WKRP in Cincinnati News

Tim Reid and Tom Dreesen the first interracial comedy team. Tim & Tom started in Chicago nightclubs then went on the road for five years.

Comic Tom Dreesen performs Sunday at the Laugh Factory. Comic Tom Dreesen's toughest audience used to be in the men's room.

Oddly enough, talking to a blues singer on a rainy Monday is an uplifting experience - a warm up to hearing Murali Coryell sing Saturday at the Turning Point in Piermont.

If it's Thursday, this must be the mailbag . . . Q: Is Mariska Hargitay of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" the daughter of Jayne Mansfield and Mickey Hargitay? Tell me something about Mickey Hargitay.

Venus barely risingTim Reid, the once and always Venus Flytrap of “WKRP in Cincinnati,” recalls part of his career in the book Tim Tom: An American Comedy in Black and White.

Like everything else, the Virginia Festival of the Book has been hit by the economic downturn.

Thursday, January 08, 2009 Punk Floyd; Reinterpreting 1977's Animals In the dawning days of punk rock, John Lydon, before he was Rotten, wore a Pink Floyd t-shirt, with I HATE stenciled in above the band name.

David Inman: I am looking for a movie with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. Matthau is a paid killer, and Lemmon is always messing things up for him.

Okay BlogHer readers, I need your input for a podcast interview I'm doing on December 22nd with comedians Tim Reid and Tom Dreesen.

If there's one thing that's on our wish list each holiday season, it's that our favorite TV shows can deliver episodes that aren't trite, predictable or nauseatingly sappy.