Comedian Norm Macdonald performs his favorite stand-up joke of all time (written by David Letterman) as he closes out his stand-up performance on The Late Show with David Letterman on May 15, 2015.
The Von Erichs ‘The Wrestling Curse’
ESPN’s unbelievable story of the Von Erichs, a famous and wildly successful wrestling family from Texas. Five of the six sons of professional wrestling patriarch Fritz “Von Erich” Adkisson are now dead. The remaining son, Kevin Von Erich has found…
‘A MATTER OF TASTE: SERVING UP PAUL LIEBRANDT’: Immature and Oddly Persistent
By David W. Hall Wanna see feverish creativity paired with similarly hectic, unstable employment history? Liebrandt’s restaurants, whose future was assured by critics’ positive reviews, typically close within a year of favorable ink being spilled. Quoting P.T. Barnum: “This way…
‘THE INVISIBLE MAN’: CIA Whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling Speaks About His Espionage Conviction
[vimeo id=”125107718″] This short documentary from Judith Ehrlich, nominated for an Oscar her documentary THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: DANIEL ELLSBERG AND THE PENTAGON PAPERS (2009), features another whistleblower, Jeffrey Sterling who was sentenced this week to three-and-a-half years…
‘KURT COBAIN: MONTAGE OF HECK’ is a Wide Window Look Inside an Anguished Punk Rock Artist
By Gregory Crofton Kurt Cobain was one of my favorite people. His music, his taste, his take on the world were all so valid and original. Fuck phonies, right? Cobain’s brilliance, like that of many great artists, lay in his…