Yes, I'm interviewing Ron Friedman at 7 PM tonight Pacific Time. You can watch it live or you can watch the endless on-demand replays but if you liked any of the zillion TV shows Ron worked on, you'll want to watch it. I may get him to tell stories about his friend and writing partner, Pat McCormick. I may even get him to tell of his experiences as a "play doctor" trying to fix the original production of Minnie's Boys on Broadway. And remember…this is the man who killed Optimus Prime.
I could interview Ron night and day for a week and not get through all he's done. Let's see how far we get.
No Trump item today. I either read about him or I get work done and I've decided to get work done. Besides, this week's outrage is just this week's outrage. We still have next week's outrage to get to and the one the following week and so on.
An acquaintance who I once thought was sane is now posting messages about how the whole COVID-19 thing is a hoax. No one has gotten sick or died from it. The small number of folks who have actually suffered or left us is the number who ordinarily get that way from the regular, non-pandemic flu. All the doctors and hospitals and nurses and I guess family members of folks falsely reported as dying are part of the conspiracy. It tops one particular conspiracy theory I recall about the Kennedy Assassination that involved — literally — about 25% of the U.S. population being in on it.
Lastly: Didn't see the Emmys. Didn't care about the Emmys. Hell, I didn't even care that much about them when I was nominated. A lot of folks online are complaining that most of the trophies went to shows they'd never heard of…and that's not really a complaint about the awards. If anything, it's a complaint about how so little of the television industry is about CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox. And I'm not sure that's anything to complain about.