Good news for nostalgists with kiddos: The Electric Company makes its return to PBS January 19th, when the network sneak peeks the easy-reader with a two-hour marathon in advance of its official January 23 debut. Alas, no Morgan Freeman, Rita Moreno or Bill Cosby this go-round, but says the media…
For those who don’t read the comments on Unfair Park, yesterday former mayoral candidate and class act Sam Coats, pictured at right, posted his thoughts on the passing of Jennifer Gale. I thought it deserved its own item. –Robert WilonskyDuring the 2007 mayoral campaign, Jennifer was polite and courteous to…
A Friend of Unfair Park, who’s clearly in the holiday spirit, suggested we head back over to the White House’s “A Red, White and Blue Christmas 2008” page, if only to check out local (and regional) pols’ choice of ornaments hanging from the White House Christmas Tree. And, sure enough,…
Yesterday, shortly after State District Judge Craig Smith reaffirmed his earlier ruling that Affiliated Computer Services’s red-light cameras violate a state law requiring an investigations license, I e-mailed Kevin Lightfoot, ACS’s veep of corporate communications, for a comment. This is what he said: “Essentially, nothing is finalized in this case…
On December 4, moments after the Permit License and Appeals Board upheld the city’s decision to revoke Lone Star Auto Service’s towing permit, Friend of Unfair Park “LoveULongTime” cautioned those cheering the company’s (at least temporary) demise: “You guys are funny. They will just get their lawyer to get them…
For so major a movie star—at least, once upon a time—Jim Carrey seems to make a lot of awfully minor films, several of them over and over again. Isn’t Yes Man, in which Carrey’s self-absorbed Debbie Downer green-lights every bad decision in an effort to reinvent his sorry life, just…
As you’ve no doubt heard, Jennifer Gale — who ran for mayor of Dallas only last year — was found dead today in Austin, where Gale was yet again planning on running for mayor of that city. The 44-year-old was discovered early this morning outside the First English Lutheran Church…
So, the Environmental Protection Agency has approved the Dallas/Fort Worth region’s plan to reduce air pollution from ozone, making us the first in the nation to win the EPA’s nod for a “state implementation plan.” That’s nice an all, but don’t jump up and shout, “Woo-hoo, We’re No. 1!” just…
This isn’t Jenny the Elephant news — not really. Well, it kinda is. Because, see, on Monday, Rudy Bush wrote on The Dallas Morning News’ City Hall blog that “a group that wants to see Jenny moved” from the Dallas Zoo to Tennessee is “staging a gathering (which they insist…
If you’ve got more than $14 in your wallet (not me, not me), this eBay offering may be just the big-ticket item for the flashy nostalgist on your gift list: a pendant from Neiman-Marcus that, apparently, dates back to the 1970s. It’s 14K, so they say, and so-so-so retro –…
Earlier today our downstairs neighbors at Big Thought sent the image above, which you’ve no doubt seen if you’ve window-shopped at NorthPark Center during this most wonderful (enh) time of the year. It’s the storefront at Barney’s New York, where the theme’s “Have a Hippie Holiday,” which, I’ll assume, involves…
For years there have been rumors that Austin-based Alamo Drafthouse would be moving up Interstate 35 to the DFW; certainly, local cineastes had hoped as much. Couple of years back, there’d even been much talk of a location moving into the old theater in the Casa Linda Plaza, which, course,…
OK, you know the drill by now: Collect ’em all! Today, it’s Edwin Flores’s turn.First, a disclaimer: I’ve always liked Flores, who’s pictured at right; he’s affable and accessible. And you get the sense that he loves being a trustee and is able to shrug off the criticism that comes…
Odd timing, but in the last couple of days, two Friends of Unfair Park have inquired about the for-sale sign in front of the Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre on Buckner. Yes, it’s for sale — has been since 2006, matter of fact, says Perry Jones of J&B Commercial, who’s…
To see a larger version of this extraordinary photo, visit Tony Gerber’s Flickr page — he is, after all, the man known as the Firefighter with a Camera. The description says only that this was a vacant home in South Dallas formerly “occupied by homeless people. It was unknown if…
Two entertainment notes to start your day, including news of a new CW TV show set in Dallas. Don’t know the name yet, or even it will be filmed here (calls are in to Dallas Film Commission director Janis Burklund), but its roots are reputable enough: Endemol USA, the production…
Seems appropriate that on this freezing-foggy night at 7, WFAA-Channel 8 will air A Charlie Brown Christmas, augmented with 30 minutes’ worth of needless extras: “a series of Christmas-themed animated stories entitled Charlie Brown Christmas Tales, based on Schulz’s work, in which each of the beloved PEANUTS characters — Charlie…
About half an hour ago, Allen Gwinn alerted us media types to this Dallas.org item concerning a hoax e-mail being sent ’round concerning the harmful hustle that wasn’t: folks taping fliers to the back windows of cars at NorthPark Center, which they use to lure would-be victims from their vehicles…
Last month, while reporting last week’s cover story on Dallas Independent Superintendent Michael Hinojosa, I had two long interviews with school board trustee Leigh Ann Ellis, pictured at right. Most people consider the soft-spoken Ellis one of Hinojosa’s most reliable supporters on the board, but I found her more ambivalent…
In late October, a woman named Kandice Hutchison was killed in a car crash on W. Airport Freeway in Euless, when her 2004 Nissan 350Z hit a center median, flipped onto the concrete barrier “and slid along the top of it until the car slammed into a bridge support and…
A Friend of Unfair Park who travels up and down Central Expressway all day long and uses the Texas Department of Transportation cams before heading out sends word: Many of them are completely useless today, courtesy the ice that has glazed over a few of the lenses. But, on the…
In early November, KTVT-Channel 11 busted 14 Dallas Fannie Mae employees for teeing off at the Cowboys Golf Club in Grapevine — 22 days after the feds took over Fannie Mae, whoops. Said the CBS affiliate, taxpayers coughed up $6,279.26 for the golf outing, which “outraged” Rep. Jeb Hensarling. So…
