Television

How Much Would You Pay for Bruno Gerussi’s Facial Hair?: The CBC here in Vancouver recently held an auction to sell off some old stuff. As Tod Maffin points out, one of the weirdest things for sale was Bruno Gerussi’s facial hair (here’s a close-up). Bruno Gerussi is most famous…; Continue reading entry #3611

You Take the Good, You Take the Bad: Last night I had a conversation about old sitcoms. We roved from Silver Spoons to Punky Brewster, eventually settling on The Facts of Life, a sitcom which ran on NBC from 1979 to 1988 (9 years!). To my utter shock,…; Continue reading entry #3603

Alien Planet Was Pretty Cool: While recovering from jet lag and a head cold (thank you, Air Canada) last night, I happened upon a cool faux-documentary on the Discovery Channel called Alien Planet. The show imagined an interstellar voyage to a planet 4 light years…; Continue reading entry #3535

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