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Cromulence: My Personal Holiday that I Am Sharing with You

In one of my favorite movies of all time, A Thousand Clowns, the iconoclastic and authentically non-conformist lead character Murray Burns, played to such brilliant perfection by Jason Robards, Jr., celebrates his own personal holiday. Irving R. ...

From TIMOTHY SEXTON, Associated Content,  17 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Jason Robards,  Society of Professional Journalists

London Calling: 30 Years Later

December 14, 1979 was the date that marked the UK release of the double album by The Clash titled London Calling. The world of rock music would never be the same. Few albums released 30 years before have the immediate impact of seeming to be capable of ...

From TIMOTHY SEXTON, Associated Content,  16 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Society of Professional Journalists

Sandra Day O'Connor: The Woman Who Destroyed America Because She Wanted to Quit Her Job

Sandra Day O'Connor will always be referred to as the first woman to sit on the Supreme Court. No one can take that accomplishment away from her. Not even she herself. The legacy of her triumph will never be quite what it was before the year 2000, ...

From TIMOTHY SEXTON, Associated Content,  15 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Sandra Day O'Connor

Orson Welles' War of the Worlds Broadcast Can Teach a Lesson to Contemporary Horror Filmmakers

There is a certain bit of irony in the fact that the producers at CBS around Halloween of 1938 were nervous about their radio star Orson Welles' production of H.G. Wells' novel The War of the Worlds. They felt that the teleplay was rather too dull and ...

From TIMOTHY SEXTON, Associated Content,  28 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Orson Welles,  H. G. Wells

Let the Right One In: The Best Vampire Movie Ever Made

Being a vampire is a messy business. From the elegance of Count Dracula to the hipster coolness of Spike, this element of vampirism easily gets lost in translation, but there is simply no denying that a life that depends on the consumption and ...

From TIMOTHY SEXTON, Associated Content,  28 Oct 2009

The Other War of the Worlds Panic Broadcast: Martians, Radio and Death in Ecuador

Artwork for Belgian edition of War of the Worlds book. Panic in the street! Running and stumbling. Fear. Crazed looks. Paranoia running rampant. Radio signals sending messages of doom. H.G. Wells. Martians. Scream. Run for your life. Panic. Hoax. 193 ...

From TIMOTHY SEXTON, Associated Content,  13 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Orson Welles,  H. G. Wells,  Glenn Beck,  Howard Koch,  Barack Obama

Why Liberals Need Not Fear Losing Control of Congress to Republicans in 2010

Some liberals are beginning to fear that 2010 could return control of both houses of Congress to the Republican Party. They need feel no trepidation about this. Oh, I'm not saying that a bunch of Americans aren't stupid enough to vote for Republican ...

From TIMOTHY SEXTON, Associated Content,  11 Oct 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Congress,  George W. Bush,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Glenn Beck

The Significance of the Broom in Witch Iconography

Witches on a broomstick, guaranteed to scare insecure men everywhere. The broomstick is a common image associated with witches. Previous to introduction of the feminazi Wiccan agenda (as a certain collection of right wing propagandists currently ...

From TIMOTHY SEXTON, Associated Content,  1 Oct 2009

Who Wants to Be a Superhero: My Interview with John Stork, a.k.a. Hyper-Strike

Photo used with express written consent of John Stork The second season of Who Wants to Be a Superhero produced what was considered a disappointing climax in my household. Who Wants to Be a Superhero is the only so-called reality show I and my kids ...

From TIMOTHY SEXTON, Associated Content,  30 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Stan Lee

Movie Review: Happy Birthday, Harris Malden

For the first time in my writing career, let me pay homage to that comic impresario, Jeff Foxworthy. If you are the type of person whose requirement of movie dialogue is that there be one stupid catchphrase spoken in monotone by an actor either ...

From TIMOTHY SEXTON, Associated Content,  27 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Jeff Foxworthy,  Netflix

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