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...Perelman's, at Brown, was the Brown Jug); both made their names first as cartoonists at Judge and another popular gag mag, Life (pre-Luce); both branched out to movie work and books. One difference: Perelman went to live at the New Yorker; Geisel never got into that magazine, except in advertisements. Another difference: Perelman's early work, which burlesques either contemporary or antique topics that are unfamiliar to me, is a little too hip for my room. Geisel's makes me laugh. The stuff is timely and, standing the test of three-quarters of a century, timeless...
...SNAFU movies also addressed nostalgia for "The Home Front" (Tashlin, November 43). SNAFU is shivering in an outpost where "It's so cold, it would freeze the nuts off a Jeep," thinking enviously of the folks who have it easy back in the States - except that his girl friend has joined the WACs, grandpa is shooting rivets onto a battleship and mom is farming harder than Renee Zellweger in "Cold Mountain." And a couple of SNAFUs, including "Private SNAFU vs. Malaria Mike" (Jones, March 44), revived Geisel's Flit villain, the mosquito, to advise soldiers in the South Pacific...
...opportunity; the Expos, that for Canada, World's Fairs are exciting as it gets. The Yankees are the only team that teaches the true story of our country--that might mixed with class, talent and hard work often breeds success. Also, that pinstripes have a slimming effect. Except on David Wells...
...first four episodes of Season 5 (Sundays, 9 p.m. E.T.; premieres March 7) find The Sopranos as strong as ever. As always, it opens with a shot of the newspaper on the Sopranos' driveway--except that Tony isn't around to pick it up, having separated from Carmela in the incendiary Season 4 finale. He's living in the house that belonged to his deceased, emasculating mother (on The Sopranos, you can never escape your family history). Carmela's at casa Soprano with an angry teenage son--and a wild black bear invading the backyard, a menacing inversion...
MEDIA TO GO Storing your music, pictures and videos in one place sounds great--except when you're on the road. That's why a new company called BravoBrava in Union City, Calif., is developing AllMiMedia Premium, which will let you remotely access digital-media files from any PC equipped with Windows Media Player and a high-speed Internet connection. Imagine checking into a hotel, flipping open your laptop and watching any movie from your home DVD collection or playing any song stored on your home PC. Available in late 2004 for owners of Media Center PCs (a new kind...