Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin? Never!
Quite enough of Calvin Trillin? Never! I add most emphatically that I will never ever tire of reading Trillin’s “stuff.” I will never have had enough of his “enoughness.” Not in this lifetime!
Quite enough of Calvin Trillin? Never! I add most emphatically that I will never ever tire of reading Trillin’s “stuff.” I will never have had enough of his “enoughness.” Not in this lifetime!
We are delighted to announce that the Writers Bloc program featuring Dick Cavett with Mel Brooks this past winter has become an HBO special, called Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again.
Penn Jillette is the larger and loudest part of the great Penn & Teller.
This event is now full. What differentiates a great writer from the rest is that artist’s observations about humanity, observations that define us, our little obsessions, that stand up to time and to generations. Actor, writer and director Albert Brooks continues the conversations he starts in his movies, with his new novel. A really terrific novel called 2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America. Albert Brooks is the master of the unconventional whose movies are among the best cultural mirrors and social commentaries…
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We at Writers Bloc revel in our embarrassment of riches. Dick Van Dyke with Carl Reiner. Consistently cited as one of the best shows in American television history, The Dick Van Dyke Show brought together Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Rose Marie and Morey Amsterdam– backed by the herculean strength of Carl Reiner’s vision and writing. That show was legendary for any number of reasons—for Dick Van Dyke’s radiant warmth and multigenerational appeal, and perfect comic genius, for Mary Tyler Moore’s brilliance, for the…