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Shakespeare gets the star treatment from Jim Meskimen

Jim Meskimen has been the voice-double of more famous people in movies, TV shows and video games than you could easily count, and now he’s stepping out of the shadows to take a well-earned bow.

This is Jim reciting Clarence’s speech from Richard III – in no less than 25 different [...]

Day 3 – Merry Christmas…You’re Fired!

Now it’s getting ugly. When Writers don’t work, the shows don’t happen. And the fall-out is becoming depressing – All the folks who work the cameras, lighting, sound, make up, wardrobe, catering and a dozen other fields are getting caught in the net. And some are getting fired. The scripts might not come…but the mortgage [...]

WGA, Day Two – Already it’s a Sequel !

It seems the Writers strike is already bearing some fruit. First, the Producers are getting worried [That's good.] Second, some of the most mediocre examples of the television medium will vanish, or fade to re-runs as their scripts disappear. ‘Desperate Housewives,” “Back to You,” “‘Til Death,” “Two and a Half Men,” “Old Christine,” and others [...]

WGA – All the Way!…

Well, it’s official; The Writers will go on strike from early Monday after their negotiators recommended a walkout over royalties. A move that could shutter late-night TV shows immediately. The WGA vote was unanimous and the strike starts from 12:01 a.m. PT on Monday.

The walkout will be the first [...]

Look! Up in the Sky!…

Look into the skies. Do you see flying saucers? Well, count yourself lucky. Almost seventy-years ago today, thousands of people across the country would probably have sworn they did. It was on this day in 1938 that the genius of Orson Welles and the magic of radio combined to both terrorize and transfix an [...]