This is a website dedicated to a book that was obsolete the minute it was printed.  That’s because media, technology, and advertising are changing so rapidly, a book on these topics is like a snapshot of a NASCAR race…perpetually behind.

In this space, we’ll update the many issues covered in the hard copy edition of Pay No Attention to That Man Behind the Curtain.  Whether you’ve read it or not (and you should read it…your mother would be pleased if you did) you can check in on the latest trends in entertainment, politics, and media platforms.  Who knows where this brick road will take us?

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The Don Knotts Presidency Thu, 11 Aug 2011

Remember Barney Fife?  The lovable, affable (albiet slightly nervous) deputy to Andy Griffith in the fictional town of Mayberry?  “The Andy Griffith Show” was a television staple of the 1960’s and represented a certain innocence that was quintessentially small town America.  There were no looting hoodlums or gangs, no terrorists and no real need for [...]