In the last twenty or thirty pages, the writing improved marginally, but the book’s central problem is that it claims to rebut certain theories regarding the Lindbergh case, while dismissing most of them with what …

I read it pretty much in one shot yesterday while waiting for The Invisible Verizon Man, which is good, because otherwise I don’t think I would have stuck with it.   Dunn’s ability to nail …

Jay Mohr’s primary complaint here seems to be that he couldn’t get many sketches on the air, but if the writing in this book is any indication…I mean, I know writing a book and writing …

The book came out in ’02, so it’s even funnier now to read through the list of dot-bombs…although I still kind of miss Kozmo and think he was unnecessarily mean to it.   I mean, …

Good writing, good plotting, deeply annoying characters, especially the women.   I really couldn’t stand Robin, and maybe I’m not supposed to like her, but I don’t enjoy spending that much time with characters who …

I’d had this book for ages and finally grabbed it off the pile, and it’s outstanding.   It’s like David Sedaris, in that the writing is perfectly turned and often extremely funny, but it’s not …

Pretty interesting, but it only encompasses the first season — and a lot of it seems redundant if you watch the show on a regular basis.   Quite well-written of its ilk, though.   (1/31/04)

Some of the stuff I already knew from Bigger Secrets, but that the Ten Commandments most of us know aren’t actually the ones on the tablets?   That was news. (8/27/05)

I wanted really badly to like this book, but…it didn’t work out that way.   Parish, the author, is, I think, extremely knowledgeable about film history, and I think I would enjoy talking with him …

I like it so far; I think Bob Costas is rad, just generally.   But I have to see how it shakes out, because some of the things he’s talking about, dynastically, were germane when …