New commentaries

I am now on EVERY DAY on the radio! 5:44 p.m. during All Things Considered
and you can get it On Demand at www.robinhoodradio.com.
This week I love what I talked about..she said modestly...Michael Jackson,
of course...What's wrong with Government, and what to watch and what to skip
on TV. enjoy!

things to never do

Never get your hair cut off the day before you go on TV and you don't know how
to style it. And your friend/stylist/shrink Mr. Joey who does it can't be there in the morning to do it right. Instead of hip, Ellen De Generis, I looked more like Tony Curtis.
Oh well...love Rosanna and Greg and feel like it's home.
Go to Good Day NY on the net and look for me or paste this direct link.
http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/good_day_ny/susan-silver-dads-and-daughters-20100617

Father's Day on Fox tv

I'm talking about my Daddy on Fox Good Day NY thurs. at 9:30 a.m. It
will be on the fox website too. Hope you can tune in.

Susan Says

Hey guys..I am happy, no I'm thrilled to announce I am now on the radio giving
commentary called Susan Says...on www.robinhoodradio.com! It's an NPR affiliate, AM1020 and FM 91.9 out of Sharon, CT. You can get it by clicking ON DEMAND on the website, or even on iTunes. I will be doing a few a week and the first ones start Monday June 7.
If you are up at 5:06 a.m. you can hear it on Morning Edition or 5:44p.m. on All Things Considered. Clearly I will not be up at 5 a.m. anywhere! Let me know what you think..and if you like it, tell the station!Just copy and paste the link:
http://podcasts.am1020whdd.com/~am1020wh/shows/category.php?id=129

solitary man

Wow! you have got to see Solitary Man, the new Michael Douglas movie.
Brilliant script for grownups...excellent performances. He should be
nominated for Oscar. Any middle age guys with mid life crisis issues
be warned...it's tough to take. Loved this movie. Flawless!

Last LOST

Wow...wierd choice made by creators of Lost. The first hour so far is breaking the fourth wall and letting us know..forcing us to know that it is NOT REAL! They are really making us face that it is merely a TV show and I don't quite know why. Maybe they realize that they can't satisfy the audience with the creative dramatic end...so they are taking us out of the fantasy and sharing the behind the scenes. I dont like it. It's like when I'm watching a soap opera..yes I do..and another actor replaces the first one and they just expect you to accept it. It always ruins it for me.
Had they done this in an AFTER LOST...special, I'd have liked it better. Boo Hoo. mabye just Boo...will wait until it's over to see and say.

me on fox...

i hope this links it. i'm so lame at this.
http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/entertainment/television/susan-silver-20100514

Love letter to Greg and Rosanna

I just did the Fox Good Day NY Show and I love love love Greg and Rosanna. They are
so easy to be with and make you feel so at home. It was a blast! I want to do it again. So everyone should bombard them with requests..kind of like the Betty White Thing! just kidding...not.

time change

now am on Friday May 14 Fox Good Day NY at 9:15! Oy! I'll have to get up even earlier.

I'M A FOX..WELL I'M ON FOX TV

Friday, May 14 I'm on Fox Good Day New York with Rosanna Scotto and Greg Kelly. I'm talking about how anyone can be funnier. And I'm plugging my class on Sit Com Writing at the Learning Annex May 18. I'm going to be on after 9:30..probably at 9:40 so please watch and then register for the class. It's not too late and it will be fun. I promise. Go to www.learningannex.com and put my name into the Search Box.

The Real Riell

Saw Oprah totally flumoxed by the John Edwards baby mama! Interesting. This is one
tough cookie and I am not going to make a moral judgement. Strictly talking interview style here...she had Oprah boxed off in more ways than one. She uses all the words Oprah likes ...'your truth'...and other terms for self actualization and every place Oprah went with questions, she turned it around and maintained control.
Very interesting. Never saw Oprah quite this way before. The one fact that did jump out at me was that she never used birthcontrol...'whatever happened would happen' was her position. So to me that means...she decided to have his baby and she did!Maybe I should make a moral judgement on that part! And what the hell was he thinking????

