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April 26, 2012

Visual Panache, by Chris Derrick – Sympathy for the Devil #15 | @MDWorld

Do you watch TV? Of course you do. Do you watch movies? That goes without saying. Can you successfully argue that TV has surpassed most movies (produced in the United...

April 26, 2012

The Wisdom of Strays… By Whitney Farmer – Un Pop Culture | @MDWorld

Whitney runs a rock music venue on the beach in L.A.. She has an M.B.A, and thinks dogs are great…except when they are men. Angel – who runs our BBQ...

April 25, 2012

Pet Peeves and Other Observations, by Danny Donovan – Mad Science | @MDWorld

I am a pretty easy going guy, things rarely irk me. However there is one thing I hate more than anything else in the world. Being late. I am one...

April 25, 2012

The Point Radio: Jaleel White & The Child Star Curse, by Mike Raub | @MDWorld

At age 12, Jaleel White was red hot as Urkel on FAMILY MATTERS. So how did he avoid the “curse” that hit so many child TV stars of that era? He ex0plains that and more including some...

April 24, 2012

Manger Danger, by Arthur Tebbel – Pop Art #177 | @MDWorld

As most anyone reading this knows my dad died last week. There have been three great pieces written about him on this very site. I’m not going to do that....

April 23, 2012

The Point Radio: Jaleel White Dances In The Dark, by Mike Raub | @MDWorld

Jaleel White likes to take chances – from being Urkel on FAMILY MATTERS to competing on the red hot DANCING WITH THE STARS. Now he’s stepping into the shadows for a new reality competition show called TOTAL BLACKOUT...

April 23, 2012

Shooting Fish In A Barrel, by Mike Gold – Brainiac On Banjo #272 | @MDWorld

It’s been a wonderful week for free speech. At a town hall meeting in Palm City Florida, Republican Congressman Allen West said “I believe there’s about 78 to 81 members...

April 23, 2012

The Invincible Iron Man #515, by Marc Alan Fishman – Snarky Synopsis | @MDWorld

Written by Matt Fraction Art by Salvador Larroca and Frank D’Armata   It’s been a while since I’ve checked in (well, in this column at least…) on ole’ Rust Bucket....

April 23, 2012

I Know You Are, But What Am I? By The Littlest Bitch by David Quinn – In Walked Quinn #11 – @MDWorld

Shot to the bottom of this post to learn how you can meet The Littlest Bitch in person. Till then, this week features an excerpt from: I Know You Are,...

April 21, 2012

My Favorite Husband, by Martha Thomases – Brilliant Disguise

When I told my husband that I would never forgive him if he died on my birthday (which was Thursday), I should have been more specific.  What I meant was...

April 18, 2012

A Death In The Family, by Michael Davis – Straight No Chaser #265 | @MDWorld

Mike Gold used the above title for a piece he wrote for Comicmix. Try as I might I just could not think of a better title… John Tebbel was not...

April 18, 2012

Ghost in the Machine… By Whitney Farmer – Un Pop Culture | @MDWorld

Whitney runs a rock music venue on the beach in L.A.. She has an M.B.A, and has to get up early tomorrow. The music festival in the desert, Coachella, delivered...

April 18, 2012

Friends and Family, by Mike Gold

This is not a good day for any of us here in the Michael Davis World family.  Back in the late 1970s, I was editing a home video consumer magazine...

April 18, 2012

American Gigolo revisited, by Michael Stradford – The Tall Guy’s Gear Guide | @MDWorld

When Paul Schrader’s American Gigolo opened in 1980, I was already familiar with the genesis of the film.  Schrader, who was best known at the time for writing Martin Scorsese’s...

April 17, 2012

Presidential Politics are Taxing, by Arthur Tebbel – Pop Art #176 | @MDWorld

Dear Art, Isn’t tax time stressful?  I’ve been working very hard for most of the last year trying to lock down the Republican Party nomination for president and some things...

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