Ouch, this movie. My friend rented it to watch with me right after my beloved cat died. He was a healthy 4 year old, and my little family, but suddenly expired from a heart defect. Year Of The Dog wasn’t the smartest thing to watch since it genuinely captures the lingering emotional amputation of losing a pet. But, it…

Another thing to consider is the film had two performances plus one pickup session to drawn on. So in those the cast are singing and dancing through the entire show, possibly conserving their voices, and probably worn out by the end of act two. Whereas the studio album was recorded over six days, with no dancing, and…

So his main points are the Les Mis cast 1) trained and performed in ways antithetical to a good singing performance, and 2) were mostly miked with relatively soft point blank on-set singing, a director choice that didn’t serve the material or singers.

For me it’s the original Spamalot with Tim Curry, Hank Azaria, and David Hyde Pierce. I’d pay a premium for a clear non-bootleg of the whole thing. It’s goofy and already dated but the sheer energy and charisma on display is its own animal.

To paraphrase a meme going around Facebook.

This remains the best way to discover the backstory of Yello and Oh Yeah. Todd makes a strong case that Dieter Meier is an immortal vampire, since he seems to have basically tried and done everything.

If there were no actual Good Omens show, the opening theme would stand alone and be analyzed like a Bosch painting. “Skip Intro” it says as if I’m not busy waltzing around and imagining the music at my wedding.

And most recently it gave us “My Dad Looks Like Anton Ego.”

Here’s a Democrat checking in with the protesters in Wilmington.

Who? Just some good old boys never meanin’ no harm. Full on slavery flag AND a “Dixie horn.”

I demand at least a Stray Observation for Houston and her posse of pissed off murderous twelve year olds.

I’ve been to Andorra for a wedding. The Andorians look nothing like what you see on TV.

One of my favorite beats in this season was in episode 2 when Guillermo just steps completely out of bounds with Nandor on the subject of ghosts. It’s a cute diversion but also teases the changing dynamic between them.

First off, the Yellow Vest guillotines were mostly a hoax.

The soundtrack is an essential desert island record. It also rewards you with gleefully ridiculous complete versions of the French Elvis “Pa Pa Pa Palavas” and the Italian barbershop Cieco, Cieco!

In Rich’s defense, Pazuzu isn’t named out loud in the first movie. The statue resembles a real life Pazuzu statue, and the demon is identified as Pazuzu in the original novel. When Exorcist was big in the popular culture Pazuzu’s identity became the rare well known bit of extended canon.

To use a French press, Chemex or pour-over you need a way to make the water as close as possible to 200°F. Either an electric kettle or an instant read thermometer. Said thermometers are either really expensive or just die randomly. The most reliable one I’ve found is this $23 guy from OXO.

To use a French press, Chemex or pour-over you need a way to make the water as close as possible to 200°F. Either an…

One of the original EU books (Tales From Jabba’s Palace?) filled in the blanks by showing Leia thrown in a cell and presented with the dancer outfit, which she of course refused to wear. Then they executed a palace slave and said they would continue killing slaves until Leia put on the outfit. Leia went along before…

Now that’s what this country needs - more Nathan Hales.

The timely wisdom is “Respond to the spreading coronavirus like this sensible reporter did approaching bison, not like a white guy in a Werner Herzog film about grizzly bears.”