Category Archives: Stage and Screen

Rowling Watch 2014

Posted on 10 August 2013 by Larry Russwurm

We’ve all heard of J. K. Rowling, author of the wildly successful Harry Potter series. We all heard of her adult fiction attempt The Casual Vacancy which sold well because of her name and the curiosity of some fans. I … Continue reading →

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Real Vampires Have Unkempt Hair

Posted on 7 June 2013 by Larry Russwurm

It’s almost taken for granted that vampires cast no reflection. Then why is it that they are represented as tidy, good looking characters in movies and books? Real vampires would have unkempt hair. Not tousled in a cute way like … Continue reading →

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In the Presence of Dentyne

Posted on 4 May 2013 by Larry Russwurm

If you watched television in the last couple of years, chances are you’ve seen the ‘practise safe breath’ Dentyne campaign for that brand of gum. Basically they use condom like situations to provide the comedy for these ads. I don’t … Continue reading →

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Pieing Lou Ferrigno

Posted on 20 April 2013 by Larry Russwurm

Let me start by stating that Lou Ferrigno might be a fantastic guy and I might never even have the urge to pie him, let alone actually do it. I use the theoretical Lou Ferrigno as an example of the … Continue reading →

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Big Bro: The Secret Plan for UK Dominance

Posted on 9 February 2013 by Larry Russwurm

The very first stage in this plan is the installation of video cameras everywhere. Practically everyone has heard of the ubiquitous cameras all over London. Recently bigwigs in the London video camera complex were worried that games in Europe, where … Continue reading →

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Show Swaps

Posted on 22 September 2012 by Larry Russwurm

In our sort of tolerant society-kind of, we are met with an odd situation. Eric Stonestreet plays a gay character on Modern Family. He is not gay. Neil Patrick Harris plays Barney Stinson on How I Met Your Mother, a … Continue reading →

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There Must be a Stash in the Big Bang Theory

Posted on 19 September 2012 by Larry Russwurm

I feel a kind of ownership over the Big Bang Theory. After all the show features 3 physicists and an engineer. I have 2 ½ years of university level physics to my name. I’ve even been asked about it. But … Continue reading →

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One in the Can

Posted on 25 August 2012 by Larry Russwurm

It happens all the time. A big name star dies and then of course magically (it seems) they have one more film or album “in the can”. Whitney Houston died recently. Of course Sparkle came out after her death. I … Continue reading →

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What Assange Needs Now is a Magician

Posted on 22 August 2012 by Larry Russwurm

Preferably Assange needs a real magician with a specialty in teleportation. But I, like most of you, have heard that all magicians are quacks so this ideal situation may never come to pass. Alright then, unleash the stage magicians. Stage … Continue reading →

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All the World’s a Factory Floor

Posted on 11 August 2012 by Larry Russwurm

All the world’s a factory floor, and all the men and women merely robots. They don’t think they’re robots, nay they are far superior, For they have emotions, the thing that separates man from machine. If they are sad then … Continue reading →

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