But Mike did write the lyrics to many of the early hits. Without those, it's unlikely the group would have ever had the opportunity to create the more sophisticated records that came later.

KEEP IT CLEAN, WITH AL JARDINE!!!

Mike Love paid for the exclusive license to use the name. And all The Beach Boys receive income from his concerts, including Brian Wilson.

Yes, Mike Love co-wrote Kokomo. He also co-wrote I Get Around, Fun Fun Fun, Help Me Rhonda, California Girls, and Good Vibrations.

No, it actually led to James Watt falling out of the Reagan Administration. The Reagans were fans of the group — Nancy actually apologized to them for what Watt did and invited them to the White House.

The joke's on you, pal. That song is awesome!

Not a random celebrity. A fellow performer who has been publicly vocal about "whitewashing".

Yep, the first seven minute Superman cartoon, produced by the Fleischers had a $1 million budget. (In 1940!) Still looks gorgeous.

I'm sorry, did you say Carl Reiner? Are you telling me Alan Brady is in this?!

I'm picturing Robert Osborne explaining what "jump the shark" means.

Michael Palin met the Star Wars cast in '79 and wrote in his memoirs:

I still think he should send Kanye.

There's an app for that.

Hollywood learned everything from Kangaroo Jack.

Fans of this song should check out "Good Times", the new album by the Monkees, released this summer.

Red Letter Media issues its Force Awakens review, only 10 months after everybody else

Obviously you lack reading comprehension skills. No one claimed it "couldn't be used" for lightsaber training.

It wasn't a lightsaber training tool. It was for target practice for blasters, and belonged to Han. It's just another example of Lucas's lazy writing for the prequels that he used it again for Jedi training scenes.

"It was naive to expect more, probably."

Ford also could have been killed when he crash landed his plane on the golf course… or when he scarred his chin in that car crash in his youth… or all the other times he's put his life at risk to play with his expensive toys.