Showing posts with label for better or for worse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label for better or for worse. Show all posts

Monday, April 28, 2008

Harrah's Gets Free Two-Page Ad From R-J!


OK, OK, not really. But it is interesting that Harrah's Entertainment, which kicked the local newspaper out of its guest rooms and off its newsstands and has not bought a single advertisement* in the paper for at least two weeks was nonetheless treated to being the focus of another a fun-filled column by Corey Levitan. Levitan writes a weekly Monday feature in which he does odd jobs about town, and today he's a Julius Caesar at Caesars Palace. (I'm usually a fan of Corey's work; as with any such feature, there are better and worse weeks. This one seemed a little too obvious, but I suppose it had to be done sooner or later.)

Of course, I do not advocate journalists ignoring Harrah's in retaliation for being retaliated against. It just struck me as interesting, is all. But hey, the publisher is evidently the last one to even realize he's being punished anyway, so whatever.

Two other things in today's paper. First, Norm Clarke picked up the item about Wynn and the golf course. Yay for us. And Doug Elfman had a terrific take on Oprah, Tina and the toilet chatter, too. Yay for Doug.

Oh, and many folks know I love my comics. I still read "For Better or For Worse" daily even though it long since lost its footing in realistic human interaction and this one cynically funny blog has forced me to look at it in a completely different light. But even given all that, I couldn't quite figure out why strange old John here thought it was romantic or sweet to show up with this massive pot as a floral surprise? Hasn't anyone in that art studio ever heard of a bouquet? She needs TWO HANDS to hold it! How is he ever gonna get any from her THAT way?

OK. Enough loitering. Back to work for me.

* There have been ads for the Harrah's Foundation, a non-profit arm not operated by the same corporate folks.

Sunday, September 9, 2007

Lynn Johnston: The Podcast!

As long promised, we've finally posted the audio of my lengthy chat with "For Better or For Worse" cartoonist Lynn Johnston -- in conjunction with the publication of my piece on changes to the comic strip which runs in USA Today on Monday. Hear the chat here or right-click here to save it to your computer and listen to it whenever you wish.

Johnston, author of the most popular comic strip in North America, opens up about which comics she likes, what she thinks of her critics, why she's changing her format so radically, what may happen to the characters, what topics she may take on next and how her perspective has changed since she became so wealthy and famous for her cartoon.

For other perspectives on the comics, I'm a HUGE fan of the Comics Curmudgeon, whom I quoted in the online version of the piece. And this daily blog on FBOFW is addictive, even if I frequently disagree.

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

SHOW CANCELED THIS WEEK

Sorry folks -- I'm being shipped to Reno to cover the on-going Fossett saga. Will pick up again next week. Keep watch at www.nytimes.com for my stuff and we'll be back on track next week with Steve Wynn.

Also, keep watch on the feed for the Lynn Johnston interview, which will go up in the next day or so to go with my piece in a major national publication on changes to "For Better or For Worse."

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

"The Strip" is LIVE @ 7 p.m. w/Macy Gray + Lynn Johnston!

We're sticking to our original plan of having the live show TONIGHT with singer Macy Gray and an excerpt of my long, great chat with "For Better or For Worse" cartoonist Lynn Johnston. Also, more on the Jerry Lewis thing, the New Frontier implosion, the Amazing Johnathan slur non-controversy and the latest shooting on the Strip. Join us @ 7:05 p.m. PT at LVRocks.Com in the chat and have a drink handy on the not-so-off chance Miles lets out a cuss. Or grab the show when it posts on Thursday here.

Macy's concert in Vegas is this coming weekend so her interview can't hold. The full Johnston interview will post as Strip Extra within the week, so keep watch for that. The cartoonist is radically altering her format as of Sept. 3. And next week, God willing, we'll have Jerry Lewis for our 2nd anniversary show! Plus, a medley of outtakes I've been collecting.

Don't forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes. Miss a week, miss a lot.

And now I'm off to try some sort of yoga that involves a 105-degree room and a lot of sweat. Eek.