The Oscars did even better in the ratings than I or anyone expected. I wonder what kind of "lesson" its producers and network are extrapolating from this information. That America loves Ellen? That the whole country cared if 12 Years a Slave won? That people were tuning in just to make sure Seth MacFarlane wasn't back? Beats me.
By the way, I keep forgetting to mention this: Ms. DeGeneres did a lot of bits out with the audience and I'm wondering about the audio out there. Most of the stars she picked to chat with out there were well-heard. She wasn't carrying around a microphone so I wonder if they were all picked up on a super-sensitive wireless mike she was wearing or if there was something else employed. I went back and looked at some scenes to see if the crew had put mikes on folks like Liza and Meryl and I don't think they did. (That would have been really awkward and uncomfortable to arrange, even if they knew for sure who Ellen would be speaking with.)
Birthday greetings continue to trickle in. Thank you, thank you, thank you. To answer the question everyone keeps asking me, I spent most of my birthday doing whatever it is I do on Groo. It's the first issue of a new twelve-issue series that will bring Groo back to monthly publication for an entire year. I don't know when it will commence but it should be after the Groo Vs. Conan mini-series, the publication date for which will be announced any day now. You'll be getting a lot more Groo, folks, whether you like it or not.