Everyone, now is not the time for mindless online speculation. All of the facts will be clear in three years, when Bob Woodward and Jake Tapper publish their books
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12-3 pm Saturdays on WRCT-FM #Pittsburgh and Tube City Online Radio #McKeesport. Also W3MCK. #Cartoonist for Print (Pittsburgh), formerly with CQ #AmateurRadio Magazine (RIP)
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The Charles M. Schulz Museum posted this comic from Aug. 15, 1999.
Something I think that's too rarely discussed is how Schulz caught a third- or fourth-wind late in his career, and was turning out some really funny strips the last few years.
We should all be so fortunate:
#Peanuts #snoopy #cartoon #comics
"Literally every single thing that he does is the wrong thing in the wrong way for the wrong reason ... He thinks he’s Superman. And of course, that’s fine when you jump off the building. It’s just a problem when you hit the ground." — David J. Rothkopf
https://newrepublic.com/article/208580/transcript-trump-war-tirade-backfires-gop-panics-what-hell
Everything in the news is bleak, so I'm looking for fun and joy wherever I can find it. Did you know that all of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" is streaming for free on YouTube?
If you're like me — and I know I am — it's preeeeettty nice.
@MST3K@www.youtube.com
Ross Douthat will make a great addition to "60 Minutes." He's got a face for radio and a voice made for print
"Quit complaining, Pittsburgh used to look like this every day," blah blah blah.
Yes, and people had heart and lung diseases and died at 48. There was literally a condition that doctors called "Pittsburgh lung."
Anyway.
https://jaythurber.com/2026/07/16/im-nostalgic-for-breathing/
BREAKING: Pittsburgh area commuters panic after PennDOT accidentally blows up wrong bridge. More news any moment.
His epiphany was, "I really like making money"
Fun fact: On July 4, 1776, the village called "Pittsborough" was already 18 years old. My latest cartoon for Print, Pittsburgh's East End newspaper.
"Mel Brooks could never make 'Blazing Saddles' today."
That's true. Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Harvey Korman and Madeline Kahn are all dead
Say, have you heard of this new font called "Times Roman"?
Merganthaler Linotype ad, 1950
Replying to
@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt The most absorbent pool float you can buy and so comfortable you can use it all day, even on your heavy float days!
Replying to
@wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org I'm sorry. A long distance hug or fist-bump, if that's OK.
My beautiful wife is celebrating her birthday today so I will not be on the air. Instead, please enjoy a curated treasure trove of music from The Vault of Golden Memories on WRCT 88.3FM https://www.wrct.org and Tube City Online Radio - McKeesport https://www.tubecityonline.com/radio
Back in the old days, we used to just buy software, and pay one simple invoice, which was an outdated model.
Thanks to "software as a service," things are much better now that I have to PAY A SUBSCRIPTION EVERY MONTH AND LOG INTO F-CKING ADOBE CREATIVE CLOUD MULTIPLE F-CKING TIMES EVERY TIME I'M TRYING TO WORK ON A F-CKING PROJECT BEFORE IT WILL AUTHENTICATE F-CK YOU F-CKING ADOBE YOU BLOODSUCKING A--HOLES ARRRRGGGGGHHHH
I'm calling for a 90-day moratorium on cisgender men until we find out what's wrong, and also a possible product safety recall of the entire Internet
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/20/dollar-tree-sexual-assault-gooner
It's the #oldies show that's more fun than explosive diarrhea!
Join me from 12 to 3 p.m. today on WRCT 88.3FM #Pittsburgh http://www.wrct.org and Tube City Online Radio #McKeesport http://www.tubecityonline.com/radio
If I can't be at the top of the ratings, at least I can be Number 2.
Requests: 412-385-7450 or @ me here
Can't they just borrow their feelings?
The Bryon Noem story was funny, but the fact that it was put out by the far-right Daily Mail UK and then spread by Murdoch's New York Post tells you it was a rat-fucking operation by Republicans.
They released it on Trans Day of Visibility for a reason, and the reason is they're shitty people.
Hopefully your power is on — or you have a battery-powered radio! We'll update you on storm closures and St. Patrick's Day Weekend events, along with Pittsburgh's favorite #oldies.
12-3 pm (Eastern US) on WRCT 88.3 FM and www.tubecityonline.com/radio
Requests: 412-385-7450 or @ me here
Someone told me I should probably get a colonoscopy.
