Latest Podcast: The Case for Remaking the Remake of “It’s a Wonderful Life”

I’ve got two words for you, folks: Marlo Thomas. She was onto something.

Plus, Charlie Brown Christmas, Cats and the best (and only) Sally Field holiday slasher flick ever made.

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My Birthday Gift to “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”

A look at the Rankin/Bass production’s pop-culture impact for Yahoo! TV.

You’re welcome, kid, and I’ll see you tonight on CBS at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

I Live-Tweeted “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving”

Someone’s got to think the big thoughts. Plus, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving is the best Charlie Brown holiday special of them all.

I just did a plug right there.

For my book, Sylvia Plath Totally Ruins Father Knows Best: 50 Poems About TV, TV-Watching and the Existential Sadness of Conan O’Brien.

Pretty smooth, if I do say so myself.

What If “The Star Wars Holiday Special” Was Misunderstood?

No, really.

By the by, The Star Wars Holiday Special aired on TV for the first—and last time—36 years ago this week.

You Can Never Have Too Much “Charlie Brown Thanksgiving”

The tribute-version cut, I call it. Poem from the e-book, Sylvia Plath Totally Ruins ‘Father Knows Best’: 50 Poems About TV, TV Watching and the Existential Sadness of Conan O’Brien. Now available at Amazon.