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Southfork, Full Circle: A Dallas Kid Meets the Ewings

Dallas has always been my favorite television show, and it’s not just nostalgia. I was 12 when I started, then I chased every rerun from the beginning to the bitter end, plus the reunion movies and the TNT revival. It stuck to me like Texas dust. People say...

Finally, a Fantastic Fantastic Four

I’ve been a fan of the Fantastic Four for over 40 years. Reed, Sue, Johnny, and Ben—Marvel’s first family. The comic book that built the house. I read Fantastic Four as a kid in Brooklyn, back when spinner racks still existed and comics were 60 cents. S...

Only the Good Die Young, But Billy Joel Lives Forever on Long Island

By law, at least by Long Island law, you’re required to love Billy Joel. It’s like bagels on Su...

Keeping Up Appearances… in Oceanside

If you’ve ever watched British television, you might remember a gem called Keeping Up Appearances...

Redemption at Shea (or Citi): Darryl, Doc, and What Really Matters

I grew up a Mets fan in the 1980s. I was the kid who stayed up late with the static-filled AM radio...

I Was Never Going to Be That Guy

When I was getting ready for law school, I watched The Firm. Tom Cruise, fresh-faced and full of pr...

Fanatics Fest delivered

It had been a long time since I stepped foot inside the Javits Center—last time was July 1997, sw...

The Mission Becomes Possible

I hated the Mission: Impossible TV show. Let me just get that out of the way. It was a fixture on S...

I didn’t fit within their paradigm

When I was at American University Washington College of Law, the dean at the time was a man named C...

Harry Carson

My son, Jason, loves card shows. He loves meeting athletes, collecting autographs, and everything t...