david rakoff-related stories
Posted May 15th 2009 5:03PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Animation, Adult Swim, Reality-Free

On Sunday night/Monday morning, [adult swim] premiered something called
Snake 'N' Bacon. What is
Snake 'N' Bacon? Well, I'm not entirely sure, actually. But I liked it. I think. Yes. Actually, I really liked it.
Like most [as] shows,
Snake 'N' Bacon is a fifteen minute program with its own distinct aesthetic, presenting an interesting mix of animated sequences with live-action bits. I never thought there would be a way to translate creator
Michael Kupperman's stuff on the small screen, but there we go. Weird, extra-funny, weird.
Continue reading Have you experienced Snake 'N' Bacon?
Posted Jan 2nd 2007 8:22AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: OpEd, HDTV
Like Andy Rooney, I'm not impressed when someone tells me that they don't watch television. They're not smarter or happier or "better off." They just don't own a television, for some reason I'm not really clear on. Do they think they'll get addicted to it? Do they think there's nothing good on TV? Did a television attack them when they were a kid?
William Hamilton (who used to write the cool Shaken & Stirred column for The New York Times), has an essay where he describes buying a television for the first time in 32 years. The last one he had was a black and white portable in 1974. He just bought a 40 inch Sony Bravia flatscreen.
Continue reading How do people live without television?