A Kathy Fuller Web Find: Ten Life Lessons from Dr. Who

I’m sure we could all learn way more than ten lessons from Dr. Who, but this is a blog post, not a self-help book.

Ten Life Lessons From Doctor Who

by David Weedmark

I bought a new pair of shoes a couple weeks ago. They’ve been a tremendous help to my sanity. They’re just a pair of plain Converse sneakers to most people, but to me and a few of you, there is a special significance to this brand of shoes. Because Converse sneakers, like a bow tie, or even a fez, are cool. I’m referring of course to the BBC’s Doctor Who. It is one of the few television shows to which I’ll admit I’m a fan. Because, like a few great works of drama, it is entertaining (funny at times, scary at others, and often simultaneously) and is a constant reminder of what is important. The most important things, I’ve often said, are also the things we tend to forget the most easily. read article

LB: “Why is Television So Bad?”

For over 40 years people, upon hearing that I write-produce TV shows, have always – and I mean always, felt obligated to ask the not-very-musical question, “Why is television so bad?”

I hate this question for any number of reasons, starting with the fact that not only does it assume that the shows on TV are bad but also that I agree with that assumption. Which, for the record, I don’t. read article

munchman: TVWriter™ Pays Tribute to the Recent Marijuana Initiatives

To be precise, we’re saluting an unsung old sitcom that, as you’ll see, had a lot more going on than it’s usually given credit for.

To be more precise, this little life lesson comes from the old Redd Foxx series SANFORD AND SON…which turns out to be much, much funnier, truer, and more dangerous and disruptive than we remembered: read article

Remember the Writer Who Submitted the CASABLANCA Script As His Own…

…And got rejected by about a zillion agents who didn’t recognize it as an Academy Award-winning screenplay?

His name was Chuck Ross, and 30 years ago Film Comment Magazine published his article on what Chuck calls “the most outrageous ‘test’ ever conducted with those who work in the movie industry.” read article

The Doctor Puppet is Having Its (His?) Own Christmas Special!

Well, of course he is. And, honestly, our little fannish selves are thrilled:

The Peer Production bug strikes again, bay-bee!!! read article