B100 reasons to love radio

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Happy to say I was a disc jockey back when radio was fun. In the ‘70s there were two formats that appealed to young listeners. Laid-bac...
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Saturday, June 30, 2018

Funny because it's true

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This is a cartoon by William Haefeli from the June 18th edition of THE NEW YORKER.                          "I set a limit: one pity...
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Friday, June 29, 2018

Friday Questions

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Friday Questions anybody? Mork (nanu nanu) leads off. I've got a baseball-adjacent question for you, Ken--what are your thoughts (...
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And yet ANOTHER opening...

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Happy to say that my play OUR TIME opens tonight in New York!  This is a terrific cast, director, and production.  Many many laughs.  If you...
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Thursday, June 28, 2018

The Red Hen incident

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Recently Sarah Huckabee Sanders was kicked out of a Virginia restaurant for her role in defending Trump. This of course made all the new...
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Wednesday, June 27, 2018

EP78: From Russia with Laughs – International sitcoms and American reboots

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Ken talks to Bill Diamond, a veteran writer/producer (WINGS, MURPHY BROWN) who has produced sitcoms in Russia.   It’s a crazy story. Ken ...
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Open letter to MLB

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Major League Baseball attendance has really plummeted. It’s now at the lowest average in the last fifteen years. There are lots of re...
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Tuesday, June 26, 2018

The new Mr. Rogers documentary -- My review

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Full disclosure: I was not a fan of MR. ROGERS NEIGHBORHOOD when it aired. My kids watched it, but I found it oddly creepy. Fred Roger...
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Monday, June 25, 2018

RIP Dan Ingram

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Dan Ingram has died.  And I'm devastated.  He was 83. You know I come from a radio background and have admired many spectacularly tal...
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Sunday, June 24, 2018

Slipping inside jokes into shows

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A reader’s question will sometimes spark an entire post and that’s the case today. Richard Y. wanted to know about inside referen...
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Saturday, June 23, 2018

What words kan't you spell?

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Thank God for spellcheck. There are some words I just can’t spell. For whatever reason my brain refuses to learn the correct spelling ...
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Friday, June 22, 2018

Friday Questions

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Summer is officially here. So are Friday Questions. Don Rosnel starts us off. When he first joined Cheers, could you foresee Woody Ha...
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Thursday, June 21, 2018

Something I need to say

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Sorry. Nothing funny today.  There IS nothing funny today.  It is utterly incomprehensible to me that anyone, regardless of political lea...
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Wednesday, June 20, 2018

EP77: How do you know if something is funny?

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Ken discusses how top comedy writers determine whether things are funny or not, and offers some helpful tips on how to make your writing an...
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INCREDIBLES 2: My review

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Those of us who loved THE INCREDIBLES had to wait 14 years for the sequel. It was worth the wait. Even if it had been 15 years (16 might...
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Tuesday, June 19, 2018

My Top 8 performers of SNL

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Been watching the new David Letterman Netflix interview series, GRIZZLY ADAMS & GUESTS and quite enjoyed the episode featuring Tina Fe...
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Monday, June 18, 2018

On the road again

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When Romcoms Go Bad Just back from a couple of weeks in New York, Cleveland, and Grand Rapids – the typical east coast swing. In no par...
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Sunday, June 17, 2018

Happy Father's Day

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This is kind of a tough one for me since it's the first Father's Day I no longer have my father.  But I cherish the memories.  And s...
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Saturday, June 16, 2018

At least I wasn't naked

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This is not a baseball post (even though baseball is involved). It’s a real life version of that nightmare we all have. You know...
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