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Stephen Winer @rowrbazzle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

For #NationalSilentMovieDay, may I recommend Harold Lloyd’s hilarious THE FRESHMAN, available in this great Criterion edition for which I wrote the booklet essay? You can also see it on The Criterion Channel and read my essay at the Criterion Current.

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Stephen Winer @rowrbazzle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Today is the birthday of the great animation director Chuck Jones. I was lucky enough to know him slightly. One of the nicest things that can happen to you is that you meet your idols and find that they are everything you hope they'd be. Chuck Jones was all that and more.

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Stephen Winer @rowrbazzle.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Doesn’t it seem like Batman Day comes earlier every year?

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Stephen Winer @rowrbazzle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Watched the video from Congress today and, frankly, Mitch McConnell has never looked better!

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Stephen Winer @rowrbazzle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I’m not opening for Ed Sheeran either. Not that they asked.

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Stephen Winer @rowrbazzle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It’s the birthday of one of America’s greatest humorists, who also became a first rate comic actor in movies, Robert Benchley!

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Stephen Winer @rowrbazzle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Wow! Wherever you look on social media, absolutely everyone is not talking about the Emmys!

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Stephen Winer @rowrbazzle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The RNC doing their bit to create new and better atheists.

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Stephen Winer @rowrbazzle.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This photo of Dyckman Street in Manhattan in 1933 shows an amazing program at the Loew’s Paradise in the Bronx. The feature is John Ford’s FLESH starring Wallace Beery and the live show features- wait for it - Burns and Allen, the Ritz Brothers and Edgar Bergen. If only my TARDIS wasn’t in the shop!

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Stephen Winer @rowrbazzle.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I imagine Bill Maher will have something pithy to say about Gloria Steinem this week. (I might be spelling “pithy” wrong.)

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Stephen Winer @rowrbazzle.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Now that I’ve got your attention, it’s Joan Blondell ‘s birthday! If you happen to have a print of CONVENTION CITY gathering dust in your closet, could you please walk it over to the Library of Congress? There might be some interest.

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Stephen Winer @rowrbazzle.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Bill Maher is the Mike Love of Comedy.

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Stephen Winer @rowrbazzle.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Don’t worry, Bill. When you die, there’ll be all the time in the world for the other news.

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Stephen Winer @rowrbazzle.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

For Jack Kirby’s birthday, here is his excellent portrait of Rudy Giuliani.

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Stephen Winer @rowrbazzle.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

How about The Kennedy Parton Center? Does that work?

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Stephen Winer @rowrbazzle.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

This letter from 2020 featuring Natalie Harp turned up in my Facebook memories. It’s from Jimmy Stewart’s daughter and it shows how, even at that tender age, Natalie was already making friends.

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Stephen Winer @rowrbazzle.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

variety.com/2026/film/ob... turns out the next 80 year old was not the one we hoped for either. There are worse things to say about an actor than “He was known for creating an iconic character” but Curry was a gifted and versatile actor who was always a pleasure to watch on film or on stage.

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Tim Curry, ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ Star, Dies at 80

Tim Curry, who soared to fame in the ‘70s as the flamboyant star of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” died on Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 80.

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Stephen Winer @rowrbazzle.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Today is the birthday of Walt Kelly, the creator of POGO and so much more. Not just one of our best comic strip artists, he was truly one of the greatest of all American humorists!

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Stephen Winer @rowrbazzle.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Today Hakim Jeffries met with Jared Kushner to discuss the future if Democrats take back the House, so if you thought that ANYBODY would do ANYTHING about ANY OF THIS after the election, you have your answer!

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Stephen Winer @rowrbazzle.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The only Harp I want to see in the White House.

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Stephen Winer @rowrbazzle.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

“I am dead…” “…You are not…” “…Inside…” “…yes…” (translated from the Swedish)

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Stephen Winer @rowrbazzle.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

On the bright side, you know they’ll forget to take their gloves off during rest room breaks.

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Stephen Winer @rowrbazzle.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

George Burns always said today’s birthday girl Gracie Allen was an actress not a comic. Her character worked because she said her crazy lines with absolute conviction.

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Stephen Winer @rowrbazzle.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Sure. They cancel the show and NOW you do the promo!

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Stephen Winer @rowrbazzle.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Today is the 105th birthday of Calvert DeForest, a man whose career I had what I will politely call a slight influence on. Here is the complete collection of Melman Bus Line ads (all the ones featuring Calvert written by Karl Tiedemann and myself.)https://youtube.com/watch?v=Vzu9ddkluw4

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Melman Bus Lines Collection on Letterman, 1982

YouTube video by Don Giller

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Rav @rvbdrm.com · 22/07/2026

Quick thinking having a tablecloth handy. I didn’t even notice the twitching from that dead robot.

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Stephen Winer @rowrbazzle.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

So we’re being told not to eat fruits and vegetables and avoid excessive exercise outdoors. I’ve never felt so ahead of the curve in my life.

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Stephen Winer @rowrbazzle.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Finally figured out who these rants reminded me of:

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Stephen Winer @rowrbazzle.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Next Year’s Mark Twain Award winner:

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Stephen Winer @rowrbazzle.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Two famous people died over the weekend- one was terrible, the other was Sam Neill. The passing of this great actor has opened a floodgate of stories and reminiscences . Some of these were from his friends. Some were from people who met him briefly, on the street or in an airport.

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Stephen Winer @rowrbazzle.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Art Carney in HOUSE CALLS [At burial service] Dr. Willoughby: Throughout history, all great innovators were never really appreciated until they were dead. You're dead now Harry... an' we appreciate it!

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Stephen Winer @rowrbazzle.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Just rented an excellent new office at a surprisingly low rate in New York’s beautiful Pfizer Building. It’s on the twelfth floor but I’m reliably informed that by next week I’ll be able to enter through the lobby. (Yeah, it’s a local joke but it’s the best you can get at these prices.)

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Stephen Winer @rowrbazzle.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Looking forward to Trump’s speech in the 101 degree heat.

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Stephen Winer @rowrbazzle.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

“No, sorry, I won’t marry you.” (Nudge)

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Stephen Winer @rowrbazzle.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

“It was me! I cut the 350 foot slit in the Reflecting Pool! I couldn’t help myself!” Happy Birthday anyway, Peter Lorre!

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Stephen Winer @rowrbazzle.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Happy Father’s Day to those who celebrate!

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Stephen Winer @rowrbazzle.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

"Chaplin wasn't the funniest. I wasn't the funniest. This man was the funniest." -- Buster Keaton on Stan Laurel. Today's the birthday of the man who was the heart and soul of movie comedy.

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Stephen Winer @rowrbazzle.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Starting this fall, every Sunday night at 7 on CBS, It’s NEWSMEN UNLEASHED with your host Byron Allen and his guests Matt Lauer, Brian Williams, Charlie Rose and the late Tex Antoine. The best “60 Minutes” you’ll ever spend!

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