This Wednesday on your favorite Internet talk program, Stu's Show, there will be many topics but two main ones. One is televised award shows like the Oscars and Emmys and why they seem increasingly irrelevant and unwatched. What, if anything, can or should be done to change that? The other topic is Second-Generation Cartoon Voices — the folks who've taken over speaking for Bugs Bunny, Yogi Bear, Fred Flintstone and other ongoing classic characters.
Stu's guests to discuss these topics and others will include Bob Bergen, who's now the voice of Porky Pig and who also sits on the Board of Governors of the Television Academy, and there's also one other guest whose name I forget. Oh, right: It's me. I will be on the show and since my friend (and the show's host) Stu Shostak and I disagree a lot on these topics, it might just turn into a wrestling match with body slams and hair-pulling. If you're squeamish, don't watch.
Or you can just listen to it tomorrow. Stu's Show is simulcast on Roku TV if you wanna watch it, or various radio-like sources if you just wanna listen. It starts live at 4 PM Pacific Time (7 PM Eastern) and will run at least two hours, maybe three. Go to this page to find out the various ways to tune in.
Also, let me remind you that this coming Sunday, March 3, our friend Shelly Goldstein is doing her extraordinary one-woman show at the Catalina Bar and Grill. Well actually, it's one woman plus a guest performer (Mark Arthur Miller) and a pianist but the one woman is so entertaining that it feels like she can do it all by herself.
The show is called "How Groovy Girls Saved the World" and it's about sixties stars like Petula Clark, Lesley Gore and Mama Cass. Ms. Goldstein will favor us with tunes made famous by those ladies as well as her own smart/funny song parodies.
It may well sell out so if you're thinking of getting tickets, get 'em now at this link. What ever happens happens at the Catalina Bar and Grill, located at 6725 Sunset Boulevard, a couple blocks east of Highland in Hollywood. I'll be there among the smart people. Hope they don't notice me and toss me out.