Author Archives: Bob Lefsetz

“Did ‘The Irishman’ Take a Bite Out of the Thanksgiving Box Office” “Don’t blame Netflix’s ‘The Irishman’ for the Thanksgiving box office being down this year.” Just the fact they’re debating this proves the point. The Irishman on Netflix was … Continue reading →

I’m not sure whether this works or not… Not quite a year ago, before the circus began, I said that if Michael Bloomberg ran, he’d win. But he didn’t…run that is. Which surprised me, since you don’t become a billionaire – … Continue reading →

What kind of crazy, fucked-up world do we live in where Bernie Sanders has a heart attack and comes back stronger than ever? One in which Elizabeth Warren is busy snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. The best line … Continue reading →

Ginger Baker was the first guy we saw with two bass drums and the first guy to do an extended drum solo on record… The band Cream straddled the transition from AM to FM. When the band’s first album came … Continue reading →

They’re all on the same page:.. 1. The Bidens are guilty of something and it needs to be investigated. 2. Trump committed no crime. 3. The Democrats are out to get Trump, and they’ve been on this path from day … Continue reading →

How do you lose a Presidency? Very slowly, then all at once. This is not a new story. Donald Trump has been flirting with disaster from before his inauguration. Sure, his base loves him, but as the Donald so famously … Continue reading →

What are the Democrats afraid of? This is what happens when you’ve been inside the Beltway – in the game for far too long – you get disrupted. That’s right, Trump disrupted the Democrats who were so busy studying history … Continue reading →

It was boring… The whole world tuned in… And then the whole world tuned out. This is why Roger Ailes succeeded – he knew it was all about showbiz, and the only person on stage who seemed to know this … Continue reading →

I discovered it in the New Yorker… Every day I do back exercises – takes about half an hour – and while I do them I struggle to read my iPhone. Otherwise I’m bored; I don’t want to waste time. … Continue reading →

We were space-crazy… Sure, JFK promised we’d go to the moon, but no one really took this seriously until Yuri Gagarin orbited the Earth. This was the era of the cold war. There was supposedly nothing worse than living in … Continue reading →

Live like it’s 1969, die like it’s 1969… Forget that Woodstock ’99 was a disaster – so was the original edition. Sure, there was great music, over-attendance and peace, but the systems were in no way capable of handling the … Continue reading →

They’re killing the golden goose… Because price matters. Otherwise everybody would use an iPhone and a Mac, but Netflix is not a premium product. It can’t win appealing to a sliver of the public, it needs all of it. This … Continue reading →

What kind of crazy, fucked-up country do we live in where Republicans can’t even admit Trump’s tweets were racist? One in which the right is functioning like a Mafia family – where it’s not about right or wrong – but … Continue reading →

Answer the damn question… I support Elizabeth Warren, but when asked about guns, she veered into gibberish and never tacked back. Why couldn’t she just speak English? Guns are a big problem in society but they’re here forever. We’re never … Continue reading →

The mainstream media is always last… No, wait a minute…even if you hate Elizabeth Warren you’ve got to hear what I say because it applies to you. The issue is how do you get famous and have your ideas heard … Continue reading →