Paul Waldman: We could be headed for a recession. Imagine how President Trump will react. (Washington Post)
if the economy turns downward in the next two years, how is President Trump - so well known for his thoughtfulness and forbearance - going to react? We're getting a preview already as warning signs begin to emerge. Trump has shut down the government, continues a trade war with China and, most of all, is attacking everyone in sight for anything troubling that occurs in the economy. He is the blamer in chief, and he's just getting started.
Ruth Ann Buzzi (born July 24, 1936) is an American actress, comedian and singer. She has appeared onstage, as well as in films and television. She is best known for her performances on the comedy-variety show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In from 1968-73, for which she won a Golden Globe Award and received five Emmy nominations.
In the late 1960s, Ruth Buzzi appeared in every episode of The Steve Allen Show, a comedy-variety series starring Steve Allen. Her character parts in the Allen sketches led her to be cast for NBC's new show Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In. She was the only featured player to appear in every episode of Laugh-In including the pilot for the show and the Laugh-In television special.
Her most famous character was dowdy spinster Gladys Ormphby, clad in drab brown with her bun hairdo covered by a visible hairnet knotted in the middle of her forehead. Buzzi first used this look when she played Agnes Gooch in a school production of Auntie Mame. In most sketches, she used her lethal purse, with which she would flail away vigorously at anyone who incurred her wrath.
On Laugh-In, Gladys most often appeared as the unwilling object of the advances of Arte Johnson's "dirty old man" character Tyrone F. Horneigh. In a typical exchange, Tyrone accosts Gladys and asks, "Do you believe in the hereafter?" "Of course I do!" Gladys retorts defensively. Delighted, Tyrone shoots back: "Then you know what I'm here after!"
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Kevin K. in Washington, DC, was first, and correct, with:
Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In.
Randall wrote:
Laugh-In
Alan J answered:
Laugh In.
Mark. said:
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.
Stephen F responded:
Laugh In
Cal in Vermont replied:
Rowan and Martin's Laugh- In! Pat Paulsen For President! Ha ha!
mj wrote:
That would be one of my
Least favorite skits on Rowan and Martin's Laugh In.
Dave said:
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. Gladys was played by Ruth Buzzi and Tyrone was played by Arte Johnson. The little old lady would respond to the dirty old man's advances by violently striking him with her heavy handbag, usually knocking him to the ground. Buzzi and Johnson are in their 80s. Buzzi is still listed as an active actress but Johnson hasn't had any credits for the last 13 years, so I guess he's retired.
zorch answered:
Laugh In. Tyrone was played by Arte Johnson.
Gene replied:
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Mac Mac responded:
Laugh In
Roy Adams, Still Blue in Dark Red Texas wrote:
Ah, back in the day when we only had a few channels, but lots and lots of great comedy. That's the delightful Ruth Buzzi, who always ended this skit beating the crap out of this sexual deviant, Arte Johnson, with her purse. They would sock it to us weekly on Rowan & Martin's Laugh In!
Jim from CA, retired to ID said:
That is Ruth Buzzi from Laugh-In...sure could use a show like that now
Dave in Tucson replied:
The TV series is Rowan & Martin's Laugh In.
Deborah responded:
Ah, those characters are from Rowan & Martin's "Laugh-In," a show well ahead of its time.
Cold, dry and windy. The sun is bright, however, and it's quite pretty out.
Billy in Cypress (I am not bitter, but I am completely fed-up with the repugs and their LYING CRIMINAL IN CHIEF. Make them all pay for their crimes with the MONEY they love.) wrote:
Rowan and Martin's Laugh In: it is easy to remember and hard to forget. And, I also know who would get the "Flying Fickle Finger of Fate" award for shutting down the U$ government for Christmas.
Everyone should call Nancy Pelosi and tell her to authorize the wall with these stipulations:
1. Trump, his family, his businesses and any friend(s) he has, must pay for every inch of the wall.
2. An ugly, permanent picture, at least 10'x10', of CpPDJT-ID must be part of the wall on each side of the wall at least every 25 linear feet, with the caption "I HATE EVERYONE WHO IS NOT AN ORANGE COLORED TURD LIKE ME.".
