Not Cool

Yesterday's LA Times had a front page feature on Eric Monte. Apparently, Monte, creator of the TV hit Good Times and writer of the film Cooley High, has lost it all and now lives in a shelter.

There may be a number of reasons he's in such bad shape, but it seems to be mainly a case of drug problems. But that's not why I bring this up.

Here's the Times quoting Monte: "...all I need is one hit again and I'm cool and the gang."

Did I read that right, "cool and the gang"? It should be "Kool and the Gang," or at least "kool and the gang." Is the LA Times, the voice of the city that means entertainment, so oblivious that it's not aware of a quote from Pulp Fiction, or, for that matter, popular music of the 70s and 80s? For shame.