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Rejoice! I have returned! Due to a weird computer problem, I was unable to update this site for a long time. Many people became despondent and suicidal despite this site's rich archive of movie reviews. However that's over now. Check this site out every week for news, commentary and maybe even some new movie reviews.
And now the NEWS
Sesame Street just celebrated its 40th anniversary on TV! 
Sadly the old neighborhood just ain't what it used to be.
D.C. sniper John Allen Mohammed who killed at least 10 people was himself put to death by lethal injection Tuesday night. Too bad. They should have told him he'd gotten a pardon, released him and then shot him from 300 yards away.
People 2, Shoes 0. Australian prime minister John Howard had a shoe tossed at him by an angry audience member during an address at Cambridge University. The angry man missed with the shoe, but quickly got the boot.
I wonder if this explains all the shoes I see outside Keanu Reeves house?
In the House health care bill, there's a section that says people will be fined for not having health insurance. If they refuse to pay the fine, they will be jailed...where they get free health care. Interesting way to get 100% compliance.
There's something wrong with this world when the World Series ends in November and "A Christmas Carol" opens.
The New York Yankees of course won the World Series. That's quite an accomplishment for a team with a mere $220 million dollar payroll.
The Yankees will have a tough road trying to repeat next season. President Obama announced his favorite team (and mine) the Chicago White Sox will receive $2 billion in stimulus money. That ought to buy a player or two and maybe even some umpires. Go Sox!
Despite candidate Obama's promise not to let the unemployment get past 8%, the new unemployment rate was announced as 10.2% last Friday. Seeing "The Wanda Sykes Show" on Saturday night makes me say I wouldn't mind if that rate went up just a little bit more.
Nancy Pelosi managed to get a health care bill rammed through the House last Saturday night. Gee, I wonder if botiox injections are covered? 
It's hard to believe its been 20 years since I gave the signal for the Berlin Wall to fall. 
What a party THAT was! Millions of East Germans were freed overnight and threw off the shackles of communism. Unfortunately President Obama turned down the Germans invitation to come to Berlin to help commemorate the occasion, as they were not prepared to present him with an award.
President Obama did record a message that they played at the ceremony. Oddly neither his message nor that of Secretary of State Clinton's mentioned the role President Reagan or Prime Minister Thatcher had in bringing down the wall. Of course he may not have known. They were freeing communities while Barack was busy organizing them.
I'm not surprised Jim Carey's latest version of :"A Christmas Carol" disappointed at the box office. It's hard to compete with the Magoo version.
Why even try to improve on perfection?
Word is staring at goats is more interesting than the new George Clooney movie.
A court in Italy ruled that the presence of cruicifixes in Italian schoolrooms was intimidating and ordered them removed. Non-believers and Italian vampires are rejoicing.
If you have not seen the new ABC TV series "V", make sure to watch the pilot on their website and watch Tuesday nights as ABC has only ordered 4 episodes. They will complete 4 additional episodes for May IF the first four get ratings. Once again the story is about a race of reptilian aliens who come to earth disguised as humans but who really plan to eat us all up. It's not only a good story (much better than the original "V") but with stars like "Serendipity" star Morena Baccarin 
"Lost" star Elizabeth Mitchell and Laura Vandervoort 
being eaten might not be such a bad thing. It's quite socktual!
Switzerland has decided to crack down on "suicide tourism"--people who come to Switzerland to take advantage of their euthenasia laws and kill themselves. This would probably put an end to the country's national tourism board's slogan "Switzerland--tourists go in but they don't go out."
Click HERE to check out my review of the new film "This is It!", the last performance of one of the world's most beloved entertainers.
RIP Soupy Sales. Soupy was a great friend to puppets and is survived by Pookie (pictured above) who is still alive and well and living in the Old Puppets Drawer in Pasadena, CA.
Soupy guested on "Talk Soup", appearing in the "Mission Impossible" parody in which he boasted "Nobody knows the value of Pie!". Perrin, Alan, and Tom all got pied in the sketch. I have to find a way to try and put it online. Soupy was a very nice man.