3. All maintenance and/or destruction of the wall must be paid for by a prepaid, permanent fund established by the parties in item 1.
4. The official name of the wall shall be "The Donald Joseph Trump Wall of Shame and Hatred" and be displayed above each picture in item 2.
5. The names of all children (in WHITE letters one foot high) who were separated from their parents or died (RED letters) attempting to enter the U$A for asylum must be displayed on both sides at all border crossing sites of the wall.
John I from Hawai`i says,
"Rowen and Martin's Laugh-In."
A man once went to his rabbi and confessed, "I have slandered my friend by lying about him and speaking evilly about him. What is to be my punishment?" The rabbi answered, "Go to the town square with a feather pillow. Cut open the feather pillow and let the feathers fly into the wind. Then come back to see me." The man did as he was told, then returned to the rabbi and asked, "I have cut open the feather pillow and let the feathers fly into the wind. But how is that supposed to punish me?" The rabbi answered, "That is only the first - the easy - part of your punishment. Now you must go and collect all the feathers you let fly into the wind. Releasing feathers - and words - into the wind is easy; gathering them again is difficult."
Susannah Cibber sang at the first performance of George Frideric Handel's Messiah on April 23, 1742, in Dublin. Her emotion as she sang was overwhelming, and after she finished singing "He was Despised," the chancellor of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dr. Patrick Delany, shouted, "Woman, for this, be all thy sins forgiven." (According to music historians, Ms. Cibber had quite a few sins to be forgiven for.)
A baptistry was added to a church, but the county building inspector said he couldn't okay its installation unless it had a separate septic tank. When asked why a baptistry would need a separate septic tank, the building inspector replied, "It's to prevent pollution in the ground." One of the church trustees then said, "I guess it would pollute, with all those sins washed away!"
Rabbi Gamaliel once told a servant, "Bring me something good." The servant went to the marketplace, then returned with a tongue. Gamaliel then told the servant, "Bring me something bad." The servant again went to the marketplace and returned with a tongue, then said to Gamaliel, "A tongue can be good or bad, depending on how it is used."
As a young man, Rabbi Yechiel Michel of Gustinin decided to learn to play chess. However, he immediately quit after learning that one of the rules of chess was that a move, once made, cannot be taken back. Rabbi Michel explained that such a rule went against Judaism, which believes that no act is final. After one commits a sin, one can repent.
The Maggid of Kelm repeated his sermons, giving the same few sermons over and over. Once, a sinner asked him, "Why do you keep repeating your sermons over and over?" The Maggid replied, "Why do you keep repeating your sins over and over?"
Once the Hasidic master Israel of Rizhin was asked how to repent. Israel asked, "Did you know how to sin?" The sinner replied, "That was easy. First I sinned, then I knew what sin is." So Israel told the sinner, "First repent, then you will know what repentance is."
Church of Christ preacher Raccoon John Smith spoke about Repentance for several Sundays in a row. When his congregation complained, Raccoon John replied, "When you do it, I'll quit preaching on that and take up something else."
Calvin Coolidge attended church alone one Sunday. When he returned home, his wife asked him what the preacher had spoken about in his sermon. "Sin," Coolidge replied. Next his wife asked, "What did he have to say about it?" Coolidge answered, "He was against it."
Abraham Lincoln was once seen with two crying children. When asked what was wrong, he answered, "The same thing that's wrong with the world. I've got three walnuts, and each child wants two."
Martin Luther once got angry at a monk who was too perfect and yelled at him, "For heaven's sake, why don't you go out and sin a little? God deserves to have something to forgive you for!"
Rabbi Simchah Bunim of Pshischa once asked how we can know that a sin is forgiven. His answer was that one knows that the sin has been forgiven when one no longer repeats it.
CBS begins the night with a RERUN'Garth: Live At Notre Dame', followed by a RERUN'Blue Bloods'.
On a RERUNStephen Colbert (from 10/15/18) are Melissa McCarthy and Phoebe Robinson.
On a RERUNJames Corden, OBE, (from 10/18/18) are Maya Rudolph, Nick Kroll, and Rufus Wainwright.
NBC starts the night with a FRESH'Midnight, Texas', followed by 'Dateline'.
On a RERUNJimmy Fallon (from 11/30/18) are Dolly Parton and Nick Kroll.
On a RERUNSeth Meyers (from 12/5/18) are Howie Mandel, Danielle Macdonald, Mehdi Hasan, and Nikki Glaspie.
On a RERUNCarson 'The Scab' Daly (from 11/5/18) are Dermot Mulroney, William Elliott Whitmore, and JD Pardo.
ABC opens the night with a RERUN'Fresh Off The Boat', followed by a RERUN'Speechless', then '20/20'.
On a RERUNJimmy Kimmel (from 12/19/18) are Ben Stiller, Marina de Tavira, Yalitza Aparicio, and Gryffin featuring Elley Duhe.
The CW offers a RERUN'Penn & Teller: Fool Us', followed by the FRESH'Popstar's Best Of 2018'.
Faux has a RERUN'Last Man Standing', followed by a RERUN'The Cool Kids', then a RERUN'Hell's Kitchen'.
MY recycles an old 'CSI: Miami', followed by another old 'CSI: Miami'.
A&E has 'Live PD', followed by a FRESH'Live PD: Rewind', and 'Live PD'.
AMC offers the movie 'The Notebook', followed by the movie 'Cast Away'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 8-Human Nature-Part 1.
[7:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 9-The Family Of Blood-Part 2.
[8:05AM] DOCTOR WHO - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 10-Blink
[9:10AM] DOCTOR WHO - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 11-Utopia
[10:15AM] DOCTOR WHO - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 12-The Sound Of Drums-Part 1.
[11:20AM] DOCTOR WHO - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 13-Last of the Time Lords-Part 2.
[12:25PM] DOCTOR WHO - SEASON 4 - EPISODE 1-Partners in Crime
[1:30PM] DOCTOR WHO - SEASON 4 - EPISODE 2-The Fires of Pompeii
[2:35PM] DOCTOR WHO - SEASON 4 - EPISODE 3-Planet of the Ood
[3:40PM] DOCTOR WHO - SEASON 4 - EPISODE 4-The Sontaran Stratagem-Part 1.
[4:45PM] DOCTOR WHO - SEASON 4 - EPISODE 5-The Poison Sky-Part 2.
[5:50PM] DOCTOR WHO - SEASON 4 - EPISODE 6-The Doctor's Daughter
[6:55PM] DOCTOR WHO - SEASON 4 - EPISODE 8-Silence in the Library-Part 1.
[8:00PM] DOCTOR WHO - SEASON 4 - EPISODE 9-Forest of the Dead-Part 2 .
[9:05PM] DOCTOR WHO - SEASON 4 - EPISODE 10-Midnight
[10:10PM] DOCTOR WHO - SEASON 4 - EPISODE 11-Turn Left
[11:15PM] DOCTOR WHO - SEASON 4 - EPISODE 12-The Stolen Earth
[12:20AM] DOCTOR WHO - SEASON 4 - EPISODE 13-Journey's End-Part 2.
[1:25AM] DOCTOR WHO - SEASON 5 - EPISODE 1-The Eleventh Hour
[2:30AM] DOCTOR WHO - SEASON 5 - EPISODE 2-The Beast Below
[3:35AM] DOCTOR WHO - SEASON 5 - EPISODE 3-Victory of the Daleks
[4:35AM] DOCTOR WHO: THE END OF TIME - Part 1 & 2. (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', 'Married To Medicine', another 'Married To Medicine', followed by the movie 'School Of Rock'.
IFC -
[6:00A] Stan Against Evil-Mirror Mirror
[6:30A] Stan Against Evil-Hell Is What You Make It
[7:00A] Night Flight-Fame!
