We went to see the extremely limited run of “Company” at Lincoln Center this afternoon. Talk about your once-in-a-lifetime casts: Neil Patrick Harris, Stephen Colbert, Jon Cryer, Anika Noni Rose, and Patti LuPone (showing that she can still stop a show when she belted out “Here’s to the Ladies Who Lunch.”) Considering the minimal amount of time they must have had to rehearse, they did a superb job with it. A Sondheim show that has truly aged well.

Also, speaking of aging well, funny story: We ate at a restaurant called P.J. Rourke’s and among various decorations on the wall, they had a photograph taken in what looked like the days of old radio, and it looked to be of an incredibly young Fyvush Finkel, a legend of Jewish theater not to mention such programs as “Picket Fences” and “Boston Public.” But no one in the restaurant knew if it was him. So who did we run into coming out of Lincoln Center, departing the same performance of “Company” as we had just seen? Fyvush Finkel, who verified that it was indeed a picture of him. In case you’re wondering, he liked the show.

Scientists in the Czech Republic believe that they have discovered a gay caveman.

Supposedly, unlike other cavemen, he likes Geico because he believes the company’s name is actually Guy Co.

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The International Association of Media Tie-in Writers is proud to announce the 2011 Scribe Award nominees for excellence in licensed tie-in writing — novels based on TV shows, movies, and games – and this year’s Grandmaster, honoring career achievement in the field.

This year’s Grandmaster is Peter David, who has worked in television, film, books (fiction, non-fiction and audio), short stories, and comic books. He’s the acclaimed author of over seventy novels, many of them New York Times bestsellers. His extraordinarily prolific output of consistently excellent books includes two dozen original Star Trek novels, three Babylon 5 novels and novelizations of such major motion pictures as Spider-Man, Iron Man, Fantastic Four, and The Hulk.

David is also one of the most successful and acclaimed comic book scripters in the business with popular runs on such titles as Supergirl, Star Trek, Wolverine and, in particular, his work on The Incredible Hulk franchise (in comics as well as books). His many awards include the prestigious Will Eisner Comic Industry Award. He lives in New York with his wife Kathleen and their four children.

So apparently Khalid Sheikh Mohammed the self-professed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, will not be tried in civilian court but instead be handed over the military.

Since he’s a radical, allow me to put forth a radical idea. Stop arguing about where to try him. Just bring him to Ground Zero and release him. A single police car which drives up, drops him off and drives away. And be sure to publicize well in advance exactly when he will be released. Exact time and day. Put it on the front page of the Daily News, the Post, and the Times.

I’m pretty sure justice will be served in short order.

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The reason I was attending Wondercon was that Activision brought me out to promote “Spider-Man: Edge of Time.” Since I was out here on their dime, I wanted to make sure that anyone who wanted to see me had to come to the panel. But I didn’t want to be a prisoner of my hotel room for two days.

So I put together a Green Hornet costume and walked around for two days. No one knew it was me. It was a kick the way people would say, “It’s the Green Hornet!” rather than, “It’s some guy in a Green Hornet costume.” Plenty of people took my picture. I encountered a couple of other Hornets, including one guy who had a photo perfect re-creation of the 1960s version, complete with Hornet sting (although he was sporting a red beard. To my mind, if you’re going to do a character, commit to it. Lose the beard.) And best of all, I had conversations with people I’ve known for years and they had no clue who I was. I honestly wasn’t sure it would work.

I was packing a 1960s style Hornet gun that Kath painted up for me. To me the major thing that made it work was that I inset a pair of flip-up sunglasses lenses into the eye holes of the mask. So it gave me an eyeless look that added an extra layer of creepiness to it.

It was a fun and different way to spend the con. Plus, considering I was wearing a full suit, a black leather duster, and a wool hat, I think I dropped five pounds of water weight.

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