Out of the Inkwell
Tuesday, September 27, 2011

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I love the Kids in the Hall and looked forward to speaking with these two guys. I wasn't disappointed. It’s not the easiest thing to lau...
Monday, September 19, 2011

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With comedians, you never quite know what to expect in an interview. I've conducted conversations with comics that was all about their s...
Sunday, September 11, 2011

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Flea market treasures One of my true summer and fall pleasures is the Hadley Flea Market, an outdoor collection of dealers located on Route ...
Monday, August 29, 2011

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Sen. Lieberman The tornado victim The esteemed panel All photos by Patrick Dobbs Ah, so close and yet so far aw...
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Friday, August 26, 2011

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Magical Mystery Tour This has not been a good year so far and, in response to the stress, my wife and I have made plans for a number of ...
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Monday, August 08, 2011

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Fed up I was going to blog about Dave Sharpe. Go ahead, Google “Dave Sharpe stuntman.” He was frickin’ amazing. But my hands have a m...
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Sunday, July 31, 2011

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Haven't posted in a while, so I'll do a quick one collecting the more recent DVD reviews. This summer has been so disjointed between...
Saturday, July 02, 2011

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So when does the reporter become past of the story? When a U.S. senator is touring his neighborhood and a news colleague needs a quick examp...
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

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As some people might remember – old people – I was a radio talk show host on the late WREB in Holyoke in the pre-Limbaugh era. It was a time...
Sunday, June 26, 2011

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I shot some tornado footage and finally had the time to edit the shots together.
Saturday, June 18, 2011

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Back in the 1980s when I was a radio talk show host over WREB, I interviewed a fair number of celebs including Elvira Mistress of the Dark. ...
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Wednesday, June 08, 2011

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Yes, we were lucky Our new to us car was crushed. It was supposed to be a typical Wednesday evening – no big deal. I arrived home around 4:...
Saturday, May 14, 2011

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ADVENTURES IN MEDIA, EPISODE 213: My career in media has almost always included an interactive element. I certainly had that as a radio talk...
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Tuesday, May 03, 2011

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Here are some recent DVDs I've watched. No One Knows About Persian Cats One reason I love watching foreign films is to get a taste of a ...
Sunday, May 01, 2011

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Films I hate! Recently I was speaking with my friend Amber about movies – a typical conversation between us – and I brought up how much I ha...
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Sunday, April 03, 2011

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Back in the days when I was editing the two animation magazines (Animato and Animation Planet) I tried to see every animated feature I possi...
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Sunday, March 27, 2011

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Yeah, yeah yeah: spoilers. Two thoughts occurred to me as I watched the beautiful disaster known as “Suckerpunch.” First was “How much CGI...
Wednesday, February 23, 2011

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2011 Toy Fair images. Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com. NEW YORK — The mood was mixed at the annual American International To...
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Mike Dobbs
Hi, G. Michael Dobbs (call me Mike). I’m a writer, film historian, college instructor, and former radio talk show host with now 30 years experience in mass communications. Currently I work as managing editor for Reminder Publications in western Massachusetts and edit four weekly newspapers read by about 120,000 to 130,000 people every week. My blogs have nothing to do with my employers, their advertisers or my staff. These are my words. If you don’t like them, blame me. My specialty in film history is animation. I was at one time a nationally recognized animation authority through my position as editor of Animato! and Animation Planet, two magazines for animation fans. “Fame,” such as it was, was fleeting. I’m working to complete my book on the Fleischer Studios, though. Here are my blogs: Out of The Inkwell is an all purpose commentary site; That’s Thirty is about the media; Made of Pen and Ink is my Fleischer book site and Animation Review is the place for people to discuss what’s good and bad in current animation. Hope you visit frequently. I update things fairly often!
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