He Had A Cow, Man...! R.I.P. Sam Simon

Sam Simon, who helped Matt Groening create TV's long-running FOX animated comedy "The SIMPSONS", died last week of cancer at the age of 59.
 Read the article from ANIMATION Magazine HERE .

Seth McFarlane's "FLINTSTONES" Delayed

Well, it seems as if the creator of "FAMILY GUY" and "American Dad" is a little too busy to devote his full attention to the announced "FLINTSTONES" project.

Read the full article HERE .

"Norman" Appears on "The Uncle Henry Show"

"The Uncle Henry Show" featured "Norman" as a guest this morning from 6:00 a.m until 8:00 a.m. 'on the air' at WNTM NewsRadio710AM, and for the internet hour from 8:00 a.m. until 9:00 over at www.newsradio710.com.

Topics ranged from Obamacare & health insurance, gospel music, crime and Mobile police effectiveness to the 'Moonpie Drop' and- of course- to blimps.

"Alabama Football recruiting" was also a topic, for good measure.

NewsRadio 710 Trying to Kill Uncle Henry...?

Well, with the acquisition of both Glenn Beck AND Sean Hannity, 710WNTM (aka Newsradio710) has not only shortened the popular Uncle Henry Show, they've moved the last hour-- 8am to 9am-- to INTERNET ONLY! And if you don't have high-speed internet or the latest browser, you STILL can't listen!

Now, don't get me wrong. I LOVE to listen to BOTH of those guys. But the LOCAL listeners in the Mobile radio market WANT to hear Uncle Henry. He has a long-term connection to his VERY loyal audience. He is the main reason most people I know listen to talk radio.

I'm glad that we finally have this powerful and conservative lineup, but it is unfortunate that it comes at the expense of the station's elder statesman and Mobile's most-respected moral compass.

FG's STEWIE GRIFFIN Comes Out!

MacFarlane: Yup, Stewie’s Gay
From Animation Magazine:
Thursday, August 13, 2009By: Ramin Zahed
After suspecting it all along, we now have confirmation from Family Guy creator that the show’s breakout character Stewart Gilligan “Stewie” Griffin is gay. MacFarlane, who also voices the diabolical child genius, told Playboy recently that the writers had written a whole script in which Stewie does come out of the closet.
"We had an episode that went all the way to the script phase in which Stewie does come out,” said MacFarlane. “It had to do with the harassment he took from other kids at school. He ends up going back in time to prevent a passage in Leviticus from being written: ‘Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind. It is an abomination.’ But we decided it’s better to keep it vague, which makes more sense because he’s a one-year-old. Ultimately, Stewie will be gay or a very unhappy repressed heterosexual. It also explains why he’s so hell-bent on killing [his mother, Lois] and taking over the world: He has a lot of aggression, which comes from confusion and uncertainty about his orientation."
Sadly, neither Barbara Walters nor People magazine are planning special “Stewie Comes Out” editions!
The new season of Family Guy will begin on Sunday, September 27 on FOX-TV at 9 p.m, following the premiere of The Cleveland Show at 8:30 p.m.

"The SIMPSONS" Picked Up, Will Run For Two More Years

The Simpsons, already the longest-running animated series in television history, will become the longest-running prime-time television series after it was announced that the show has been extended.
Read the article on AnimationMagazine.net by clicking on the title of this post.
Dan Povenmire was a long-time contributor to the series.

When You Wish Upon Suing Family Guy

Well, seven years after the fact, "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein", a Family Guy episode directed by Dan Povenmire, is generating more controversy. Initially pulled from airing on network television due to material deemed offensive (on FOX, ironically enough!), the installment has since been included in the dvd collections and shown (several times) on Cartoon Network's ADULT SWIM.
Now, the music company who holds the rights to the song "When You Wish Upon a Star", the well-known tune featured in Walt Disney's Pinocchio, is suing Time-Warner, the parent company of Cartoon Network.



E-Online tells a little about it here:
http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=36351312-cb93-4ca2-af08-c6eddf2b9a4c&sid=fd-hot3-txt
And here's this this gem from Variety:
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117973320.html?categoryid=14&cs=1

NOW, on a totally unrelated note, here is a nifty video featuring an "Etch-a-Sketch" artist:

Pretty neat, eh? I don't think I have the patience or manual dexterity for THAT...!