One of the reasons I have this blog set up the way it is is that I can just hop to the links on the left and check on my brother, Neil Gaiman's blog [I'm doling out Neil's The Graveyard Book to myself via his CD reading, which is stupendous; just saying ...], the NPR pop-culture blog, and Mark Evanier's blog, not necessarily in that order. But it's sort of one-stop clicking for me.

And I note that right now Mark is recommending Eddie Carroll's one-man show in which Carroll channels Jack Benny. As an Old Time Radio buff myself, I was lucky enough last year at the Friends of Old Time Radio convention to see Carroll perform as Benny in a re-creation of one of my favorite episodes -- and Carroll was uncanny. His performance is done with affection and care, and he's perfection. And funny.

And one of the nicest people you'll meet, if you get a chance to talk with him. He patiently posed with a number of people, giving each person both time and pleasant courtesy.

And he has another distinction, which he discussed at one of the event's panels: He is now the official voice of Walt Disney's Jiminy Cricket.

If you have a chance to see him perform, by all means, do so. He's marvelous. And here's a shot of him with the director of the FOTR re-creation, Anthony Tollin. Can you guess which is Carroll?