The Studio by Theodore Sturgeon

Here's an oddity. It's a review of the great 1982 art book, THE STUDIO, about the art collective of Barry Windsor-Smith, Michael Kaluta, Jeffery (later Catherine) Jones, and Berni(e) Wrightson. The review is written by the indisputable science-fiction master author Theodore Sturgeon and it appeared in, of all placed, an issue of Larry Flynt's HUSTLER.

 

Pop Culture Retro Sets Sail

SET SAIL WITH McHALE has been out since late April. My co-author, Denny Reese, and I have recently started appearing on podcasts to discuss the book and the TV show, McHALE'S NAVY. Our most recent appearance--actually recorded in July--went up this week in both audio and video versions. 

 This was POP CULTURE RETRO, Jonathan Rosen's wonderful podcast, currently with co-host Moosie Drier. Moosie was a child actor I used to see on everything from ROWAN & MARTIN'S LAUGH-IN to OH, GOD! with George Burns. He's also an impressive interviewer and it was a delight for us to appear on the show.

If you're the visual type, go here. Unless they get it fixed, there's currently a glitch where this version ends 13 minutes early. 

https://youtu.be/OKvSXpJS2EM?si=ReEOnQulUgLp_SUT

If you're an audio-only kind of guy, search any of our favorite podcast sources and you'll find the episode there, UNCUT! Complete with the missing 13 minutes. 

If you're at all intrigued, we'd appreciate it if you'd try our book, available here:

https://www.amazon.com/Set-Sail-McHale-Denny-Reese/dp/B0D1YHND35/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.iaAn4cVjBJ0e5zCNlD0iw7vJby75ufu7RYBnQoYGyiIeRvedapHliqlz4mWHE0ZOIVKiz-hl_dFNhcBf6jprFZiVn6s0R0tHP5klRWKVt7c.Xdai-eVL_Baui3OYKVEQg9URLbcBIxvNVpl6M9cui3M&dib_tag=se&qid=1726908734&refinements=p_27%3ADenny+Reese&s=books&sr=1-1&text=Denny+Reese

And also our regularly updated Facebook page for the book, which acts as a kind of DVD extra discussing the series and its stars, as well as the folks behind the scenes!

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559226718109

Thanks! Let us know in the comments what you think, please!

Buddy Hackett and Jackie Gleason--1958

In the Fall of 1958, Jackie Gleason, absent from TV for several years but for HONEYMOONERS reruns, returned to weekly prime time on a new series that teamed him with fellow chubby comic Buddy Hackett. The two had been golfing buddies and must have thought it was a great idea but "creative differences" developed quickly and Buddy, meant to be the series' equivalent to Art Carney, was rarely on the show. By the end of the year, The Great One decided on his own to drop the series. This ill-fated incarnation was rarely mentioned again by either man and as far as I know no clips are available.

 

 

 

 

Kentucky in the Comics--1950