Alas, Poor Peanut; I Knew Him Well
By Jason T Sparks My relationship to advertising is complicated, and I know exactly why. I grew up around advertising; my father was an account executive at an agency called Carden & Cherry for...
Category: television
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...
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;...
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...
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...
Looking Forward to Binge Watching Tabula Rasa
With binge watching being a thing, finding a new binge watching series is the kind of thing that’s worth celebrating. Unfortunately they are still busy in Belgium making my new favorite binge -worthy television...
Props To The Musical Selection on Girls
Catching up on this season of GIRLS, hearing “Free Man in Paris” by Joni Mitchell at the end of Season 6, Episode 2 was just perfect. I’m way behind on Season 6, but I...
Hanks: More women, minorities needed for tech roles on screen
By Anna Hanks – Special to the American-Statesman Posted: 12:36 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, 2016 A giant Ferris wheel dominated Congress Avenue during the South by Southwest Film and Interactive Conferences. The neon attraction...
