The annual TV Land Awards debuted the other night and will rerun a few times throughout the coming weeks. These shows are a bit too self-congratulatory for my taste, and you sure get the idea that the winners — and even the categories in which they "win" — have everything to do with who's willing to show up for the taping. Nevertheless, there are fun moments, and it was very nice that they did a little salute to our boy, 100-year-old Charles Lane.
To put Mr. Lane's long career into a bit of perspective, try wrapping your brain around this fact: At the time Charles Lane began his professional acting career, Joe Barbera was still in school, studying for a career in banking.