Tonight!

10 p.m. on CBS. Set your DVRs

Elsbeth (CBS) Super Bowl Promo HD - The Good Wife spinoff

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Respect.

Dave Grohl and Carole King, right before they were both inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2021.

Elsbeth

Not only does the much-anticipated CBS spinoff “Elsbeth” look like darned good TV and a fantastic “Good Wife” and “Good Fight” spinoff and feature Wendell Pierce, but it also tasks former “True Blood” actors Stephen Moyer and Carrie Preston, at least per one episode. Feb. 29. CBS. Can’t wait.

ELSBETH | Official Trailer | CBS

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Because sometimes you need some nice news…

…Baylor retired Brittney Griner's jersey today.

Watch: Baylor officially retires former Lady Bear Brittney Griner’s No. 42 jersey (The Dallas News)

P.S. FU Vladimir Putin.

P.S. Baylor beat Texas Tech 62-32.

The Wiz

 I remember as a child my Mom and I going to the theater to see the film The Wiz. So I attach a bit of nostalgia to it. But there are a few fun facts about it. Such as: It cost $24 million to make, but it earned $13 million at the box office. So, it was a commercial failure. As such, it probably set back the making of all-black casted films a decade or so.

It was a critical failure as well. The casting of Diana Ross as Dorothy was widely panned, as, for example, "cold, neurotic and oddly unattractive;" and bear in mind, this was a role she went over Berry Gordy's head to get (original casting would have been Stephanie Mills, who played Dorothy in the Broadway production). It was called "Joel Schumacher's cockamamy screenplay," and "one of the decade's biggest failures", and, "the year's biggest musical flop." Referencing the film's budget, it was called "expensive crud." It was deemed "too scary for children, and too silly for adults." Ray Bolger, who played the Scarecrow from 1939's The Wizard of Oz, called it "overblown" and said that it "will never have the universal appeal" of the original.

So, when Dad and I were looking for a movie suggestion tonight, what fell out of my stupid mouth?

"How about The Wiz?"

You can't win them all. 

Dance The Night Away

Because it's Friday ya bastids.

Van Halen - Dance The Night Away (Official Music Video)

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I Thank The Lord

 Because it's Friday ya bastids and I just granulated from training at the new job.

I can tell you that no matter how they dress it up, call center work ain't pretty. But what the heck, people, I need a job.

US Obstetrician-Gynecologists' Perceived Impacts of Post–Dobbs v Jackson State Abortion Bans

 Referenced by Jessica Valenti. If you're not at least subscribed to her Substack, run, don't walk. Her reporting these days is vital.

US Obstetrician-Gynecologists' Perceived Impacts of Post–Dobbs v Jackson State Abortion Bans

Findings  In this qualitative study describing the experiences of 54 OB-GYNs practicing under abortion bans in 13 states, OB-GYNs described a range of perceived impacts, including distress at having to delay essential patient care, fears of legal ramifications, mental health effects, and planned or actual attrition.

Duh.