Best Forgotten IV: Marsha, Marsha, Marsha Edition

January 13, 2017: Remember Roseanne’s old joke about how, if her husband comes home from work to find the kids …

Best Forgotten III: Now with Salami

December 21, 2016: The Dick Van Dyke Show probably made television’s first good joke about race. In “That’s My Boy??,” …

November 7, 2016: I am the world’s worst interviewer—just ask the great Tippi Hedren. I interviewed her by telephone in …

October 22, 2016: When I was between boyfriends in the early nineties (it would actually turn out to be the …

October 19, 2016: Desi Arnaz believed that one reason for “I Love Lucy”’s galactic success was that it didn’t insult any …

October 3, 2016: “What the hell was that?” is a perfectly reasonable response to any performance by the great Geraldine …

September 21, 2016: By all means, let’s raise an existential question about the ubiquity of the modern celebrity memoir. (The …

July 28, 2016: Ain’t this nifty? The Awl has just posted “How to Get Rid of Books,” the third wee …

July 27, 2016: Well lookee there: The Awl just posted the second essay in my three-part series formerly titled Your Books: Three Essays …

July 26, 2016: First: happy Mick Jagger’s birthday (which actually has nothing to do with this photo of Keith). Second: …