Category: US
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Stir Crazy: The Sitcom
In 1980, Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor starred in the hit movie Stir Crazy. It was written by Bruce Jay Friedman and directed by none other than Sidney Poitier. It made over $100 million at the box office, and was a smash hit on home video too. Here’s an article about the movie from the…
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Title Over Cityscape
This should be a coffee table book.
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The Mupclip Show
A trio of newspaper clippings for you today, this time from 1976 just as The Muppet Show was about to hit British teatime television screens. The first is from the Coventry Evening Telegraph on Wednesday 18th August. The same paper told much the same story a few weeks earlier too, this time on the 4th…
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David Letterman On The Jon Stewart Show
On the 23rd June 1995, David Letterman appeared on the very last edition of The Jon Stewart Show, being a great guest in what looks like an early version of the Top Gear set. Here’s the whole of that final show. Some background. The show began as a 30 minute talk show on MTV, airing…
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The Larry Sanders Background Joke
I just wanted to draw your attention to this background joke from the final episode of the first season of The Larry Sanders Show (Hey Now).
