Thomas Tucker posed a Friday Question asking what was so remarkable about Neil Simon? Yesterday, I gave an overall perspective . Today,...

Here’s a Friday Question that became two complete posts. Part 2 is tomorrow. It’s from Thomas Tucker: I just re-watched The Odd Cou...

MASH episodes tend to be complicated and I’m often asked how we plotted out stories. So here’s how we did it. First off, we chose the b...

Self-quarantining and answering Friday Questions. What’s yours? Troy McClure starts us off. I've often wondered if directors, wri...

On this week's Hollywood and Levine Podcast, Ken Levine puts together a list of over 60 of his favorite comedy movies worth seeing whils...

Kids in the ‘50s-‘70s who were radio geeks and dreamed of being disc jockeys (what a lofty goal) would often have “bedroom stations.” Gen...

Okay, First you should know.  This is for REAL.  This movie was released in 2003.  It actually exists.   How they got these actors and how...

I was never grounded by my parents. It took the governor of California. Being over… uh, 40, I’ve been asked for my own safety to stay ho...

Haven't done this in awhile -- posted a snippet from my memoir, THE ME GENERATION... BY ME (GROWING UP IN THE '60s).  You can buy a ...

Friday Questions anybody? cd1515 starts us off: Why does seemingly every movie have the “no way in hell“ moment in the first 5 to 10 m...

This week, comedy writer Jay Kogen discusses his time working on FRASIER, MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE, and shares stories about his work on the hu...

As you know I’m a devotee of JEOPARDY. But what amazes me more is not what these contestants know but what they don’t know. They can ...

This is a scene from a CHEERS David Isaacs and I wrote. One of the many Bar Wars episodes. In this one, it’s St. Patrick's Day. ...

Boy, this weekend's post really seemed to bring out the idiots and trolls.   Let me make your life easier.  If you support Trump, if y...

So the late night talk shows been suspended due to the coronavirus. At first, they were going to do them but without audiences. From wh...

Some random thoughts on the coronavirus... Can you imagine how much money Vegas is losing by the NCAA Basketball Tournament cancellation...

Don’t be scared. Here are this week’s Friday the 13th Questions. h leads off: My question's about single-cam vs multi-cam shows....

Ken interviews Jay Kogen, one of the original writers of THE SIMPSONS. He’s worked on many great shows and won an Emmy for a script of FRASI...

Here’s a Friday Question that became a whole post. It’s from Dan Harrison. How do you think M*A*S*H would have been different if there...

I always hate to write negative reviews of projects friends of mine are in. In this case, two wonderful actors, Patrick Breen and Margaret ...