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What do you make of the fact that this quartet of Los Angeles dudes decided to name themselves after the venerable actor, Mr.

My grandfather never used computers, and he died when "wiki" was still just a word in Hawaiian.

Bad news: Ed McMahon died this week. The good news: Abe Vigoda is still alive! McMahon, 86, was the longtime sidekick to Johnny Carson on the Tonight Show and as the host of Star Search launched the careers of many performers, including Britney Spears.

A case of miscasting. Pauly Shore on a jury, whereas he ought to be on trial. Initial charges: indecent exposure and fraud, for appearing in a padded G-string as an auditioning stripper.

Lawmakers should be wary of meddling with voter-approved laws The same lawmakers who praise the people's collective wisdom when they're angling for our votes in November squawk that their plenary power to decide what's good for us is being compromised, that their "hands are being tied," if citizens go to the enormous trouble and expense of changing ...

Not a busy week on the home market with the least number of new releases on this week for a number of weeks.

Contradictions, as Jean Cocteau once said, are the spirit of creation, and L.A. wunder-band Abe Vigoda wear their contradictions low-slung and ankle-tight. They're a bunch of under-25-year-olds too young to know Barney Miller or The Godfather ; high school pals who transcended their roots in as-Korn-fed-as-it-is-corn-fed Chino, California, to ...

You might not catch the 88-year-old actor Abe Vigoda, best known for his roles in "The Godfather" and "Barney Miller," at the South By Southwest Music Conference and Festival, but you can see an identically named punk foursome out of Los Angeles.

This is a smaller list than it should be as there were no fewer than six DVDs on this list where I am supposed to receive a screener, but the screener is late.

Mysteries on TV , your source for the most complete selection of detective, amateur sleuth, private investigator, and suspense television mystery series now available or coming soon to DVD, is profiling two ...

Judge Jim Thomas had a tasty brownie before writing this review. Note: This is a pre-release review.

Fish on Barney Miller and Sal Tessio of The Godfather is 88. of Steven Hill. Adam Schiff on Law and Order is 87.

Good morning. Today is the 55th day of the year. In England, it is the date of the Shrovetide Pancake Race at Olney, Buckinghamshire.

Thursday 2.26 HEALTH 8 p.m. The Echo $12 One of Los Angeles' best experimental rock bands takes its thrashing and energetic live act to a slightly bigger venue than its usual home at The Smell.

Actor Abe Vigoda is 88. Actor Steven Hill is 87. Actor Dominic Chianese is 78. Movie composer Michel Legrand is 77.

Just What Conan O'Brien Needed: A big, Abe Vigoda -blessed sendoff. Overnight ratings for O'Brien's final Late Night were up a whopping 44 percent over the show's season average, NBC said today.

Conan O'Brien shuts it down as host of " Late Night with Conan O'Brien " Friday night after 16 years.

Aside from the obvious big ones , there are a few intriguing releases out today that might be flying a bit under the radar.

Published: Friday, February 6, 2009 at 11:20 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, February 6, 2009 at 11:21 a.m. Remember Barney, Fish and Wojo? If those names ring a bell, then you must be a 'Barney Miller' fan.

In a story about Super Bowl commercials , there was this bullet item: a oe Barney Miller a co-star Abe Vigoda lends his voice to an H&R Block ad for income tax services, playing Death.