[7:15A] Live Free or Die Hard
[10:15A] Die Hard With a Vengeance
[1:00P] Live Free or Die Hard
[4:00P] Rush Hour 3
[6:00P] Two and a Half Men-Love Isn't Blind, It's Retarded
[6:30P] Two and a Half Men-My Tongue Is Meat
[7:00P] Two and a Half Men-Ergo, the Booty Call
[7:30P] Two and a Half Men-The Unfortunate Little Schnauser
[8:00P] Two and a Half Men-The Spit-Covered Cobbler
[8:30P] Two and a Half Men-Golly Moses, She's a Muffin
[9:00P] Two and a Half Men-Always a Bridesmaid, Never a Burro
[9:30P] Two and a Half Men-And the Plot Moistens
[10:00P] Two and a Half Men-Just Once With Aunt Sophie
[10:30P] Two and a Half Men-Arguments for the Quickie
[11:00P] Two and a Half Men-That Pistol-Packin' Hermaphrodite
[11:30P] Two and a Half Men-Working for Caligula
[12:00A] Two and a Half Men-Who's Vod Kanockers?
[12:30A] Two and a Half Men-The Sea Is a Harsh Mistress
[1:00A] Night Flight-The Who and the Damned
[1:15A] Deep Impact
[4:00A] Stan Against Evil-Hell Is What You Make It
[4:30A] Stan Against Evil-The Demon Who Came in From the Heat
[5:00A] Stan Against Evil-Nubbin but Trouble
[5:30A] Stan Against Evil-Intensive Scare Unit (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00am] the andy griffith show
[6:30am] the andy griffith show
[7:00am] the andy griffith show
[7:30am] the andy griffith show
[8:00am] rear window
[10:30am] psycho
[1:00pm] law & order
[2:00pm] law & order
[3:00pm] law & order
[4:00pm] law & order
[5:00pm] law & order
[6:00pm] law & order
[7:00pm] law & order
[8:00pm] law & order
[9:00pm] law & order
[10:00pm] law & order
[11:00pm] law & order
[12:00am] law & order
[1:00am] law & order
[2:00am] the andy griffith show
[2:35am] the andy griffith show
[3:10am] the andy griffith show
[3:45am] the andy griffith show
[4:20am] the andy griffith show
[4:55am] the andy griffith show
[5:30am] the andy griffith show (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'Need For Speed', followed by a FRESH'Z Nation', then a FRESH'Van Helsing'.
Hillary Clinton has lost again. For the first time in 17 years, the former Secretary of State and presidential candidate has not been named as the woman most admired in a Gallup poll of Americans, finishing third in the race.
Supplanting Clinton is former First Lady Michelle Obama, who is closing out her year on a high note with the success of her autobiography and now this poll victory. Obama had finished second to Clinton three previous times, but won top honors this year by what was deemed a "significant" margin. Oprah Winfrey was second.
Gallup's annual survey, conducted Dec. 3-12 this year, asked in an open-ended question for Americans to name the man and woman living anywhere in the world today whom they admire most. Gallup first asked the question in 1946 and has done so every year since, except 1976.
The Obama family also had another winner in the poll, as former President Barack Obama was the winner of Most Admired Man for the 11th consecutive year. President Donald Trump ranked second for the fourth year in a row.
Among the poll's other highlights for women: Queen Elizabeth placed in the top 10 for a record 50th time. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, human rights activist Malala Yousafzai and House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi are the other top 10 finishers.
Janelle Monαe, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Kelly Clarkson, Celine Dion, Alessia Cara and Patti LaBelle will perform at an all-star tribute concert honoring Aretha Franklin. Aretha! A Grammy Celebration for the Queen of Soul will be filmed January 13th at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California and air as a TV special on CBS later in 2019, Varietyreports.
Jennifer Hudson, Common, Brandi Carlile, H.E.R., SZA, Chloe X Halle, BeBe Winans, Yolanda Adams and Shirley Caesar will also perform at the event. Filmmaker Tyler Perry will host the tribute, a joint venture between CBS, the Recording Academy, AEG Ehrlich Ventures and record executive/Franklin collaborator Clive Davis.
