Phil Rosenthal
@philrosenthal.bsky.social
Ex-newspaper guy in Chicago, L.A., Madison and Waukegan, most recently the Chicago Tribune.
(Not the Phil Rosenthal known for "Everybody Loves Raymond" and "Somebody Feed Phil.")
(Not the Phil Rosenthal known for "Everybody Loves Raymond" and "Somebody Feed Phil.")
What’s your favorite sitcom featuring an SNL cast member?
December 6, 2025 at 5:33 AM
What’s your favorite sitcom featuring an SNL cast member?
David Zaslav to the general public…
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
David Zaslav to the general public…
David Zaslav to “Mad Men” fans…
December 5, 2025 at 4:03 AM
David Zaslav to “Mad Men” fans…
Hey, kids! Look!
December 1, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Hey, kids! Look!
Sign of the times: Guy in insurance ad says it was a mistake to get caught stealing cotton candy from a kid on stadium video board but is unapologetic about the actual theft.
November 30, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Sign of the times: Guy in insurance ad says it was a mistake to get caught stealing cotton candy from a kid on stadium video board but is unapologetic about the actual theft.
Made a point to go to New York to see Tom Stoppard’s “Leopoldstadt” on closing weekend with my mother, wife and kids on closing weekend in 2023. Moved us beyond words.
Lost my mother 10 days ago. Now Stoppard. #RIP
Lost my mother 10 days ago. Now Stoppard. #RIP
November 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Made a point to go to New York to see Tom Stoppard’s “Leopoldstadt” on closing weekend with my mother, wife and kids on closing weekend in 2023. Moved us beyond words.
Lost my mother 10 days ago. Now Stoppard. #RIP
Lost my mother 10 days ago. Now Stoppard. #RIP
“A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms. Enthusiasms. Enthusiasms. What are mine? What draws my admiration? What is that which gives me joy? … Baseball!”
November 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
“A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms. Enthusiasms. Enthusiasms. What are mine? What draws my admiration? What is that which gives me joy? … Baseball!”
First he did a Capital One ad based on Saturday Night Fever. Now it’s Grease. You have to figure it will be Pulp Fiction next, then Urban Cowboy, The Boy in the Plastic Bubble and what? Battlefield Earth?
November 28, 2025 at 3:55 AM
First he did a Capital One ad based on Saturday Night Fever. Now it’s Grease. You have to figure it will be Pulp Fiction next, then Urban Cowboy, The Boy in the Plastic Bubble and what? Battlefield Earth?
A classic Paul Noth cartoon from the New Yorker that's especially beloved by my family.
November 26, 2025 at 10:25 PM
A classic Paul Noth cartoon from the New Yorker that's especially beloved by my family.
🎶 “So get down upon your knees/Fiddle with your rosaries/Bow your head with great respect/And genuflect, genuflect, genuflect!” 🎶
November 23, 2025 at 6:50 AM
🎶 “So get down upon your knees/Fiddle with your rosaries/Bow your head with great respect/And genuflect, genuflect, genuflect!” 🎶
🎶 “Rock on, London/Rock on, Chicago/Wheaties, breakfast of champions”🎶
November 23, 2025 at 6:43 AM
🎶 “Rock on, London/Rock on, Chicago/Wheaties, breakfast of champions”🎶
🎶 “Come on/Oh baby don't you wanna go/Come on/Oh baby don't you wanna go/Back to that same old place/Sweet home Chicago” 🎶
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 AM
🎶 “Come on/Oh baby don't you wanna go/Come on/Oh baby don't you wanna go/Back to that same old place/Sweet home Chicago” 🎶
Trendy Man: “Mr. Melon, your wife was just showing us her Klimt.”
Thornton Melon: “You too, huh? She's shown it to everybody.”
Trendy Man: “Well, she's very proud of it.”
Thornton Melon: “I'm proud of mine too. I don't go waving it around at parties, though.”
Thornton Melon: “You too, huh? She's shown it to everybody.”
Trendy Man: “Well, she's very proud of it.”
Thornton Melon: “I'm proud of mine too. I don't go waving it around at parties, though.”
November 19, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Trendy Man: “Mr. Melon, your wife was just showing us her Klimt.”
Thornton Melon: “You too, huh? She's shown it to everybody.”
Trendy Man: “Well, she's very proud of it.”
Thornton Melon: “I'm proud of mine too. I don't go waving it around at parties, though.”
Thornton Melon: “You too, huh? She's shown it to everybody.”
Trendy Man: “Well, she's very proud of it.”
Thornton Melon: “I'm proud of mine too. I don't go waving it around at parties, though.”
The Thermos, which noted various towns and their ZIP codes on its side, is how I learned there was a Santa Claus, Ind., 47579, and Sandwich, N.H., 03227.
November 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The Thermos, which noted various towns and their ZIP codes on its side, is how I learned there was a Santa Claus, Ind., 47579, and Sandwich, N.H., 03227.
The McDLT challenge.
November 14, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The McDLT challenge.
“I love the smell of onions and mustard in the morning. It smells like victory.”
November 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
“I love the smell of onions and mustard in the morning. It smells like victory.”
Never mind the fancy stuff. Affy Tapple makes a fine caramel apple.
November 1, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Never mind the fancy stuff. Affy Tapple makes a fine caramel apple.
I think I speak for most people when I say how much we love it when a multibillion dollar business treats us like chumps, incapable of comprehending basic math, logic and fairness.
October 30, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I think I speak for most people when I say how much we love it when a multibillion dollar business treats us like chumps, incapable of comprehending basic math, logic and fairness.
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
October 19, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
October 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
Just a hunch, but I imagine the Strauss ad on MLB postseason helmets probably benefits Levi Strauss almost as much as the workwear company that paid for the plug.
October 8, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Just a hunch, but I imagine the Strauss ad on MLB postseason helmets probably benefits Levi Strauss almost as much as the workwear company that paid for the plug.
I was trying to remember where I first saw these Buffalo Bills alternate uniforms.
October 6, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I was trying to remember where I first saw these Buffalo Bills alternate uniforms.