Instead, I pooped in a box.
Unfortunately, it wasn't a Cologuard box. And now I'm not allowed to return anything to Penney's any more
People criticize the New York Times, but it really has its finger on the pulse of the issue that's roiling the entire world: Moss
Generative AI is built on theft. There is nothing "creative" about it and there is no "intelligence" behind it — it's a statistical engine that mashes things together based on probabilities.
Adobe has always been kind of a shitty company but they're plumbing the depths here
I don't know if I can do hoity toity. Best I can do is fancy schmancy
Amidst all of the AI hype, it's nice to see reminders of Pittsburgh's industrial heritage. Allegheny Valley Railroad on the former B&O tracks in Panther Hollow, between Carnegie Mellon and the University of Pittsburgh.
"I remember the first time I met Johnny Carson and he gave me some advice. He said, 'Just be yourself.' Until he saw who I was, and then he said, 'Have you got anyone else you can be?'"
—Conan O'Brien
I'll paint any car, any color, $99.95!
No ups, no extras!
It could be worse. It could be Jeff Dunham and his racist puppets
I have mixed feelings about the last few weeks of Stephen Colbert's "Late Show." It's becoming a bit self-congratulatory. I agree with the guy in Variety this week who says it's gotten tedious. Colbert has always seemed like one of the good guys; this ego trip is out of character
https://variety.com/2026/tv/columns/stephen-colbert-late-show-final-season-ego-trip-1236684716/
On that promised morning
We will wake and greet the dawn
Knowing that your wicked life is over
And that we will carry on
We'll exhale
We'll high five
We will know at last
How great it is to be alive
I bought a new jingle package for my show and I kind of want to call off work for the next couple of days and sit in the production studio playing with my jingles. Gee, that sounded dirty at the end
Here's the camp for pediatric cancer patients I mentioned on today's show. If you choose to make a donation, it would be lovely if you mark it for Eliza:
What's up with all of the Peyronie's disease ads on podcasts all of a sudden? Did Squarespace and Blue Apron run out of money?
I just went to buy a font and on the download page it said "In Stock." Do they occasionally run out of downloads?
1950 HITS ARCHIVE: Rag Mop - The Ames Brothers (their original #1 version)
BREAKING: Ric Grenell steps down from Kennedy Center role; says he looks forward "to spending more time with the creepy Victorian dolls in my basement that come to life at night ... uh, I mean, with my family."
More news any moment.
WHAT
Girl, your eyes have a mist from the smoke of a distant fire ... come to think of it, everyone's do.
Sanford Townsend Band - Smoke From a Distant Fire
I have a jam-packed program today of mostly 1950s and early '60s music — along with a few new ones from Mise en Scene, The Sarandons, and more. Music, news, sports and weather ... Radio 9 puts it all together!
12 - 3 pm Eastern US time on WRCT 88.3FM http://www.wrct.org and Tube City Online Radio - McKeesport https://www.tubecityonline.com/radio
P.S.: No phone calls this week — save your calls for another time.
Happy 25th Annual Lirpa Sloof Day in Pittsburgh to those who celebrate.
H/T: Alert Listeners Vince and Jonathan
but what's the baby's name, though?
The longtime cartoonist for the Arizona Daily Star wants to donate his personal papers to the University of Arizona, his alma mater.
Lee Enterprises is trying to block the donation unless the university agrees to pay licensing fees.
Story via The Daily Cartoonist website.
https://davidwfitzsimmons.substack.com/p/what-will-become-of-my-lifes-works
I know I'm old, but the fact that Jack Fleming has been dead for 25 years breaks my brain. For kids of my generation, he was the sound of the Steelers and WVU football.
Sitting in a bar. Game show on TV. Question is, "What host on The View was the daughter of a U.S. senator?"
Contestant says "Whoopi Goldberg."
My soul left my body
Today I'll be playing some Easter and Passover #oldies (you can just about count them on one hand) along with the hits that give you fits from the '50s, '60s & '70s.
12 to 3 p.m. Eastern US time on WRCT 88.3FM and Tube City Online Radio http://www.tubecityonline.com/radio
Requests: 412-385-7450 or @ me here!
"I have HAD IT with these motherf--king bunnies on this motherf--king train!"