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Happy Festivus!

Happy Festivus to you and yours. You remember don’t you? “Festivus for the rest of us!” (That line always makes me smile.) For all you non-“Seinfeld” fans, Festivus is a wacky holiday popularized in a 1997 “Seinfeld” episode. In the episode the holiday was celebrated by the Costanza clan on December 23rd and featured an airing of grievances and feats of strength in which a guest must pin the host before the party ends. The holiday was the creation of Frank Constanza as a protest of Christmas’ commercialism. In the show he puts up an unadorned aluminum pole instead of … Continue reading →

Are You Ready for the Holiday Hysteria?

“Turducken,” “Festivus,” and now, “OctoNovemCember”. Let the holiday cra-zy begin. Oh, wait, it already has. In fact, seeing Target’s new Christmas commercial last night is nothing compared to seeing Santa stockings hanging next to Halloween candy in Wal-Mart on the day after the 4th of July. Okay, maybe it was July 9th. Regardless, mega-popular couponing website, RetailMeNot.com has come up with a new term for the holiday-inspired retail frenzy which seems to start earlier and earlier each year. The new trademarked catchphrase: “OctoNovemCember.” Get it? To help those who aren’t quite there yet, the company has created a matching mascot … Continue reading →

Thank Goodness: The Plug is Pulled on the Bill Gates/Jerry Seinfeld Commercials

I don’t know if you have seen the recent ads for Microsoft, but it involved Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld. I was in the computing field back when Bill Gates was just another name in the industry, but I’ve always had an opinion of him. Although horribly successful in his field (as is Apple co-founder Steve Jobs), I’ve always imagined that Bill had to be a total geek to do all he’s done. And, being a geek, he probably lacks in personality and social skills (but I am sure his billions make up for it.) It appears that someone decided … Continue reading →

Jerry Seinfeld to the Rescue

You don’t have to be a sports fan to appreciate this next tale… even though it involves a famous NFL quarterback. Jerry Seinfeld is livid with a guy I used to work with. Jay Zollar is the station manager at the FOX affiliate in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The same place Eli Manning and the rest of the New York Giants are visiting this weekend as they prepare to take on the Green Bay Packers in the NFC championship game Sunday evening. A few days ago Zollar learned that Manning’s favorite show is “Seinfeld.” So as a dig to the football … Continue reading →

Jerry Buzzes Around Israel and Brad Backs Out of Potential Big Screen Blockbuster

Jerry Seinfeld always knew he would return to the Holy Land… someday, though he says he could have never predicted it would be to promote a movie about an animated bee. Funny how things just work out the way they do. What’s more, the Jewish comic says there is no way he could have fathomed his visit would be front-page news. Local newspapers devoted multiple pages to his trip and references to his humor bled into serious news stories. “Yada, yada, yada,” said TV political analyst Amnon Abramovitz on Sunday after reading a story about the Mideast meeting called by … Continue reading →

More Familiar Faces Return For New TV Season

The countdown to the new fall TV season is on… much to the relief of those suffering from rerun overload. The new fall season brings with it a slew of new shows, while other returning favorites are getting a shot of fresh talent from familiar faces. Take a look: JASON ALEXANDER “Seinfeld” fans rejoice—George and Elaine are reuniting! Well, sort of. Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Jason Alexander will be sharing scenes in an upcoming episode of CBS’ “The New Adventures of Old Christine.” The reunion between the former “Seinfeld” co-stars should be hilarious to say the least. According to show producers, … Continue reading →

Celebrities Struggle To Get Their Kids To Eat Vegetables Too

You see them in pictures on the set of their dad’s latest movie or walking hand in hand with their pop princess mom down Rodeo Drive. But what is life like for the kids of celebrity parents when the cameras aren’t around? According to comedian Jerry Seinfeld it’s not all that exciting. Unless you count trying to get young children to eat vegetables exciting. Jerry and his wife Jessica Seinfeld say they spent so much time trying to get the kids (Sascha, 6, Julian, 4, and Shepherd, 2) to eat healthy it wore them out. “We tried bribing them, begging … Continue reading →

Celebrity Updates: Barkley, Seinfeld, and More

In between the bits about Brit and the parts about Paris there come stories about celebrities whose work should really be grabbing headlines, but typically don’t. Such is the case with basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley. The all-star athlete showed he is able to score big on and off the court when he treated 100 Lake Tahoe-area firefighters to dinner Saturday night. Barkley toured the devastation of a nearby wildfire that destroyed 254 homes last month when he was in town to play in a charity golf event last week. The fire displaced 3,500 residents and caused more than … Continue reading →

The Queen of Queens

For the last five years or so I have been an avid fan of the CBS sitcom “The King of Queens.” Believe it or not, it is one of the only shows on television that my entire family will sit down and watch together. (I know… don’t ask.) Well, tonight (after a nine-year run) the popular show comes to an end. (Reruns will continue to air in syndication, but the original shows end tonight.) That means no more hilarious squabbles between Kevin James and Jerry Stiller’s characters (first he departs from my favorite Thursday night show “Seinfeld” and now Stiller … Continue reading →

Yule Log Memories

It’s almost Christmas—do you know where your “Yule Log” is? Get ready it’s almost time to fire it up again. Not familiar with “The Yule Log?” It is considered one of the most heartwarming holiday television habits. Basically it’s a picture of a burning log, backed by a soundtrack of Christmas carols. Many families, including my own, turn it on while we open our Christmas gifts. The Yule log’s inventor created it especially for New Yorkers who lived in apartments without fireplaces. (It’s supposed to conjure up memories of home and hearth.) At one time the Yule log only aired … Continue reading →