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Today the Times had an article on the popularity of "Downton Abbey" and how it's driving viewers into bookstores looking for books on the Edwardian era and the British aristocracy. I have tried watching it a couple of times, but couldn't get into it. One reason I think is I don't need it, because I've already had my Downton Abbey exactly 30 years ( Read more... )

 Dammit.

Dick Martin, the Laid-Back Half of the ‘Laugh-In’ Duo, Is Dead at 86

By NEIL GENZLINGER
Published: May 26, 2008

Dick Martin, a veteran nightclub comic who with his partner, Dan Rowan, turned a midseason replacement slot at NBC in 1968 into a hit that redefined what could be done on television, died on Saturday in Santa Monica, Calif. He was ( Read more... )