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Warren Clements From Friday's Globe and Mail Published on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009 12:53PM EST F amily Guy: Something, Something, Something, Darkside Star Wars creator George Lucas has been generous in giving fanboys the licence to have mischievous if loving fun with his creation.

The closing credits of "Modern Family" tonight were followed by a card in memoriam for David Lloyd, the father of co-creator Christopher Lloyd.

A glittering Elvis jacket, a Mighty Mouse figure, a wrestling belt for the self-proclaimed "World Intergender Wrestling Champion" - these were a few of Andy Kaufman's favorite things, and they now reside in a lovely, quintessentially suburban home in Wayne.

A A Lucky coyote survives crazy ride Oct. 20: A coyote struck by a car near the Nevada-Utah border gets stuck inside the grill of the car for more than eight hours and hundreds of miles.

Still catching up on some of our missed YES Stars Comedy shows, we managed to catch two different versions of the entertaining It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia show recently - one on the Internet from season one sans Danny DeVito, and one courtesy of YES with him.

This has come up a couple of times in other venues, so I thought I'd mention this in a post: the co-creator of Modern Family and world's biggest Ty Burrell fan, Christopher Lloyd , is not the guy from Who Framed The Taxi In the Future? , Christopher Lloyd.

Two completely unrelated things that, on their own, wouldn't really be full-scale posts: 1. This Brian Lowry piece from Variety doesn't say much that's new about the problems facing serialized shows on network TV, but at least it gathers the two big bits of conventional wisdom in one place.

PERHAPS FOR his next acting role, Tony Danza can play a dental patient. The 58-year-old star of such hit series as "Taxi" and "Who's the Boss?" is eminently qualified to undertake such a portrayal, because getting him to talk about his latest TV project is like pulling teeth.

This tall, good-looking romantic leading man became a heartthrob during his three-year stint playing out-of-work actor Bobby Wheeler on the ABC sitcom "Taxi", then left the series to pursue other opportunities.... This tall, good-looking romantic leading man became a heartthrob during his three-year stint playing out-of-work actor Bobby Wheeler on ...

In not really film news..."Who's the Boss?" and "Taxi" star Danza is currently teaching at an inner-city school for an A&E reality series.

Since its showing of "Thor: Lord of the Jungle" in 1914, the Apollo Theatre has been captivating and inspiring audiences one ticket at a time.

Actor Tony Danza is teaching English to high school students for a reality show to air next year on A&E. Mary Altaffer / AP Actor Tony Danza is teaching English to high school students for a reality show to air next year on A&E. Tony Danza has starred in sitcoms like Taxi and Who's the Boss? . He's been in an Oscar-winning film, Crash .

An invitation-only ribbon-cutting Friday afternoon to mark the reopening of the Apollo Theatre will be a star-studded event with appearances by Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman and 1962 Oberlin College graduate Jim Burrows, co-creator of "Cheers." While the ribbon-cutting is not open to the public, there will be a free showing of "Harry Potter and the ...

Jimmy Fallon held on to the title of "only late night host who understands how awesome 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' is" last night by having Danny DeVito on as his guest to promote the fifth season of the show.

I've been looking forward to this workshop for weeks and, holy cow, was it worth the wait.

Anyone who's interested in the Leno/Letterman relationship, the feeding frenzy in the late 70s and early 80s when networks were sweeping up stand-up comedians and changing their lives overnight, and the importance and mechanics of getting a spot on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show needs to read William Knoedelseder's new book, . The centerpiece of the ...

The New York Times Syndicate Johnny Galecki is far from the only actor to have his television series pilloried by the critics.

Humorist Garrison Keillor , 67, still plans to start his new season of 'A Prairie Home Companion' on Sept.

Class is officially in session for Tony Danza in Philadelphia . The former " Who's the Boss ?" and "Taxi" star is filming an A&E reality show called "Teach." He's co-teaching an English class of 26 sophomores at Northeast High School with a credentialed teacher.

Officials rang bells, cut ribbons and gave "it's-going-to-be-a-great-school-year" speeches.