Watchmen is a limited series of comic books that became a graphic novel in 1987 and a feature film in 2009. And now it's an HBO series from Damon Lindelof that acts as a kind of sequel to the original comics, set 34 years later.
And: Today is John Dankosky's last day at Connecticut Public after 25 years. There is just no denying that WNPR wouldn't be what it is -- and The Colin McEnroe Show wouldn't be at all -- if it weren't for Mr. Dankosky. The Nose tries to begin to come to terms.
Some other stuff that happened this week, give or take:
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I Showed My 7-Year-Old 'Jaws' and I Regret NothingSure, horror movies can horrify children. But they can also heighten the senses and awaken the analytical mind.
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The Mainstream Media Is Not Playing GamesWith its new vertical Launcher, The Washington Post is the latest big outlet to dedicate resources to covering video games in a comprehensive manner. But past efforts have failed at publications like Rolling Stone and Variety -- so why is this time going to be different?
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Game of Thrones Creators Chose a Weird Time to Confirm They Had No Idea What They Were DoingAs David Benioff and D.B. Weiss put it during a fan panel over the weekend, during the show's early days, "Everything we could make a mistake in, we did."
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corner-mayor-kickball.html">Kickball Umpire Sues South Carolina Mayor, Saying He Was Fired Over a CallA lawyer for the umpire is calling for the governor and the state attorney general to open a misconduct investigation into Michael A. Lockliear, the mayor of Moncks Corner.
- luger-review-pete-wells.html">Peter Luger Used to Sizzle. Now It Sputters.
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G/O Media Tells Deadspin Staff in Leaked Memo: Stick to SportsSports—and sports alone—must be "the sole focus" of the website, new management said Monday in a memo obtained by The Daily Beast.
- firings-zombie-brand-spam.html">Let's All Stop Mindlessly Clicking and Sharing Zombie Links
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Ten Years Ago, I Called Out David Letterman. This Month, We Sat Down to Talk.It's not often that you speak truth to power and power responds, "Oops, sorry," writes former Letterman writer Nell Scovell.
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legend-baby-its-cold-outside.html">'Baby, It's Cold Outside' Gets Update for the #MeToo EraJohn Legend and Kelly Clarkson replaced lyrics that some considered an allusion to date rape. Gone: "Say, what's in this drink?" New: "It's your body, and your choice."
GUESTS:
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John Dankosky - Namesake of The Dankosky Building on heartbroken Asylum Hill in Hartford
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Jeff Cohen - Connecticut Public Radio's news director, which Mr. Dankosky used to be
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Sam Hatch - Co-hosts The Culture Dogs on Sunday nights on WWUH
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Ned Lamont - The 89th governor of Connecticut
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Dannel Malloy - The 13th chancellor of the University of Maine system; was, until this January, the 88th governor of Connecticut
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Ralph Nader - Mr. Dankosky's neighbor, among other things
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Lucy Nalpathanchil - Hosts Where We Live on WNPR, which Mr. Dankosky used to do
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Carolyn Paine - An actress, comedian, and dancer; founder, director, and choreographer of CONNetic Dance
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Chion Wolf - Our technical producer and announcer
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