Times have changed. Right before our very eyes. OBSESSION ($370M) BACKROOMS ($330M) DISCLOSURE DAY ($193M)

One of my happiest superhero memories is seeing the waterskiing show at Sea World (Aurora,Ohio).

Happy Sunday! Here’s Marcia Brady singing “Time in a Bottle,” because the 70s: youtu.be/e-LHRgt1tps?...

The great thing about YouTube is, you can be watching videos of old ads from the 70s, and then it asks you if you want to watch someone go for a (live) walk in New York’s Greenwich Village, and sure, why not? www.youtube.com/live/lLt8ROd...

Meanwhile, this is the campaign Coke is running for the Semiquincentennial. It actually has the same spirit of “Look Up America,” and I don’t hate it…but it feels so much more artificial than 50 years ago (but also more representive of the country) youtu.be/l2mDYCmXZVk?...

Here’s a short version of one of the best ads in the campaign—plays on American humor. Feels very ahead of its time. youtu.be/IL00VX9T0iI?...

I don’t remember this specific Coke ad, but apparently it was created in 1975 to ride the wave of bicentennial fever. It’s a very fun, very catchy and very of its time ad—including, sadly, the all-white cast. youtu.be/VtFokzQphPY?...

So apparently, CBS News has "pristine copies" of at least some of the Bicentennial Minutes, but while Major Garrett has been running them on his CBS News streaming show this week, they're not all together on YouTube or on CBS. Here are some of what he's run: youtu.be/JrBhkPOS7xg?...

One of the reasons the bicentennial was cooler was because we had CBS's Bicentennial Minutes, which the great @poniewozik.bsky.social wrote about last July on the 50th anniversary of their debut. Great read (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/a...

I barely remember it (I was a wee MoJoe then) but trust me: The bicentennial was so much cooler, and so much more of a big deal, than whatever lameness we're getting now. Not happy about this, but it became inevitable the minute this country decided to put Trump back in the WH. Alas...

A full hour of WIDOW’S BAY sights and sounds, a little ASMR treat from Apple. youtu.be/OUfX45m5UBU?...

Two characters from this week on BlueSky collide in this 2005 episode of CROSSFIRE: It’s co-hosted by James Carville and it’s about Bush’s stalled nomination of John Bolton to be ambassador to the UN. youtu.be/qsQYDmBkl7s?...

I believe Buckley was a master of performed intellectual affect, but in reality a shallow-thinking, uncurious, weak-willed pushover who was easily cowed in the presence of actual brainpower e.g. Gore Vidal.

I'm shocked that a far-right conservative icon such as Buckley would have such terrible taste in cinema, or that he would be utterly out of touch with how normal Americans/normal humans around the world would react to something. these are the folks who claim to know the "real" America

I talked to Josh D'Amaro about his first 100 days running Disney, his fight witth the FCC, his efforts to unite the company around a digital strategy, and why he thinks Disney has what all its rivals want (hint: IP and sports right): www.wsj.com/business/med...

Turkey legs are $14.49 at Disneyland. So…no!

Shockingly, Mrs. MAGA here loves the fair and tells people they should be prepared to come back multiple days to take it all in.

The crowds are just… wow. Empty. And the food prices? Seems outrageous to me. Is Disney even this expensive? (These prices don’t even include tax and “processing fees.”

The local NBC reporter tried his best to make this seem fun and exciting, and some of it DOES seem fun. But as one honest fairgoer put it, the whole thing is “underwhelming.” youtu.be/fp_Bw6DjikM?...

If I had to guess, I would say this is a fake ad for a fake product: RCA made cabinets for radios and TVs, but pretty sure they never made a bed. Plus in the 70s, that TV would be full color. Plus, searches of the internets show no history of this being online until a week or two ago.

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Anyway, happy last Friday of June everyone. youtu.be/kM33Nq6tvpQ?...

CNN sister network Headline News platformed Glenn Beck with a nightly show as recently as 2008. The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world that the media is liberal.

Good morning from Turtle

Can’t imagine @willmckinley.bsky.social having thoughts on this…. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/w...

Haven’t heard these words in 35+ years, but I think anyone over 45 can hear the announcer saying them in their head: “Now playing at your request” youtu.be/5PH4xwCGb2o?...

Utterly disgusting. (Both Megyn today and NBC then.)

Letterman bashes The Late Shift movie! Paula Abdul visits The Single Guy! And Noah and George toss around some fake babies on the set of ER! This is ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT for February 15, 1996 youtu.be/Q26XEEp6Vzg?...

Every time @tvmojoe.bsky.social writes about the entertainment industry he makes me want to grab a torch and a match (complimentary) www.vulture.com/article/amaz...

Sorry to put this in your timeline, but honestly, Jared Polis got played AND played himself so hard. Man has zero future in politics, unless maybe he takes a hard MAGA turn like Tulsi G. or RFK. Even then, not sure he can pull it off. I'm sure he'll make millions as a lobbyist or talking head.

Shot Chaser

Ann Blyth has died at 98. She received a Supporting Actress nomination 81 (!!) years ago for her completely delicious performance as Joan Crawford's wicked daughter Veda in Mildred Pierce. Man, does that performance hold up. Enjoy 3:00 of immorality and immortality. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs1J...

Amazon's decision to dump ARTIFICIAL after its deal with OpenAI was bad. But this sort of cowardice is hardly new. I look at how CBS in the 00s and Ted Turner in the 90s paved the way for Prime Video's retreat. New #Buffering, up now on @vulture.com www.vulture.com/article/amaz...

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What are your favorite sitcom vacation episodes? (Bonus points if they actually went there)

Season one of this (excellent) show debuted 13 months ago, but production on season two is just beginning *now*? I am hardly the first to note this, but the Netflix series production model is seriously broken. It shouldn’t take two years to make 8-9 episodes of this kind of show.

Today I had to explain to colleagues the meaning of "I represent Queens, she was raised out in Brooklyn," and well, it was a nice run.

We have to go back.

I once had lunch with Logan (maybe 20-25 years ago) when I worked at Variety in LA. She was the hotshot correspondent on 60 Minutes II, and she struck me as... kinda normal? Watching as she descended into this sort of madness (many years ago, at this point) has been scary to see.

Is Mexico paying for this, too?

THE PITT is not officially moving away from its winning formula (15-ep seasons, real time, annual releasing) so if Google serves you this fake news, you don’t need to click.

Wow. Prairieland defendants being handed sentences between 40 and 100 years. For background on this case: www.ms.now/news/antifa-...

I love that the UK has a political commentator named Phil Collins.

Our 80s folks needed all five clues to get this, but not @dimlan.bsky.social, who was the first to ring in with the correct answer. Several other of you got it as well (as did I, he noted humbly.) Before there was DOWNTON ABBEY, there was…

It’s 1987. Can you solve the SUPER PASSWORD puzzle with these two clues?

Baby Gene!!

Take a look at this list of news stories from conservative tabloid, The Daily Mail. The 'reporter' behind this drek just got hired by Bari Weiss for the CBS News investigative team. Are you kidding me? This isn't journalism, it's a MAGA fever dream. open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...

Verbatim clue from this New Jersey woman trying to get George to guess ROCKY: “Hooray! The fighter! Sty Stallone—big movie!” (Yes, she said “Sty.” He got the answer.)