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Yuma Sun

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Guest Column: What’s with all the big stuff?

After years of trying to develop what he called a “premium” hamburger, McDonald’s CFO Ian Borden surprised no one the other day by announcing...

29.03.2024 8

Yuma Sun

Peter Funt

What's with all the big stuff?

By Peter Funt After years of trying to develop what he called a "premium" hamburger, McDonald's CFO Ian Borden surprised no one the other day by...

22.03.2024 7

El Dorado News Times

Peter Funt

Guest Column: Our obsession with true crime

In television, now more than ever, crime pays. A search for “true crime” on Netflix produced 300 titles. Nearly half of Apple’s top 20 podcasts...

19.03.2024 10

Yuma Sun

Peter Funt

Big pharma's song and dance

By Peter Funt The earworm "1-8-7-7 Kars 4 Kids" always struck me as a stellar example of how insufferable advertising can be when its creators really...

05.03.2024 9

El Dorado News Times

Peter Funt

Guest Column: Big pharma’s song and dance

The earworm “1-8-7-7 Kars 4 Kids” always struck me as a stellar example of how insufferable advertising can be when its creators really put their...

29.02.2024 7

Yuma Sun

Peter Funt

Guest Column: Billy Joel’s AI State of Mind

A friend who reviews music and interviews top performers for a newspaper in New England, was up early Feb. 1 to sample the release from pop legend...

15.02.2024 4

Yuma Sun

Peter Funt

Did you really think TV would ditch ads?

By Peter Funt So, you thought by cutting the cable-TV cord you'd avoid exorbitant monthly fees and those dreaded commercial interruptions. Now, you've...

05.02.2024 3

El Dorado News Times

Peter Funt

Guest Column: Pebble Beach benches celebrities

At a time when the presence of celebrities seems to overwhelm professional sports (Taylor Swift, I’m looking at you in your sparkly Travis Kelce...

25.01.2024 4

Yuma Sun

Peter Funt

Guest Column: Tom Smothers was serious about politics

Tom Smothers wasn’t the first performer to weaponize comedy for political purposes, but he was perfectly suited for it. During the height of his...

06.01.2024 5

Yuma Sun

Peter Funt

TV news puts its trust in women

10.12.2023 6

El Dorado News Times

Peter Funt

Guest Column: TV news puts its trust in women

Apple TV’s “The Morning Show,” which recently ended its third season, offers a melodramatic mishmash of media and current events, yet manages to...

08.12.2023 4

Yuma Sun

Peter Funt

Guest Column: Fed Up? Yes. Nasty? No.

If you listen to pollsters and politicians, or consume heavy doses of social media and cable-TV news, you might come away thinking the nation is in a...

27.11.2023 2

Yuma Sun

Peter Funt

Fed up? Yes. Nasty? No.

By Peter Funt If you listen to pollsters and politicians, or consume heavy doses of social media and cable-TV news, you might come away thinking the...

23.11.2023 3

El Dorado News Times

Peter Funt

Are you ready for some fantasy football?

By Peter Funt My nephews and I were holed up at the TWA Hotel in New York on a rainy Sunday a few weeks ago, waiting to attend an evening wedding. I...

09.11.2023 3

El Dorado News Times

Peter Funt

Guest Column: Are you ready for some fantasy football?

My nephews and I were holed up at the TWA Hotel in New York on a rainy Sunday a few weeks ago, waiting to attend an evening wedding. I fiddled with my...

28.10.2023 4

Yuma Sun

Peter Funt

Guest Column: Suzanne Somers was pure showbiz

Friday nights on CBS, Suzanne Somers always held my hand when we walked on stage. Sitting on stools before the cameras she made certain to cross her...

19.10.2023 4

Yuma Sun

Peter Funt

Suzanne Somers was pure showbiz

By Peter Funt Friday nights on CBS, Suzanne Somers always held my hand when we walked on stage. Sitting on stools before the cameras she made certain...

19.10.2023 4

El Dorado News Times

Peter Funt

Guest Column: Strikes make a humorless campaign even more so

NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” hasn’t cracked a Joe Biden joke since April 15, when cast member Michael Che quipped, “President Biden has tried...

17.09.2023 7

Yuma Sun

Peter Funt

Strikes make a humorless campaign even more so

By Peter Funt NBC's "Saturday Night Live" hasn't cracked a Joe Biden joke since April 15, when cast member Michael Che quipped, "President Biden has...

14.09.2023 7

El Dorado News Times

Peter Funt

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