It’s not a Sam Barsanti article (which I purposely avoid), so it improved the odds of it being snark-free

I read the Fletch books after seeing the movie when it initially came out. I was actually somewhat disappointed in them, because I had been spoiled by the singular amalgamation of peak Chevy Chase, Harold Faltermeyer’s best overall score (sorry, Beverly Hills Cop and Top Gun), and made-for-Hollywood script.

This site just gets more and more depressing, lazy, and awkward. These days I think the only thing that brings me back to the AV Club is muscle memory.

“In a new interview with Harold Stern”.. Come on, even if you don’t like him you know his name Howard Stern. The laziness here is astounding.

Criticizing pop culture vs. blaming it for society’s woes are two different things. For instance, blaming a cop TV show for enabling bad cop behavior is not a far argument from blaming violent video games for violence in society.

One of my best friends was an ER doc for 27 years, and all I would say to add to your apt description is that you left off the people with “pain” looking for some “pain meds” to make it “go away.” Also, endless administrative paperwork.

If they depicted these institutions accurately, boredom would be a bigger problem than outrage.

I’m pretty sure corrupt police unions are to blame for that, not a TV show, but since we seem to only try and fix societal issues through media I suppose Dick Wolf should get on it!

Wait till he finds out that the healthcare system bears absolutely no resemblance to “Grey’s Anatomy.”

Sept 2022: John Oliver has run out of things to skewer, or whatever.

I think we all know where Zemo is:

Zoooooooouk

Oh nooooo Jason Mantzoukas

seems like the owner found this post

Nice price for someone with welding/fab skills looking for a project, no dice otherwise.

aw… fuck it. I’ll zip up my flame retardant coveralls and risk the wrath.

Blast From the Past should be a classic. I’ve watched that movie probably 50 times. Brendan Fraser, Alicia Silverstone, Christopher Walkin and Sissy Spacek.

Schneider is an idiot. SNL has always been political and I am not sure their politics were well hidden. At best, Schneider was on at a time when apolitical bits were probably a bit more prevalent, but I think that had more to do with the writers’ sensibilities.

Shit... I thought this was the new McDLT for a second. Hot stays hot, cold stays cold.

I mean possibly but whether she’s white or black we should probably be supporting her if she was forced to kill someone to protect herself from friggen domestic violence, shouldn’t we?  Making this kind of thing into a team sport isn’t going to help anyone at all.