Tonight, George Michael, by far Washington’s best known and most dynamic sports reporter, leaves his post at Channel 4. The move, announced in November, comes amid a swath of cutbacks at NBC which claimed fellow sportscaster Wally Bruckner along with Susan Kidd, Arch Campbell, I.J. Hudson and Clay Anderson. While Michael was offered a generous deal to stay, it would have come at the cost of cutting half his staff. After 27 years at Channel…

While those residing in D.C. proper rely on Ben’s Chili Bowl for their half-smoke needs, Arlingtonians have long had their own classic half-smoke purveyor: the Weenie Beenie. We’d been foolishly ignoring the Weenie Beenie for years until a recent conversation with a co-worker convinced us that we’d been missing out on a genuine slice of old-school Arlington. He clinched it for us when he noted that his old man used to hit the Weenie Beenie…

FRIDAY: >> Here at DCist we like to pimp scrappy locals and industrious indies who are charging hard against the establishment. When it comes to stand-up comedy however, sometimes we have to make an exception. This isn’t to say you shouldn’t support up-and-coming local comedic talent. You should. But we’d be the first to admit that there’s something particularly distasteful about amateur stand-up done badly — when a comic punts on stage, you just have…

The creators of the ubiquitous political flash film This Land have released another work, this time declaring It’s Good To Be In D.C. While we appreciate the subject matter (It is good to be here!) the flash doesn’t quite measure up to This Land – which the brothers readily admit on their blog: “In truth, we’re a couple of whores. Jay Leno asked if we’d be interested in making another one to debut on The…

Popular culture and politics are, indeed, strange bedfellows. Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry appeared last night on CBS’s Late Show with David Letterman and treated viewers by reading the Top Ten List. Kerry has also appeared on NBC’s Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Comedy Central’s Daily Show with Jon Stewart. According to AP reports, candidate Kerry wasn’t all laughs last night: The Massachusetts senator spent much of his appearance discussing serious topics ranging from…