Comments on: Up Paula’s Nose & Other Stories

By: Bob Davis

Bob Davis — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:01:51 +0000

I think it was H. L. Mencken who made the comment about “Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public”. Otherwise, why would papers waste ink on subjects such as Paris Hilton or Britney Spears? It’s not just newspapers; TV seems to have gone downhill over the last 20 years. One of the things that really bugged me was the coverage in the papers of “The Sopranos” series (Which I couldn’t watch even if I wanted to because we don’t have cable). Those shows glorified gangsters! hoodlums! I found the whole idea sickening! If it were up to me, people who provide the prototypes/models for programs like this would be taken out and shot, along with a large assortment of other scumbags who infest our world.

By: Sandra Cormier

Sandra Cormier — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 04:20:51 +0000

Maybe it’s time for all of us to return to the days of Vaudeville. With all the doom and gloom around us, a little levity can’t hurt.

By: Marilyn Jensen

Marilyn Jensen — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:10:12 +0000

As always, you said it all. Now that I’ve got my new ocmputer figured out (more or less) I’ll be checking in often. Mondayornings just aren’t the same without you.

By: Anne P. Warman

Anne P. Warman — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 01:25:27 +0000

Al, as much as I am grieving your no longer writing for the LAT, I am so grateful for your gift of this blog. Thanks a million. I do love your writings and so appreciate your sense of humor in these difficult times.
All my best to you and Cinelli. (Anne)

By: Carl

Carl — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:18:59 +0000

As the once venerable Los Angeles Times sinks into the frigid depths of Sam Zell impotence, maybe, Al, you’re better off at a comfortable distance in a lifeboat, hopefully with navy grog and Talullah Bankhead aboard.

By: Sybil Buff

Sybil Buff — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:58:02 +0000

How could the Times treat their best columnist this way? I will certainly write to them and encourage others to oppose your “nudging out”. I was sad when the column only appeared once a week. Please keep on writing. Look forward to your next book and possible appearance at UCLA Bookfair in April.

By: susan and peggy banashek

susan and peggy banashek — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:08:07 +0000

When and where will you teaching the art of a sentence?

By: Pete Tittl

Pete Tittl — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:54:13 +0000

Please keep blogging so we can read your pithy commentary, which was one of the few assets still left at The Times until recently…

By: Hannah Almstead

Hannah Almstead — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:34:00 +0000

With you and your family in prayer.

glad you are blogging.
Hannah Almstead, Encino

By: cece gordon

cece gordon — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:49:18 +0000

Dear Friend…Glad your back in some incarnation…As ever cece gordon