I will be attending the midnight opening for “Dark Tower 2” at Midtown Comics. Before that, on that Tuesday, March 4th, I will be appearing as part of the Comic Book Club, 8 PM, at The Peoples Improv Theater, 154 West 29th Street, 2nd Floor, between 6th and 7th Avenues.
Then, a couple weeks later, I will be attending the Wizard Convention in Los Angeles. I’m very much looking forward to seeing old friends there.
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It’s now down to voting on the two wild card cities. The Hasbro press release to that effect is reprinted below.
USA! USA!
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On “The Colbert Report” tonight, the number five threat on the “Threat Down” was the international edition of Monopoly.
With one day to go on the voting, let us see if America can get a Colbert bump.
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I went to the WGA meeting last night on the contract. There were maybe a dozen or so people in the audience. Most people had obviously already mailed in their ballots, but I came in because I was interested to see who would show up and if anyone had anything interesting to say.
A microphone was set up so that people could get up and address the board and have their say about the contract.
Nobody did.
The meeting ran about ninety seconds, and most of that consisted of a Ferris Bueller-like “Anyone? Anyone,” and when no one had anything to say, we voted. I suspect it will carry overwhelmingly.
I wonder if the WGA West meeting had more fireworks.
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UPDATE: The WGA has just confirmed that the new contract was overwhelmingly approved by over 93 percent of the membership.
Okay, we’re done with the fashions. Moving on to the main event. This will be pretty much the ol’ Cowboy speaking, unless otherwise indicated. We continue below the cut line.
Personally, I think that Jon Stewart will mention the settled strike within the first thirty seconds of his time.
And away we go.
Yes, from the blog that gave you the live snarking of the State of the Union and commercial reviews of the Superbowl, Cowboy Pete will provide ongoing commentary on the Oscars. Why? Because I’ve only seen one of the nominated films and I want to do SOMETHING to keep myself awake. Coverage will begin at 8 PM, during which time Wrangler Kath and Cowgirl Ariel will provide fashion commentary for the red carpet arrivals, after which the ol’ Cowboy himself will saddle up at 8:30 for the stultifying marathon that is the Oscars. Be here because, if you’re not, you won’t be.
UPDATE: Going live in one minute. Comments below the cut line.
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I spent an hour of my life I will never get back last weekend fruitlessly attempting to score Billy Joel tickets for his Shea Stadium concert. An hour of phone lines ringing busy, circuits being tied up, and web sites refusing to load. I mean, I never even got close to being able to purchase them.
Now, on ebay, there are no less than 194 sellers peddling anywhere from two to four tickets apiece.
Did anyone buy tickets to actually go and SEE the dámņëd concert?
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