Category Archives: Television

Blue Bayou

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Ellen Ross

Warning: The following post is rated M/A.  It contains Adult Content, Adult Language and Violence. Today is the first day of Spring.  And in the ordinary course of events, to herald its welcome arrival, I would have written about sunshine … Continue reading →

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Cumberbitch

Posted on January 19, 2014 by Ellen Ross

Tonight season three of PBS’s Sherlock has its American debut.  If you missed seasons one and two, this is a post-modern retelling of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s masterworks about the Great Detective. Brilliantly written by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss … Continue reading →

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Name-dropping

Posted on September 5, 2013 by Ellen Ross

All through my improbable life I’ve had the good fortune to rub shoulders with the celebrated.  It has been my great privilege to meet some of the most gifted people on the planet.  Some of these encounters have been planned … Continue reading →

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Live From New York

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Ellen Ross

One November years ago I wanted to celebrate my birthday in style. So thanks to friends-of-friends (and a well-placed charity donation) my then husband and I flew to NYC to spend a week at SNL.  This was the era of … Continue reading →

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Who’s the leader of the gang?

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Ellen Ross

This post is dedicated to Rickey Freeman.  Hep cat, good guy, fellow devotee of fifties television, Groucho Marx, Louis Armstrong, Al Hirschfeld.  Because he knows what matters- and why. I saw it myself.  The Sunday New York Times obituary that … Continue reading →

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Disgustibus non est Disputandum

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Ellen Ross

I hate her but I can’t look away.  She is so proud of herself.  And it’s just small claims court.  Not the Supreme one. The Brooklyn accent, the well-maintained, trim, little body, the self-satisfied chuckle when she’s made a weak joke … Continue reading →

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Video Village

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Ellen Ross

When I thought that they could handle it, I sat my parents down and broke the bad news.  I told them I was adopted.  You see, real life couldn’t hold a candle to the fabulous, flickering world enclosed in our … Continue reading →

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