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Charles Nelson Reilly / Sid and Marty Krofft Gen-X Nostalgia Post

Charles Nelson Reilly, who introduced schoolchildren of a certain age to the art of the brilliant double entendre on Match Game, died Friday. In the lull between his death and my re-opening the blog for business post-holiday, the comments on my Price Is Right post became a sort of impromptu shrine to Reilly, and commenter [...]

Christoph Buchel Speaks

Though in this case not to me. But in as much as we’ve mostly heard MASS MoCA’s side of the story with regard to their dispute with Buchel, this statement by the artist is of interest. He sent it last March to The Boston Globe‘s Geoff Edgers. Over the last few days Edgers has been [...]

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On the Lot: Cut!

Dear Mark Burnett, We like our summer reality TV at the Tuned In household. We have fond memories of sultry nights watching Big Brother, Project Runway, the first season of American Idol–hell, even American Juniors. So Tuned In was quite the receptive audience for On the Lot, your filmmaking competition. I told people I had [...]