Today in his blog, Christopher Mills was talking about a 70's spy show called "A Man Named Sloan." I don't remember ever watching or even hearing about the show. I loved Robert Conrad in "The Wild, Wild West" so I'm pretty sure I would have turned in to at least see the premiere.
My buddy, John Beatty has posted up a pretty nice little interview with him from nearly 20 years ago. If you click over you'll read about his artistic influences, how he got to meet his idol Mike Zeck, his plans for the future and his $100 John Byrne haircut. It's worth reading and I'd say that even if he didn't drop my name in the interview.
I had mixed feelings going in to “Cloverfield.” I really liked the trailer and some of the hype boosting the movie. I thought the idea of a story told through a “found” video camera was interesting. By the same token, I knew that using the conceit of “the “video” would be limiting. But in the end, who doesn’t want to see a giant monster tearing up the city?
I love my job, but if I was looking for a new one, I'd like a gig like Guy Fieri's. Fieri is host of Diners, Drive-ins and Dives which airs on The Food Network. He travels the country visiting the best eatin' establishments meeting the show title's criteria and gets the lowdown on the grub and those makin' it. 
After putting in a 14 hour day at work [with two more equally long days to follow] coming home to read THIS just made my day.
I was shocked to hear that Heath Ledger was found dead today and that drugs may have played a factor. Although only 28, Ledger had already appeared in both critically acclaimed ["Brokeback Mountain" "Monster Ball"] and wildly popular ["The Patriot"] movies. Ledger seemed to me to be an actor who was more interested in being an actor than a star, although his upcoming role as the Joker in "The Dark Knight" would surely once again pushed him into the spotlight.
ShockTillYouDrop.com has scored a first look at George Romero's Diary of the Dead poster.
Suzanne Pleshette, best known for her role as Bob Newhart's wife, Emily Hartley, on "The Bob Newhart Show" passed away yesterday at the age of 70 from respiratory failure. 
I just discovered via Mark Evanier's site that Allan Melvin passed away last Thursday. While you may not know his name, I'll bet you'll know his face. Melvin was probably best known as "Sam the Butcher" from the Brady Bunch, but there was a time when Melvin was, as Mark Evanier states, "in everything."
B.J. Penn and Joe Stevenson headline UFC 80 today live from Newcastle, England. Although there are, of course, other fights on the card, the main event is the only one that I am really interested in. My guess is that Penn will win, but given the right odds I would swing over to Stevenson [ya gotta love an underdog].
Unfortunately these days it's rare that a movie uses actual artwork to attract viewers. Perhaps that's why I have an interest in "Hellride." 
My buddy, John Beatty started up Sketch Society a while back. Sketch Society is a group of artists [amateur and professional] who would get together for informal sketching sessions. Although not an artist, I would go just to hang out and shoot the breeze [and occasionally live blog]. The meetings were irregularly scheduled but always a blast.
The trailer for "Doomsday" makes it look like a riff on "Escape From New York" and I loved "Escape From New York." I don't think that I'll love "Doomsday." It's more like one of the movies that I'd go to see at the drive-in where it would be playing with a couple of other movies. Many times none of 'em would be well worth seeing except as part of a triple bill.
Boy, did THIS TV COMMERCIAL bring back some great memories. When I was a kid growing up in the 60's, I loved my action figures. My favorites were General Custer, Johnny West and Chief Cherokee all from Marx's Best of the West Series. Hard to believe how many hours I spent playing with them... and my guess is kids today would enjoy them if we could pry them away from their video games.
Maila Nurmi, better known as Vampira, passed away yesterday at the age of 86. Although few would recognize Ms. Nurmi's name, almost everyone knows her "Vampira" character. Maila Nurmi was born in Finland, but moved to the US with her family while still in her teens. Maila dreamed of stardom on the silver screen and headed for Hollywood.
George Romero, The King of Zombies, is back with a look at his new movie, Diary of the Dead.
Merv Griffin died nearly five months ago... yet he made me laugh today. That's more than I can say for a lot of comedians still alive.
One of the benefits of cleaning is finding things you haven't seen in a while. That's the case with the drawing above. It was penciled and inked by the great Neal Adams. I had a stat made of it and my best bud, John Beatty colored the stat. This was done in the early 80's. Over twenty years later and I'm still diggin' it.
I first discovered these guys doing a David Blaine Street Magician skit about a year ago. I didn't link to the first one or the second one because of some profanity. The third one was just released and I decided to post all of them with this warning: If you click on the links in this post you will hear some profanity during some really funny skits. You have been warned! Click at your own risk...
We may have seen the last of Matt Hughes as far as MMA fighting goes. Still there are other options that would keep him active in the sport. Hughes would make an excellent commentator. He has already written one well-received book. 
