Since I worked on “The Bachelor: Paris” I’ve been hoping for another TV gig. Last week, my prayers were answered — twice, sort of. I got a call that there was an opening on two upcoming shows — “Speeders” for Court TV and “Bandits vs. Smokies” for CMT. They’re both basically comedy shows, so I thought either one would be fun. So it turns out that I’m kind of working on both of them. “Smokies” is especially enjoyable since it’s a little more wide open in terms of its comedy style and my assumption is that eventually, that’s the show that I’ll spend the bulk of my time on. As soon as I get air dates for either, I’ll post them here.

20th Century-Fox Home Video has released a new DVD set called “The Ernest Hemingway Film Collection.” The set consists of five excellent feature films based on the works on Hemingway: “The Sun Also Rises” (1957), “Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man” (1962), “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” (1952), “Under My Skin” (1950), and “A Farewell to Arms” (1957). The American Film Institute’s Patricia King Hanson and I provided DVD commentary on the first three films and the great film historian Anthony Slide did the honors for “Under My Skin.” All four of those discs also offer making-of featurettes, trailers, still galleries and much more. Oddly, “A Farewell to Arms” has no extra features at all, although the beautiful letterboxed transfer makes it worth getting all on its own. This is a terrific set of films and I’m proud to have been even a tiny part of the endeavor. Go to my “Video” section for a little more information about the discs I worked on and to see the cover art.

People frequently — although not as frequently as I’d like! — ask if they can buy my books directly from me. As a general rule, the answer is no, but I do have some extra copies of the following (all prices include postage; if you have special shipping requests, please contact me):

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