Busy day, starting with watching the news of the new indictments in the Russia hacking story. Everyone on the news seems to be saying Trump now has to abandon the argument that it's all a hoax and "Fake News." I kept hearing some version of, "Well, this establishes that there's a 'there' there!" I'm thinking this makes it a lot harder to get rid of Robert Mueller since you can't now say he's not doing his job (though some will, of course) and it will be awkward to abort his prosecution of the Russian Nationals he indicted. Which doesn't mean they won't try it.
And more sex scandals for Trump? And all this stuff about lax security clearances in the administration of a man who howled about how Hillary couldn't be trusted with state secrets? Not a good week to be Donald.
Let's see what else I have to write about. My buddy Rick Scheckman tells me he has a video on old Carson Tonight Show from '65 or '66 where Harry Von Zell fills in for Ed McMahon. I also remember Jack Lescoulie doing it as well as a couple of NBC booth announcers. Do we know if Bill Wendell or Don Pardo ever filled in for Ed?
Dick Van Dyke's show at the Catalina Bar and Grill in Hollywood on 2/27 sold out pretty fast. If my e-mail is any indication, I will know about half the people in the house that night.
Puppet Up!, a show I've raved about many times here, is doing one show in Green Bay, Wisconsin on March 9. Tickets are available on this page, probably not for long.
Speaking of shows I rave about, Frank Ferrante will be doing An Evening With Groucho on April 23 and 24 at the North Coast Rep Theater in Solana Beach, California. Go here to learn more and to order tix. I'll be at the Monday night performance.
And lastly for now: I'm looking forward to John Oliver's show returning to the air this Sunday…but what is he going to talk about? It's not like anything has happened in the world since he went on hiatus.