THE LOSING STREAK IS OVER:  Joe Posnanski reports that the Harlem Globetrotters have disaffiliated from the Washington Generals.

WHAT'D I DO?  VOTED FOR THEM ALL, OF COURSE:  Former American Idol host Brian Dunkleman is making a faux reality show (for E!, naturally) in which, after leaving Idol, he becomes a Robert Durst-esque figure.

THE SUSPENSE IS TERRIBLE. I HOPE IT WILL LAST:  Steven Spielberg is reported recruiting American comedic hero Gene Wilder out of retirement, presumably for his pending adaptations of The BFG or Ready Player One. 

I said good day, Sir!

STREAM AT O'S:  Christopher Guest is making another movie--this one about "the men and women of the 8th World Mascot Association championships competing for the prestigious Gold Fluffy Award," which will appear on Netflix sometime next year,  No word on casting, but you have to expect that a number of Guest regulars will appear.

JONAH HILL IS GEORGE FERRIS:  Paramount has won the rights to adapt Erik Larson's Devil in the White City, with Martin Scorsese to direct Leonardo DiCaprio, script by "Feeling Good!" writer of Shattered Glass and Captain Phillips Billy Ray.

AND BESIDES, I'M 16 YEARS OLD. OUR RELATIONSHIP IS COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIATE:  I cannot say enough good things about Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp. It was pretty much everything I hoped it could be.  Gold stars to, among others, David Wain, Michaela Watkins, Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks, Janeane Garofalo freaking out, Jason Schwartzman's spoon, the Waterville rocket docket ...

Open thread.

HOW'S THE FAMILY?  Morris Day and The Time Should Have Won In Purple Rain:

You know that saying about how Fred Astaire made dancing look easy and Gene Kelly made it look impossible? Morris Day and The Time managed to do both at once. They are effortless and precise. They are a professional party. Now, if Prince had come on to “Baby I’m a Star” or even “I Would Die 4 U,” The Revolution would have put up a good fight. But no, they save those for the encore, and decide to battle with “Purple Rain,” a song that would have had everybody heading straight for the bathroom after flapping their arms around like loons to The Time.