Jack Kevorkian

WOW!!! Just saw the HBO movie You Dont Know Jack..about the infamous
Dr. Death. Amazing! As a piece of art it was fabulous...Al Pacino has
got to be one of the greatest actors alive. The Midwest accent went
a little Fargo..but other than that...brilliant performance. Barry
Levinson is a great director and it was beautifully done. As a man,
Dr. K is my hero! I never really knew a lot about him, other than I
agreed with his position and believe in assisted suicide. He was
quite an interesting and idiocyncratic fellow as well. I think he
is brave beyond belief and this is worth watching. Get it on
HBO on demand if you didn't see it.

Brett Michaels

Ok, now you'll know that all I do is watch reality shows...but I got hooked on
Rock of Love which was rock star Brett Michaels from Poison, dating a bunch
of skanky chicks. Dont ask why. I don't know myself. But I liked him. He is
kind of sweet. Now he's on the Celebrity Apprentice and turns out to be a
father, a diabetic, a lovely sensitive guy. Honestly. So I was so sad to
hear he had an aneurism. He was operated on for appendicitis so maybe it
was related to that.Also I was at the Tony Awards when he hit his head
on the stage. Maybe that started it. Brett, thinking about you.
I want him to be well!

spring has sprung

Finally, nice weather and I am out in the sun on my terrace/garden. Now if I could just get all the construction to shut up! Well, I guess you can't have everything. Looking forward to summer already!
My pals at Growing Bolder have put up a link to every radio show I've done and some TV as well. They are the best. You can listen if you go onto http://growingbolder.com/tags/susan-silver

Also I will be on Fox morning show telling everyone how to be funnier!It's May 14 at 9 in NYC but I'll remind you later.

Learning Annex

I'll be teaching a seminar on Sit Com Writing at the Learning Annex
on May 18, 6:45-9:30 in NYC.
I'd love to see you all there. You can go on this link or
go to the Learning Annex Website or magazine page 9 to sign up.
Just type my name into the search box.
I'll remind you later as well.

http://www.learningannex.com/instructions.taf

enough tiger!

I am so sick of the Tiger thing..enough already. And this awful Nike ad with his dead dad? Are you kidding me?The Mistress photo spread? The golf club spokesman on his moral highhorse...who cares? Please press...find a new scandal.

Uncivil civilization

What the hell is going on?From Congress to talk shows, from tea parties to other tempests...everyone is losing it.Everyone has gone too far in expressing themselves. It's all too argumentative and ugly and I'm not sure where it started but it should end!
Political news shows started yelling at each other years ago so that you could almost not watch. Then Congressmen yelled out during State of the Union Speech and sessions and "voters" are spitting on them! Reality shows that were fun became combative and Housewives went from gossiping to pulling wigs off. And it all seems to intrigue people. Even Dancing with the Stars is now "I quit" and hostility. (Although I'd walk out on Kate too..what a ballbreaker!) Anyway...see...now even sweet little Me..I am getting hostile.
I think the genie is out of the bottle and don't know if it'll ever be able to go back in.
Sad state of affairs for all of us.

Girl With Dragon Tatoo

If you, as I, was...a devourer (if that is a word) of the two "Girl" books, about
to be a trilogy...then you must go see this movie! It was a brilliant
adaptation of the book. So often, particularly in American movies they
ruin a book, either by casting or commercializing and this Swedish film with
subtitles was neither.
What it is, is a crisp action thriller with all the highpoints of the book.
It has sex, kinky sex, disgustingly wierd sex, and Nazis. What more could
you want from a thriller? And it moves like the wind. The book was very
long in the winded area...often digressing and repeating. This did neither.
In fact, it eliminated two of the subplots but wow, what you can suggest
with just a look. It was all there if you knew the book.
The Girl who is the star...is fab. The guy is a sort of pockmarked weary
non hero and that works very well. Here they'll make them into two
glamour-pusses and ruin it.
Read the book first then you will really love it. Not sure what those
who haven't read it would think. But let me know.

Jesse James..you robbed her!

I know in the big picture it's not that important, but I am personally
very upset about Jesse James cheating on Sandra Bullock. Seriously!
She is such a doll, so real and so bright and after she thanked him
for "having her back" at the Oscars, this must be devestating.What's
with these Hollywood people? Why is marriage so impossible. Sandy...
love you. Jesse...used to love you. No more. And those tatoos? On the
"mistress?" Yeesh!