Baba’s back

That didn’t take long: Barbara Walters says she’s coming out of retirement for yet another installment of her long-running “10 Most Fascinating People” telecast. “There are just too many fascinating people out there,” Walters explained.

As always, “Fascinating” in this case actually means “mid-level celebrities with product to plug, and/or Oprah.”

Shoulda stayed on “MASH”: The reality show “Utopia” has been a ratings disaster for Fox, and so takes its place in the pantheon of much-hyped TV programs that were epic flops.

One of those famous failures was “The McLean Stevenson Show,” which fizzled even though Stevenson was one of Barbara Walters’ “10 Most Fascinating People” of 1976.

A very particular set of skills: As details emerged about the Ottawa parliament gunman Thursday, Canadian lawmakers gave a prolonged standing ovation to the 58-year-old ex-Mountie who took out the shooter.

Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers was hailed as a hero — and the inspiration for the next Liam Neeson action movie.

— Mark Carlson, Herald staff

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