Absolutely loved the “Glee” “Rocky Horror” episode. They did a terrific job of matching the characters on “Glee” in ways that I wouldn’t have imagined, plus the most terrifying aspect of all: Sue Sylvester making sense. Overall a tremendous job.

And best of all, Fox didn’t stop us from seeing it; we picked it up off iTunes. And yeah, I know, I know, Fox probably gets some money from that. But compare that to all the ad revenue they’ve lost in the NY area during their douchy blackout, and add to it Major League Baseball’s deciding to stream the World Series live for a fairly small fee (I’m dubious as to how many NY/Philly fans will give a dámņ, but at least the option is available) which I assume Fox will get no share of, and it’s nice to see that they’re taking some lumps for inconveniencing three million people. I mean, really, to get treated this badly by Fox, you usually have to be a science fiction series on Friday nights.

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There is a staggering irony to Bill O’Reilly inflaming the anger and suspicion that people have for Muslims.

Because it wasn’t all that long ago–just the middle of last century, in fact–that plenty of people opposed the notion of electing a Catholic to the office of President of the United States, on the assertion that he would simply take all his marching orders from the Vatican. Very Loud Men declared that a Catholic President would be nothing more than a puppet of the Pope, promoting the secret Catholic agenda (whatever that was.)

And a hundred years before that, when desperate Irish people were flooding our shores to escape the Potato Famine, Very Loud Men decried it, stating that the Irish would ruin our country. And the Very Loud Men got people very upset, and signs when up at places of employment declaring “Irish Need Not Apply.” And there isn’t any polling data available that I know of, but I’ll wager far more than seventy percent of Americans didn’t want those dámņëd Irish, not to mention their dámņëd Irish places of worship, anywhere on our fair shores.

And I’ll bet that a lot of those Very Loud Men looked and sounded a lot like an Irish Catholic man named Bill O’Reilly.

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The stalemate between Cablevision and News Corp that threatens to keep the World Series off the air in the New York area just got a kick in the ‘nads for News Corp.

Why? Because the Yankees just lost to the Texas Rangers. So the interest of the average New Yorker in the World Series just dropped precipitously. Sure, some might still be interested, but it’s a lot less of an imperative for a lot more people.

And if the Phillies lose to the Giants, that’s pretty much it as far as the tri-state area is concerned. So News Corp can yell about how it’s Cablevision’s fault that News Corp yanked Channel 5 and thus lost viewers the World Series, but most viewers will just be shrugging and, if they’re so inclined, picking up “House” or “Glee” off iTunes.

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UPDATED at 11:39 PM–And the Phillies are out. That resounding thud you just heard is another bargaining chip hitting the ground.

I happened to be doing some general reading up on the Apocalypse for something I’m working on (how’s that for an unsettling hint) and just for laughs I decided to check Wikipedia. Here’s what it said, and I quote:

The End of the World
It is thought that in the year 2012 A.D. Bruce Lee will rise up from the dead and engage in an epic battle with Chuck Norris destroying the planet and all its inhabitants in the process.

Actually, if that were a movie, I’d go see it.

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For those who have iPads, iPhones, and similar i-Products, the app for the “Epic Mickey” digicomics–written by yours truly–have gone live. The comics are set before the events detailed in the upcoming “Epic Mickey” video game, depicting the world of Wasteland (populated by forgotten Disney characters) before the great Thinner Disaster that lays the groundwork for the game.

My personal favorite is “The Rubbish Cup,” which is basically a love letter to the late, lamented Adventurers Club. Check it out.

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