A quick, “Thank You” to those of you emailing concern over the state of my health. I’ve been…annoyingly ill for a little over two months, but as you should tell from the increased output here on the blog, I’m feeling much better over the last week or so. I was never in any kind of “danger,” and am truly sorry some people got the idea I was deathly ill…I wasn’t. There’s been no “cure,” since no one can seem to find anything organic wrong with me to start with, but I am getting noticibly better on a daily basis, and am already up to pretty much full output again.

Of course, having missed out on the bulk of the month of May, I am woefully behind on a whole bunch of things. I’ll get caught up though, so long as I continue to feel as much better as I do right now. I’m “night-and-day” from a month ago at this time!

If you’re an XM Satellite Radio subscriber (and if you aren’t, you should be), check out today’s The Bob Edwards Show - although most of the interview deals with Shearer’s television and film career, there is a section at the beginning where he talks almost reverentially about The Jack Benny Program, and the cast members. He noted he thinks often about the professionalism of that program when dealing with the Sturm und Drang of modern sitcoms. (For Edwards fans, there’s also a familiar music sting to take us into the first break…)

Remember, the online stream is now included in the monthly price, and the Edwards Show is “looped” all day on the online Channel 133; also repeats on the satellite service at 9:00pm Eastern, 6:00pm Pacific, and alternates among the rest of the week’s shows during the weekend on the online service, so you should have no problem hearing the program.