by David Krell | Apr 7, 2017 | David Krell
At the turn of the 21st century, while the world scrambled to confront a Y2K threat to computers, Bobby Bonilla and the management of the New York Mets came to an agreement regarding salary—defer it. Well, a lot of it. From 2011 to 2035, Bonilla gets annual...
by David Krell | Jul 5, 2015 | David Krell
Double Rush was a short-lived situation comedy that aired on CBS in 1995. Stephen Nathan and Diane English created Double Rush, using the setting of a bike messenger service in New York City for comedic effect. The service, appropriately, was called Double Rush....
by David Krell | Mar 21, 2015 | David Krell
M*A*S*H had several memorable characters. Klinger dressed like a woman to get a discharge from the Army based on a Section 8. Hawkeye used humor, usually bathed in sarcasm, as an emotional defense mechanism to protect his psyche from getting fully pummeled by the...
by David Krell | Jan 3, 2014 | David Krell
Based on the eponymous play, Inherit the Wind showcases the Scopes Monkey Trial. This 1960 film stars Spencer Tracy and Fredric March as the fictional counterparts to Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan, respectively. In the legal thriller Jagged Edge (1986),...
by David Krell | May 10, 2013 | David Krell
Next month, Casey at the Bat celebrates its 125th anniversary. Penned by Ernest Thayer, the story might never have happened but for an Ivy League friendship with William Randolph Hearst. Thayer and Hearst knew each other from their days at Harvard. Thayer was a...
