Reruns: LT. FRANK COLUMBO
This is part of the reruns series of guest posts by guest writer Jason Sparks LT. FRANK COLUMBO Peter Falk, “Columbo”, NBC, 1971-78; ABC, intermittently, 1990s-2000s It was an April day in 1906 when the RMS FREEDONIA...
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Reruns: LT. THEO KOJAK
This is part of the reruns series of guest posts by guest writer Jason Sparks LT. THEO KOJAK Telly Savalas, “Kojak”, CBS, 1973-78; ABC, 1989 IF YOU WORKED IN THE 11TH PRECINCT, MANHATTAN SOUTH, YOU eventually...
Reruns: COL. SHERMAN T. POTTER
This is part of the reruns series of guest posts by guest writer Jason Sparks COL. SHERMAN T. POTTER Harry Morgan in M*A*S*H, 1972-1983, CBS Primogeniture is the word for it when the oldest male child inherits everything;...
Hanabi Album Release Show
According to quantum mechanics, there are an infinite number of universes that exist at the same time. Somewhere in the multiverse, 90s Britpop didn’t fade away, but is alive and well and out doing...
Reruns: John Belushi on Saturday Night Live
This is part of the reruns series of guest posts by guest writer Jason Sparks PETE John Belushi on Saturday Night Live, 1975-1979, NBC ON A BRISK SATURDAY EVENING IN OCTOBER OF 1973, PETE...
Reruns: MEL SHARPLES
This is part of the reruns series of guest posts by guest writer Jason Sparks MEL SHARPLES Vic Tayback, “Alice”, CBS, 1976-1985 Had he been the kind of man who did genealogy, he would have known...
Outtake from my column today
Today in the Dallas Morning News is the story I wrote about going to SXSW just after my father’s death. It’s a looooong story, but it was longer earlier. This is a section that...
How to grieve your father’s death while attending SXSW
My opinion column on grief originally appeared in the Dallas Morning News on April 14, 2019.
Reruns: Carl Kolchak
This is part of the reruns series of guest posts by guest writer Jason Sparks CARL KOLCHAK Darren McGavin on Kolchak: The Night Stalker, ABC, 1974-75. He’s still alive, actually, and can be...
Presenting “Reruns”
By Jason T Sparks What Miz Anna is about to start running in her blog is a series of short fiction pieces I plan to create under the heading “Reruns.” At her behest, I’m...
Thor and Friends in Houston
Earlier in November, I was lucky to catch Thor and Friends at Rockefellers in Houston while they were on tour with Wye Oak. It was a magical evening for a cold and damp Houston...
