GRINNING, BEARING IT

Tomorrow’s episode of Grin and Barrett, I am told, will feature (among other things), the first segment of “Pimping Bill Barrett’s Van.” I’ve got four punchlines to that setup, but one is so dark that it would certainly guarantee me a spot in hell. So, to keep myself out of the boiling pitch and in deference to my elders, I will keep those punchlines to myself. What I can tell you is that the show last week garnered a 1.2 rating, or 27,516 households. Only (another) paid program on Channel 11 fared worse last week.