Tag Archives: Bill Cosby

Ghost Dad

Sometimes your first impressions, no matter vague and ill-formed, are correct. I’ve actually watched Ghost Dad before, but it was when it was new to video and I was fairly young, not quite a teenager yet. I don’t remember much … Continue reading

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Top 10 Comedians Without Film Careers

The other day, in the Weekly Weblinks, I mentioned how Dan Aykroyd had expressed interest in making a sequel to Sneakers, and a discussion developed in the comments about how Aykroyd — who made Blues Brothers 2000 and is trying … Continue reading

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Respecting the Source: Some Guidelines For Adaptations

It’s occasionally said that Hollywood is out of ideas. The truth of the matter is that Hollywood has been cheerfully purloining ideas from other media for as long as Hollywood has been around. Novels, cartoons, live-action television shows, comic books, … Continue reading

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