Jack Sussman, CBS' Executive Vice President of Specials, Music and Live Events, said that Aretha! will celebrate the late singer's accomplishments as an "entertainment icon, singer, songwriter, pianist, actress and civil rights activist." He added, "Aretha had an incredible effect on humanity and music with her indomitable spirit and grace. We look forward to honoring this music legend with numerous performers who all admire and respect the Queen of Soul."
Franklin, who died in August at age 76, earned 18 Grammy wins and 44 nominations throughout her career. The concert honoring the soul icon follows Grammy tributes for the Beatles and Stevie Wonder.
Back in September, we had our first look at the upcoming Mr. Rogers biopic starring Tom Hanks. Now, the project has officially been given a title: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.
The film take its heartwarming name from the opening song of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. "It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood/ A beautiful day for a neighbor," goes the educational children's show's tune. "Would you be mine? Could you be mine?"
Due out through Sony, the film is being by directed Marielle Heller (Diary of a Teenage Girl) and features a script from Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster. Matthew Rhys, Chris Cooper, Tammy Blanchard, and Sakina Jaffrey have also been cast alongside Hanks.
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is inspired by the real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and a journalist named Tom Junod. Assigned to write a profile about Rogers, a cynical Junod finds his life transformed by the experience.
Next year marks the 50th anniversary of Woodstock. Several celebratory events are said to be in the works, including a festival thrown by Woodstock co-founder Michael Lang. Now comes word of a new, Live Nation-backed event to take place on the site of Woodstock's original festival grounds.
The Bethel Woods Music and Culture Festival is scheduled for August 16th-18th - 50 years to the weekend of the original Woodstock - at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Bethel, New York.
to the festival's website, the self-described "pan-generational cultural event" will feature "three days of memorable experiences" including "live performances from prominent and emerging artists spanning multiple genres and decades, and TED-style talks from leading futurists and retro-tech experts."
Further details, including the festival's lineup, ticketing, and non-musical experiences, will be announced in the near future.
A new feature in the New Yorker about producer Mark Burnett and his role in popularizing Donald Trump includes several controversial claims about the now president's time as the host of The Apprentice.
Burnett conceived the premise for the NBC reality show in the early 2000s, eventually winning over Trump to star by playing to his ego.
"I need to show respect to Mr. Trump," Burnett, who also produces Survivor, shared in a 2013 speech about hosting a live finale for the CBS series at a Trump-owned ice skating rink in Manhattan. "I said, 'Welcome, everybody, to Trump Wollman skating rink. The Trump Wollman skating rink is a fine facility, built by Mr. Donald Trump. Thank you, Mr. Trump. Because the Trump Wollman skating rink is the place we are tonight and we love being at the Trump Wollman skating rink, Mr. Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump."
But sources tell the New Yorker that Trump - who was originally intended to appear only in the first season - wasn't quite the mogul the show made him out to be.
"Most of us knew he was a fake," Jonathan Braun, an editor who worked on the first six seasons of The Apprentice, told writer Patrick Radden Keefe. "He had just gone through I don't know how many bankruptcies. But we made him out to be the most important person in the world. It was like making the court jester the king."
New comedy Holmes & Watson is said to be so bad that it's prompting walkouts from cinemagoers.
The Sony film - which unites Step Brothers stars Will Ferrell and John C Reilly - was released on Christmas Day having not been screened to critics in advance.
Following its release, reviews began to surface online, the negativity of which leading to the film receiving zero per cent on Rotten Tomatoes after 24 hours. It now sits at four per cent.
It seems the public are agreeing with the critics. Numerous messages posted to Twitter reveal people have been forced to leave the cinema, with some even asking for their money back.
Reviews have branded the "abysmally unfunny" film "career lows" for both Ferrell and Reilly, the latter of whom is winning rave reviews for his portrayal of Oliver Hardy in forthcoming biopic Stan & Ollie.
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