How Many Times was Lucille Ball on the Cover of TV Guide?
According to Wiki, Lucille Ball was on the cover of TV Guide 39 times, more than any other person, including its very first issue in 1953. Additionally, TV guide voted Ball the greatest TV star…
Bates Motel Debuts, but is Anyone Checking In? With so Much Out There, it’s Hard to Feel Connected Nowadays.
As an Alfred Hitchcock fan I’m always incredulous when anyone tampers with one of his classics, (Psycho 2 anyone?), but I have to confess I am a bit curious about A&E’s Bates Motel, which tells…
Wonder Woman Lynda Carter’s “Rock ‘n Roll” Fantasy Tribute to Bette Midler, Tina Turner, and KISS!
When I found this clip last week of statuesque Lynda Carter, known to the world as Wonder Woman, performing a tribute to Bette Midler, Tina Turner, and KISS from her 1979 TV variety special I…
Stairway to Stardom Redux, Dante Sings the Theme from “Exodus” to Celebrate Stargayzing’s 201st Post!
I noticed over the weekend that Friday’s Woody Allen piece was the 200th blog post for Stargayzing, a milestone of sorts, and though I wanted to go on a rant today about the appalling, execrable…
“Stairway to Stardom” Redux: “Hairdresser!” A Tribute to Lucille Cataldo
“Hairdresser would you set me up?/Make a little wave or two/Make me into something new/Cause I am so blue/I’ll give you a chance/Cause I wanna dance/And if you really would/It would be understood/I’ll make sure…
“The Walking Dead” Family Tree: How the AMC’s Dead Yourself App Turned My Cousin Cheryl into a Regular Francis Bacon
So Ritchie has been trying to get me to watch AMC’s Walking Dead for a while. I told him I wasn’t interested in this whole zombie thing and that I don’t even understand why it’s…
Everyone’s a Shopper: Me and My Jewish Mother Visit Masada
Prior to my trip to Israel, Masada was less of an actual historical and spiritual reality and more of a mediocre ABC miniseries from 1981 starring a bewigged Peter O’Toole in the post-Shogun cascade of…
Stargayzing’s Opinion on Three Trending Topics: or, a Blatant Attempt to Be Relevant
Dear Stargayzers: In a completely transparent and crass attempt to boost the readership of #Stargayzing by joining the army of self-referential hashtag harpies, here are my thoughts on three trending topics including #MichelleObama’sbangs, #Lance Armstrong’slies, and…