The Obama administration tried to cut Fox News out of pool coverage for an administration event, but had to back down when the other networks refused to show up if their brother network was banned. It's not as noble as it sounds. It was the Fox guy's turn to bring the donuts.
In Washington, congress was considering a new bill that would give a $3500 tax credit to pet owners. Does that include Penthouse Pets? 
That's an idea that could be blamed on bush.
Of all people to pitch the public option, the Obama people chose intellectual giant Heather Graham. I guess she poled well.
Or perhaps they meant the "pubic option".
In the meantime, wunderwoman ultrababe Suzanne Somers
is working on finding a new cure to cancer using herbal and natural remedies while abandoning traditional chemotherapy. Now I know it seems unlikely but how dumb would scientists look if she somehow succeeeded? Remember, they laughed at the Thighmaster too.
Everything old is new again: CBS is contemplating bringing back "Dallas" with Larry Hagman and Linda Grey repeating their roles as JR and Sue Ellen. In the first episode, JR has fallen and can't get up.
Russia has announced they are looking for volunteers to participate in a 520 day Mars simulation mission. A crew of 6 will be locked in a spaceship for 520 days to see how humans would handle a Mars mission of that duration. During that time they will be unable to go outside, see friends (except by video transmission) or go clubbing. Sounds to me like a new reality show! Me and six Laker girls. You'd watch that.
The Disney company is looking at taking legal action against a Australian company using "Ho White and the 7 Dwarves"
to advertise their raspberry ale. No, Disney doesn't mind the Ho White thing. They just do not want to be associated with raspberry ale.
Actress Betty White is also suing the ale makers for stealing the title of her autobiography.
A Berlin brothel is turning green! House of Desire in Berlin is offering a $7.50 discount to customers who bike to the brothel or take public transportation and can show a receipt or a Nobel Prize. Al Gore immediately announced he would visit Berlin on a fact finding mission.
President Obama continues on a roll. Since winning the Nobel Prize he has also won the National and American League Most Valuable Player Award, the Spirit Award for Best Sound Design, the gold medal for the High Jump in the 2016 Rio Olympics, Miss Universe and "America's Top Model".
Exciting news! My latest taped venture, "Citizen Frog" 
is in final editing stages and will soon be available online at both Youtube and artists-in-exile.com. Please go see it and pass along the links to your friends. They will always be grateful.
Strangely enough Sarah Palin's 
new book isn't out yet and already its number one on the Amazon.com bestseller list. Wait until the buyers find out there isn't a centerfold.
Look for "Skunkboy" John Henson to guest host an upcoming episode of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?". Not only will contestants have to answer questions correctly, they will have to cross the big red balls just to get into the studio.
Seattle Seahawks fans and football fans in general should pick up former "Talk Soup" producer Mark Turner's very funny book on the history of the team, "The 12th Man".
To see my review of the movies
"This is It!" try this link: http://senorsock.mysite.com/photo4.html
"Zombieland" try this link: http://senorsock.mysite.com/index_1.html
"Surrogates" try this link: http://senorsock.mysite.com/index.html
For "White Out" try this link: http://senorsock.mysite.com/custom3.html They might work, then again it might not. But heck take a chance! It's not going to cost you anything.
And for now, one final gratutious picture. 
Ann Marie Goddard, star of the "Talk Soup" sketch "Oreign Fay Ilm Fay".
And now a little History...
Most American fans know me through watching "Talk Soup" which I was proud to be a part of. Thank you John. 
His new show "Wipeout!" is now in its 3rd season on ABC!
Thank you, Greg.
He continues to impress with terrific performances in major motion pictures.
Unable to access this site for a long time, I started a new site dedicated mostly to movie reviews like the ones you find here! movie reviews 
That site includes reviews from 2006-2009. You should soon be able to access them all from my movie review page on this site. 
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