Because I have friends working on the New Spider-Man film, I got to see some photos...

...and I have to say I'm disappointed in the new costume and the look of the new actor in it!

But it's still early and maybe this is just a test?

I was saddened to hear that Peter Graves, from "Stalag 17" "Mission: Impossible" "Airplane!" and a ton of awesome things, has died. He was 83.

I met him back in the late 90s in a bookstore. We were both looking at books of poetry and he saw I was holding a copy of Garrison Keillor's "Good Poems" and he said, "I have that book."

"A friend got this for me and I wanted to get another to give as a gift to my brother."

He smiled, "That's nice."

We were just standing there alone in the aisle for a moment then I said, "What was it like working with Timothy Carey? Was he as wild as he seems?"

I was embarrassed that I asked, but it was the first thing that popped into my mind. I didn't want it to be a question he always gets asked and I did want to know.

"Oh, I can't say," he smiled and I think he even winked, but then I wondered later if he couldn't say because he wasn't a tattletale or that he just didn't remember? He walked away at that moment and I wished I had asked him something else.

He seemed like a great guy willing to have fun and never be too serious, like when he played Capt. Clarence Oveur, "Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?"

During the 1990s, Graves hosted the documentary series "Biography" on A&E, and by a strange coincidence I just received my big check from the Biography Channel show I did, so maybe that means my appearance on the channel will be airing soon! I hope they let me know when.

I hope I don't suck!

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