Marvin Zindler

Blast from the Past: Marvin Zindler's Rat & Roach Report

In my personal opinion, the weekly Health Department Roundups that our own Blake Whitaker writes up are the funniest posts that Eating...Our Words run all week. But even the esteemed Mr. Whitaker has nothing on the original Health Department Hound: Marvin Zindler. In the video above, sent to me by ... More >>

ZZ Top Sucks. There, I Said It.

Today ZZ Top is releasing their 15th studio album and first in nine years, LA FUTURA. By all accounts is it much-anticipated. But I'm going to out myself here and now: I do not get why people love ZZ Top. If you are one of those people, can you explain it to me like I'm five years old? Chances are ... More >>

Tyler Stoddard Smith: Whore Stories

Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

JerryBuilt Burgers Are Anything But

I didn't learn the phrase "jerry-built" until I married [and later divorced] an Englishman. In America, we use the phrase "jerry-rigged" instead, but they mean the same thing: something that's poorly planned, hastily built or just generally thrown together. It's curious that JerryBuilt Homegrown Bur ... More >>

“Bayou City Noir: The Photography of Marvin Zindler”

“Bayou City Noir: The Photography of Marvin Zindler”

Long Live the Houston Press, Be It Dead or Alive

Reports of our demise have been greatly exaggerated. ​ The New York Times is all over our radar these days. Whether it's the Cleveland gang rape story, the former Chronicle employees' wedding announcement or the paper's new subscription service, the Old Gray Lady has been more relevant for the ... More >>

This Week in Deliciousness

Was this kangaroo cooked in a sauce made with pale ale? Because it tastes... hoppy.​Welcome back to the weekly roundup here at Eating Our Words, where we're organizing a bonfire of Paula Deen cookbooks. We found Savannah Style a mere two shelves over from Alain Chapel's La cuisine c'est beauco ... More >>

The Mother Truckers

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Enjoy "I Will Always Love You" on key and sans squeaks

5 Places Seniors Like to Eat

Erika RayBarbecue Inn's famous fried chicken. ​When you find yourself in one of these establishments to partake of some tasty vittles (because don't seniors call food "vittles"?), look around and we'll bet the median age is older than 60. If you enjoy the geriatric crowd as we do, check out so ... More >>

Enron The Musical Gets Only Slightly Better Reviews Than Enron The Company

Photo courtesy EnronThey sing, they dance, they rip off your 401(k): What a night at the theater!​Houston has inspired many Broadway plays, if you count Marvin Zindler in Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and define "many" as "one."But now it's two!!! Enron, a semi-musical, opened on the Great White ... More >>

Fort Bend, You Could Have Had A "Patrick Swayze Elementary"

​Fort Bend is opening a new elementary, and they threw open the naming process. Three dozen suggestions came in.Some were old school: Abraham Lincoln Elementary. Honest Abe doesn't tend to get many things named after him these days outside of Illinois.Hillary Clinton Elementary? It would have ... More >>

The 10 Biggest Houston Bummers Of The Decade

As we noted earlier this week, the fast-approaching end of the first decade of the 21st century brings with it a lot of lists.Some will be national; this will be strictly local. A lot of great things happened in Houston in the ten years of The Oughts, but a lot of bad things happened too. It's calle ... More >>

Boosted Booze and Marvin's Angels

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R.I.P., Marvin Zindler's Angels

​It's been a little over two years since Houston legend Marvin Zindler took his shock wig, blue-tinted eyeglasses and excessively nipped-and-tucked face to that great Ice Machine in the Sky.For a while after his demise, KTRK kept alive his Angels in Action program, where doctors and other professi ... More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: Andrews Brothers, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, The Phantom of the Opera, Ps and Qs: the ABCs of Manners

Capsule Stage Reviews: Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, The Phantom of the Opera, Ps and Qs: the ABCs of Manners, Sherlock Holmes and the Crucifer of Blood

Capsule Stage Reviews: Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, The Phantom of the Opera, Reckless, The Wiz

Marvin Zindler, Going Back To The Chicken Ranch One Last Time

Next month will be two years since Houston has been robbed of the bewigged, be-surgeried, bellowing presence of Marvin Zindler.His friends and family are planning to mark the occasion with a special presentation of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.Which is kind of odd, really.Zindler was forever ... More >>

R.I.P. Dom DeLuise

According to multiple reports, actor, comedian, chef and cookbook author Dom DeLuise has passed away in Los Angeles at age 75. DeLuise starred in several Mel Brooks movies, including Blazing Saddles (above) and Spaceballs, as well as The End with Burt Reynolds, The Muppet Movie and just about every ... More >>

Who Would You Rather?

So the other night my dear friend Tamarie and I spent too long on the phone engaged in a game called Who Would You Rather? You know, that classic girl game of who you would rather sleep with. The problem was that Tamarie was high on prescription cough syrup, and I'd had a couple of G&Ts, so the c ... More >>

The Famous And Not-So-Famous Of HISD's "Prominent Alumni" List

You probably don't realize it, but the Houston school district's website has a page dedicated to prominent alumni, listed by high school.Unfortunately, many of the "prominent" alumni are politicians, especially current and former HISD board members. Any definition of "prominent" that includes HISD b ... More >>

Local TV Anchors -- The Legends Are Disappearing

The New York Times reports today that the veteran anchor, the mainstay glamor position in local TV news, may become a thing of the past.Falling ratings, slashed budgets and the obsession to woo young viewers all has management axing legends who have been around for years in their market.(The Times c ... More >>

The Bright Side Of Pollution

Ten Jinxed Houston Restaurant Locations

$13 at Fadi's Mediterranean Grill

$13 at Original Napoli Flying Pizza on Beechnut

Marvin Zindler, 1921-2007

Cavatore Italian Restaurant's

Cavatore's Coffee

Dinner, Dessert and Whores

Answering the Musical Question

Wesley Willis's ghost in the machine pays rock 'n' roll tribute to notorious Houstonians

Buckets o' Fun

Life's a beach at the AIA Sandcastle Competition

Best Consumer Advocates

Better Business Bureau of Metropolitan Houston

Write On

Jim Maxfield's Tanglewood Pharmacy is home to the autographs of the rich and famous

Rewriting History

The Chron pities the fools who bought Enron's hype

Letters

Filling the Gulf, Anime Alert, Harsh on Harsh

Confidence Man

Is the BBB's Dan Parsons the most honest man in Houston?

Conventional Wisdom

Houston media hit the GOP convention

What You Missed

Dish

Felix rises again

Storm Damage

News Hostage

Alison Cook looks back at 1996: Year of the Rat

Dish

Hot Stuff

Haveli turns up the temperatureto make an impression

Sixties Survivor

Gene Locke rises from the streets to City Hall without disavowing his past

A History Lesson

The Confederate House feeds us on what Houston was -- for better and worse

Changing Channels

For decades, 13 ruled the Houston airwaves. Now 11 is coming on strong. Is KTRK's broadcast dynasty losing its hold?