Entries from LAist tagged with 'jackbenny'
May 9, 2008
Hey hipsters, did you catch the "30 Rock" season finale last night? If you didn't, be happy and secure in knowing that NBC has formatted it (along with "The Office") for streaming on your iPhone - they're not waiting for Apple on this one. It looks like a lot is on TV but it's slim pickins - shockingly no decent oldie movie selections on TCM this weekend. Tonight 9:00pm Man vs. Wild DISCOVERY - Bear......
Continue Reading "TV Junkie: Weekend Edition - "Survivor" Finale on Sunday"December 22, 2007
If you're not mall-ward bound, frantically baking fruitcake, cleaning house for arriving relatives, or headed to LAX, there are still plenty of things to do tonight in LA. FILM "Yippee Ki-yay, mother..." You get the idea. The Aero Theatre is showing a badass Christmastime double feature tonight. On the bill is the original Die Hard and 2003's Bad Santa, starring Billy Bob Thornton. Ah, the familiar holiday cinema classics. 7:30 p.m. // Aero Theatre......
Continue Reading "Pencil This In: Saturday"December 27, 2006
Perhaps you're like us, recovering from that six week full-court press of shopping, traveling, eating, smiling, wrapping, unwrapping and now you just want to sit back and not get fed any more BS. If that's the case, tonight is the night for you as LA is screening not one, not two, but six olde school black & white classic films this evening all around town. They're having a Jack Benny double feature at the......
Continue Reading "Fields' "The Bank Dick" highlights a night of Oldies"January 5, 2006
So Jon Stewart will host the Oscars this year. Hosting the Oscars solo is a little like climbing Everest: the idea of doing it is always there, taunting America's elite comedians and raconteurs. Some, like Bob Hope, can beat it — 12 times he hosted alone, and more times with helpers tagging along. Others end up like Beck Weathers and David Letterman, beaten and barely alive, knowing they'll never do it again. But the......
Continue Reading "The Daily Show gets nude and gold"