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Mancow: Communist Party Presents ‘The Oscars’
I can’t stand the phoney baloney Oscars… Hollywood jerks. What’s happened to our wonderful country? Poisoned by rap music, socialists and underachievers. Awful, terrible. By the way, see if you notice the same thing I’m noticing. Everything is about women. … Continue reading
Mancow: The Plan to Disarm America
This “KILLER COP” story has so many holes… He’s in a cabin almost across the street from the police station that’s been running the search for him? Fifty cops in hiding? Aren’t they COPS?
Hearne: Orange County ‘IKEA’ Disappoints – Next Stop Merriam
Pop quiz: What’s the English word for IKEA? There isn’t one. It’s an acronym for the name of the company’s founder Ingvar Kamprad, his farm and the town he grew up. But after touring a 10 year-old IKEA store in … Continue reading
Hearne: Cops Bust ‘Coffee Wonk’ for Fake Pot (Again), Day in Court Next Week
It’s not easy being Micah Riggs… Far from it. Once upon a time – four years ago – the owner of Coffee Wonk near 35th and Broadway in Kansas City – was the owner of a thriving business, selling coffee, … Continue reading
Paul Wilson: Carol Burnett Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts – February 14, 2013
The handicap parking was packed an hour before showtime… Not exactly a big surprise since the headliner was iconic, 79 year-old comic Carol Burnett. Clearly this was no Lady Gaga concert crowd. That said, my first encounter of the evening … Continue reading
Starbeams: Manti, the ‘Funny Pages’ and Fun Index & Kelly
Kansas City is #6 on the nation’s most ROMANTIC cities list. According to LIVABILITY.COM, ” Kansas City’s growing collection of performance venues, museums, shopping areas, sports attractions and eclectic eateries makes this Midwest metropolis a cosmopolitan playground perfect for lovers … Continue reading
Hearne: A Kauffman Center Unleashes a First—Full Nudity
It’s not like nobody’s ever disrobed in the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts… They just never did it in full view of the audience. That was remedied last night- on February 5, 2013 – when just before intermission the … Continue reading
Whinery: Hagel Confirmation Hearings Recap
Former Republican Senator Chuck Hagel, the President’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, had a tough go of things during his confirmation hearing Thursday… In typical Republican fashion, the Reps choose to rake one of their own over the coals, while … Continue reading
Hearne: Joe vs. Jason, Life After The KC Star
Two sports columnists, one big book and movie deal for one of them and a case of mistaken identity for the other… We’re talking Joe Posnanski and Jason Whitlock, the former twin towers in the Kansas City Star sports section. … Continue reading
Jack Goes Confidential: ‘Warm Bodies’ Makes for Zombie Chick Flick—With Brains
Forget about vampires—here come the zombies… And THIS one is (almost) a heart breaker. Who knows, it may even make flesh snacking fashionable. WARM BODIES is a zombie romance in a lifeless world wiped out by a mysterious plague, … Continue reading
Mancow: Free John Hinckley? Over Barack Obama & Jodie Foster’s Cold Dead Bodies
The story behind John Hinckley‘s pending release from prison is a must read. . . You might recall Hinckley was a seriously deranged young man who shot President Reagan in 1981. Hinckley was absolutely obsessed with movie star Jodie Foster … Continue reading
Hearne: Wild Bill Nigro Now Riding The Dark Horse
Once upon a time there was but a single pizza joint in Westport… That was then. Now there’s a gillion of em, says Midtown mainstay Bill Nigro. “There’s pizza on the menu of practically every restaurant in Kansas City,” Nigro … Continue reading
Starbeams: How do I get my money back for all of this Livestrong crap?
Immediately after the interview with Lance Armstrong, Oprah tested negative for Metabolife. ******* Lance is now blaming this whole doping thing on that Notre Dame football player. ******* I guess it’s time for me to come clean about my relationship … Continue reading
Hearne: Pay Up or Shut Up; Star Turns Back on Dead People
That’s cold… Quietly, after more than five years of “giving back” to the hands that fed it, the Kansas City Star has made the unkindest cutback of all. Starting last June the newspaper put the kibosh on former publisher Mac … Continue reading
Hearne: Love, Peace & Happiness Just Around Corner for Kanrocksas, Buzz Beach Ball
Some things just were never meant to be… Like harmony between the inaugural Kanrocksas fest and alternative radio station The Buzz. Primarily because Kanrocksas – a largely alt rock festival – went down a mere 11 days prior to The … Continue reading
Mancow: Wanna Ruin Christmas? Go See ‘Les Miserables’
I walked out of the Les Miserables screening… It was that ugly. That awful. It SUCKS! Don’t believe the hype. Everybody in the movie has dripping sores. A girl’s teeth get pulled by a creep. Then she gets … Continue reading
Mancow: The Impending Decline of the American Empire
President Obama feels he inherited a mess from the Founding Fathers… He can’t fix what has happened during the last 236 years in four years. But President Obummer sure spent more in four years than all the other presidents combined. … Continue reading
Glazer: The Miami Vice That Got Away
We all know about KU’s great basketball program… What we don’t hear enough about is their fantastic drama department. Years ago it launched Missouri born actor Don Johnson to big time stardom. In 1982 my agent, Harold Moskowitz called me … Continue reading
Hearne: Last One Out, Turn Out the Lights @ 18th & Grand
They’re dropping like flies at the Kansas City Star… As expected, Hunger Games victim Dawn Bormann is takings a layoff bullet, in deference to fellow reporter Karen Dillon, who, with seniority opted to remain at the newspaper. Bormann is telling … Continue reading
Jack Goes Confidential: Streisand & Rogan—a Guilty Pleasure? NOT
When it comes to THE GUILT TRIP, Barbra Streisand as a mom takes Jewish Mother Stereotyping about as far as it can go in an adult targeted comedy… A little of that neurotic, over the top nagging and miserly attitude … Continue reading