Category: Media

Jim Kelly, ‘Enter the Dragon’ star, dies at 67

The “almost” is that he approached me to build an e-commerce web site for him a few years back. He was looking to sell autographed photos of himself from his movie roles.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-jim-kelly-enter-the-dragon-star-dies-20130701,0,852055.story

I find it both fascinating and disgusting to watch this view of the oil well leaking into the Gulf.

Wait until about a minute in.

“Got a problem? Odds against you? Call the Equalizer.”

The opening montage was classic fear and distress – people alone with menacing strangers in elevators, empty hallways, or deserted subway stations – paired with a memorable theme written by Stewart Copeland of the Police.

This show had to be one of my favorites of the mid to late ’80s. I was living in NYC at the time, so all of the locations were familiar (and they often shot in my grungy Lower East Side neighborhood). As I remember, the show’s casting was like a crime drama version of the Love Boat, with cameos by actors old and new from both the big and small screens (and occasionally Broadway). It was a smartly written show, with a cast of interesting and flawed characters.

Since these were pre-TiVo days, we would always try to be home on Wednesday nights to watch it…usually with dinner in our laps as we parked in front of the TV. Our game was to be the first to identify that week’s guest star, then marvel at Woodward’s combination of charm and deadly intent.

Check out the opening…

Al Franken zings Ann Coulter at the Connecticut Forum.

The first lady of Star Trek passed away today at age 76. If I ever have a computer that talks, I want it to have her voice.

And a metaphor for those McCain campaign workers who wanted to sabotage her.