Every times I see Sense & Sensibility I always think of that episode of QI where Emma Thompson talks about taking her computer to Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie's house so Fry can rescue her screenplay. (Alan Davies jokes that Fry couldn't fix the computer and ended up just rewriting it instead.)

I edited a comment of mine below to say that I found a working link to the BBC program. I'm listening to it again now and can confirm that he's not just he quoted saying the above, you actually hear him say it (with bleeps, of course).

I'm not sure how this is the Internet doing a great job but it's a nice to have an excuse to talk about Tom Lehrer. BBC Radio 4 aired a special for his 85th birthday and among the people who were interviewed and talked about what an influence he was on them were Harry Shearer, Randy Newman and Stephen Sondheim. If…

Just started Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright. I like a lot of the changes they made since Awakening, especially the castle and how barracks conversations and shops are now done. And the maps seem to have a bit more variety in this one.

He's just as amazing in comedies. There's a DVD of an all-mail production of Twelfth Night where he plays Olivia. Here's a clip: https://www.youtube.com/wat…

And since it's where I first heard him, here are his appearances on Home Movies:
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To be fair, this was a web exclusive and he hasn't really done this regularly on this show.

Sure, any excuse to post a Mitch Hedberg quote:

True, although it bounces between Eiji's fantasies and reality. It was the first book of Mitchell's I read too and it took me while to figure out what was going on. It ended up reminding me a lot of Murakami.

I finally got around to reading House of Leaves and I'm not sure how I feel about it. I admire the amount of care and craft that was used to put it together and the used of blank space was really interesting. But I kept feeling pulled out of the story with the faux academia and thinking, "Well, this would never…

Seconding the suggestions of Thousand Autumns and Black Swan Green for straightforward Mitchell. The former if you're looking for something historical and epic and the latter if you want something more shorter, more intimate and contemporary.

If you're looking for some BBC le Carre starring Hiddles, Hugh Laurie, and Olivia Colman, tonight is the UK premiere of The Night Manager. I have high hopes so fingers crossed it's a good one. It's due to appear here on AMC sometime in April.

I don't know what else he's been doing but I was surprised to see him pop up in the musical version of Honeymoon in Vegas getting really good reviews. The show didn't do well but I wonder if it helped remind people he was still around.

He also co-wrote a series of children's books called Hank Zipzer which was made into a TV show in the UK. If anyone knows why it hasn't made its way to the US, let me know because I'm curious.

Thanks. That's hilarious.

Wait, Trump plays music from The Phantom of the Opera at his rallies?

I just finished Tales of the Abyss. I liked how big the game ended up being and the way it incorporated the themes of identity and responsibility through pretty much every characters. But thank god for Jade Curtiss because I don't think I could have made it through the first third of the game without his constant…

Upon reflection, it's an affliction I would be okay with.

Thank you! It's good to know that I haven't started imagining random Robert Sean Leonard performances.

I could swear there was already a stage version of To Kill a Mockingbird with Robert Sean Leonard as Atticus.