My knee continues to heal. I'm guessing by Monday, it should be pretty much back to normal but tending to it has put me behind on a few things…ergo, we have the soup can alerting you to a reduced rate of blogging for the day.
The New York Times really liked that televised production of Peter Pan but my pal Robert J. Elisberg did not. My views are closer to Bob's but I don't feel particularly strong about it.
At least Bob was respectful of the effort. I'm saddened by some of the nastiness voiced by those who thought it was not good. Talented people made an honest attempt to do something wonderful and they succeeded wildly in the eyes of many, and succeeded somewhat in the views of others. I am amazed how upset and insulting some people get when they encounter a TV show or a movie or anything that doesn't strike them as wonderful. It's not like we're starved for media in this country. You can go watch something else you will like.
By the way: If you missed it, NBC is rerunning Peter Pan Live! on Saturday, December 13 when kids can stay up later. I hope the network has the decency to retitle it Peter Pan Not Live! Once again, it will probably have more Walmart commercials than there are Walmarts.
In other news: I was kinda joking when I asked how long it would be before Bill Cosby had his doctorate revoked. My ol' pal Bruce Reznick wrote to remind me that Cosby earned a PhD in education from the University of Massachusetts. As Bruce noted, "They don't take those away, unless there is evidence of plagiarism or fraud in the process of the degree." Ted Kaczynski, better known as the Unabomber, earned a PhD in mathematics from the University of Michigan and it was apparently never revoked.
(By the way, did I ever mention that at the time of his Unabombing, mail from Mr. Kaczynski turned up in my mailbox? He wasn't writing to me and his correspondence contained no explosives. But I was then sharing my P.O. box with the lovely actress Jewel Shepard and she was getting honest-to-God fan mail from the guy! She was not worried nor was he the creepiest guy writing to her.)
I'll be back later today if there's Breaking News. Otherwise, I'll see you Sunday.