Glenn Rabney

While the 2026 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony is scheduled for Friday, it seems competition actually started yesterday, with the opening round of a couple of events, including the always adrenaline inducing Curling. The Winter Games, which over the last few reiterations have experienced minor problems, such as the “let’s not talk politics” aspect of the last three go-arounds in Russia, South Korea and China, and Mother Nature’s obvious preference for the Summer Games, demon

Once again, Father’s Day is upon us, and as someone who both had a father and is a father, I cannot stress enough just how much of an unnecessary and even horrible idea this Hallmark-generated faux holiday is. To understand just why I and most fathers actually dread this day, let us first understand why it exists in the first place. The obvious answer is because there’s a Mother’s Day. Mother’s Day was originally the idea of Ann Reeves Jarvis, who after the Civil War, tried t

They often say that you can’t go home again, but you actually can, as long as you accept that it won’t be exactly like it used to be, but...

I had the honor yesterday, along with many others, to attend Budd Friedman’s funeral. During the 80s and 90s, the Improv was my home and where you’d find me most nights, sitting with comics and writers, new and old, famous and obscure, giving and getting writing tips and industry connections, a of us sharing one common thread, comedy. It was a clubhouse and once you became a member, you were a member for life, as proven by the interactions by those in attendance yesterday, wh

Fifty years ago tonight, Bob Minton and I went to the then recently opened Nassau Coliseum to see the first game of the NHL’s newest...

There have been lots of post of what Vin Scully meant to baseball, and Dodger fans in particular, but as someone who was never a Dodger...

I usually never comment regarding the passing of a celebrity, but Kelly Preston was different. Back in the late 80s, when I was spending...

This post was originally published at smerconish.com Like almost every comedy writer, I personally owe so much of who I am and what I’ve...

This post was originally published at smerconish.com With riots and destruction, racial tension, a raising daily total of dead Americans,...

This post was originally published at smerconish.com While most all of America is hunkering down, wondering when some small aspect of...

This post was originally published at smerconish.com While the Coronavirus has only been with us for a few months, many of the problems...

I’ve always a big fan of obituaries, at least obituaries that had no direct personal relationship to me. It started when I was in...

This post was originally published at smerconish.com Today marks the 70th birthday of someone who has impacted my life, both...

This post was originally published at smerconish.com Surprisingly, I am not going to discuss politics at all. If you’re reading this, it...

This post was originally published at smerconish.com Unfortunately, in today’s political realty the battle cry of “Party First” takes...

This post was originally published at smerconish.com Between tweets, Mueller, and partisan proclamations from both sides, it seems as if...

This post was originally published at smerconish.com I’ve come to the realization that one’s perception of their age is as transient as...

This post was originally published at smerconish.com It’s that time again when we feel the need to make New Year’s Resolutions to...

This post was originally published at smerconish.com The 2018 television season is in full swing and, as eager as I am to watch a number...

This post was originally published at smerconish.com Democratic Senators Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Joe Donnelly of Indiana, Clair...