"… despite a conspicuous lack of Emmy nods this year."

I've got my purple assless pants! Now who's this Prince fellow?

Cookie Monster in Monk reboot please

Major Crimes when it involves Mary McDonnell's character being sly: oddly attractive

"This Adam Sandler, of whom I knew nothing previously, is cinema's greatest genius."

That thought experiment is referred to in the physics literature as "Schrodinger's Really Terrible Film"

except that I might give nutpunches another chance

I tried one of these and I felt unclean.

Maybe early 50s. I think that Elizabeth and Philip are supposed to be about 40-41, and Arkady looks about a decade older even if the actor who plays him is not.

With HIMYM every show is its own retrospective

I was pleasantly surprised by it. I agree that it might feel a bit underwhelming but that's Hodgman's tone; it's not going to be Chris Rock pacing the stage delivering body blows. If you have Netflix it's worth checking out.

"It must be said that the scale model, in the wrong light, might make Ebert look like a melting white monster …"

Yes, and it was a good idea.

"Mark Knopfler has come a long way since his days as founder of British rock band Dire Straits."

Close.  Tomorrow is Nickelback.

It's hard to imagine that someone thinks that hearing "Get Lucky" twice in a month would be repetitive.  The track *itself* (which is great!) is absurdly repetitive.

FWIW, another example of teen idol who matured into a credible musician is Alex Chilton, formerly lead singer of the Box Tops ("Cry Like A Baby," "The Letter") and subsequently the lead of the hugely influential group Big Star.

It's sad.  She was gay friendly and generally progressive up until her recent "religious conversion."

Quizzical response?

Here is my best effort at an explanation: