 VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–Actor Peter Breck, best remembered as Victoria Barkley’s (Barbara Stanwyck) hot-tempered, middle son Nick in the popular 1960s Western “The Big Valley,” died here February 6 after a long illness. He was 82.MSTies will remember him as Mooney in the movie in episode 415- THE BEATNIKS and Steve Curan in the movie in episode 106- THE CRAWLING HAND. The Hollywood Reporter has the story. Thanks to Wendy for the heads up! John Hodgman (author and maybe best known as the guy who played the PC in those Mac commercials) is touring the country in support of his book “That Is All.” On four dates in the Midwest, Kevin and Bill will be part of the show. The shows are:
Thursday, March 29, in Minneapolis at the Varsity, 1308 4th Street Southeast; get tickets here Friday, March 30, in Madison at the Majestic, 115 King Street; get tickets here Saturday, March 31, in Milwaukee at the Turner Hall Ballroom, 1034 North 4th Street; get tickets here and Sunday, April 1, in Chicago at The Second City, 1616 North Wells Street; get tickets soon We probably should note that two imitations of MST3K are up on the Web:
WNYC’s nationally syndicated public radio show “On The Media” is back doing more “Media Scrutiny Theater.” Two notes: And for you wrestling fans, there’s “Are You Serious?” Get this: “From underneath Titan Tower, Road Dogg and Josh Mathews are forced to watch some of the most appalling, unpleasant and dreadful clips found in the WWE video library.” Going to the Cinematic Titanic shows in Durham, N.C., or Princeton, N.J.? Vote for the movie you’d like them to riff. Vote for the Durham show here and vote for the Princeton show here.
By the way, remember “O2Be,” the short-lived 2002 series starring Liz Winstead on which Frank was a consulting producer? Episode 1 is up on Youtube! Jessica Johnson interviews Mike, Kevin and Bill for Time Out Chicago.
And by the way, Matt Silverman of Mashable.com has a piece today about “How to Be Funny in 140 characters,” in which Bill gets a mention, ’cause he is. |
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