As a stand-up comedian, his humor often leans towards the risque, presenting a contrast to his wholesome television image. Yet, it is this dichotomy, this play between the irreverent and the compassionate, that makes Bob Saget an enduring figure in American pop culture, transcending the ...
The best luxury of all, of course, was the freedom I was given at KCRW. I produced and edited the shows alone in a small studio, and when I was finished, I put the reel of tape in a box on a shelf in a closet. Just before airtime, the engineer would take the tape out of the...
medications, but that didn't stop him from relentlessly destroying Republicans, the news media, the pollsters, and Donald Trump himself. Our original guest had to drop out, also due to a cold. We've rescheduled Tom Ortenberg, the distributor of The Apprentice movie about Donald Trump, next...
Jim Gordon, best known as the drummer for Derek and the Dominos, died in March at the age of 77. Gordon was also hailed for his session work, appearing on albums by George Harrison, Steely Dan, Jackson Browne, Tom Petty, John Lennon, Alice Cooper, Frank Zappa and many more. In 1983,...
“East Orange, NJ” — a long shaggy dog story about the perils of being a musician in a hick town. Dylan would never have made it as a stand-up comedian, though. (11) “Only Wise” — a lovely, ancient song of lost love and death. (12) “Wade in the Water” — an up-...
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Jordan ran into Jay Leno at Freestone's in downtown New Bedford while the comedian was having lunch ahead of a local show. Jay owns a home in Newport, Rhode Island, so look out for him in his fancy old cars during the summer.
In 1986 Dylan toured with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers as his backup band. Later that year he released his 24th album with the group playing on several of the songs. What could go wrong? Everything, starting with the lack of memorable songs (except for the 11-minute epic "Brownsville ...
"Bob was great company and he had a lot of talents -- and one of them was his incisive humor. He loved comedians -- and he was a born comedian himself. He was continually trying out jokes on people. He sent me many funny emails too -- including these: ...
at the 1985 GRAMMYs (which beatsBetty White's record by 26 days, as the late comedian's 2011 win for Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling) came when she was 90 years and 26 days old). Ella Fitzgerald...