After all this time I was wondering who suggested that book. Thanks for the tip - I went through it earlier this year. You’re right, it’s a fantastic book, and was pretty illuminating on the European developments between the wars.

Of the newest, the only one to skip is The Astonishing. Speaking of Rush, that album is a weak-beer version of 2112. I’ve enjoyed the hell out of A Dramatic Turn Of Events and Distance Over Time.

Go see them with Mangini if you have the chance - the guy drums in a different way than Portnoy, but he kills it on the drums. I’ve seen them three times, and Mangini fits like a glove. From what I’ve read, the decision to leave was all Portnoy.

The story was that the band’s onstage generator was replaced by something smoother, and Lee missed the thump-thump-thump it had made, so laundry driers - with exclusive t-shirts inside, given to the audience - were placed in it stead. Later, the joke was extended with chicken rotisseries on stage, with the cooked…

Crap, that was almost three years ago and I’ve forgotten. That’s what trying to be witty and aging at the same time gets you. I’ll see if I can dredge up something. Um... sorry?

Definitely “nerding”, according to the captions.

I got the Blue Meanies from Yellow Submarine.

I live about 15 minutes from Gwinnett Place Mall, and even when it was busy and bustling, it was... a shitty mall. All that neon in the food court was actually in the food court. Management seems to have thought it would have a certain kind of appeal, but it never did. There was little remodeling done over the years,…

I think I said this on another thread, but I never realized that I needed Gary wearing an ill-fitting Flash costume along with that big, manic grin of his. Plus, he made one helluva ringmaster... until he fainted.

I remember when we first cursed Vibe’s dopeness. Then he... got dope. How did that happen? If Valdes has left the show, he’s leaving a pretty big hole. Good fortune to him.

Thank you. Between Stumbles McElder and the 60-odd Knights of Columbus who came to serve, Cap’n Crunch hats, swords, and all, my bro did have one helluva entertaining memorial service. I could only top it with having mine at an actual circus.

Have the robot train the kid to kill renegade robots with his hands, and you’ve got Magnus, Robot Fighter. Get on it, Hollywood!

My brother was cremated and his ashes present at his memorial service at the Catholic Church he attended. (Yes, Catholics can be cremated but not scattered. Didn’t know that until then.) The church had some older guy carrying the ashes in the urn, and he almost dropped them going down to the pulpit. The whole…

The first scene I thought of. You knew that these guys in a truck with a box of Lou’s ashes was going to end up totally wrong, but it’s just how wrong it got that made it one of the show’s funniest scenes. Props on Sean’s line about a half-pound of Lou in his ass crack, and Mike using “vortex” correctly.

Reverend Horton Heat doing the Jonny Quest theme.

As long as Jose Chung gets a shout-out.

Guess the time was right for a Fantastic Journey re-boot.

Curtis’s “death” actually did fake me out. I don’t usually watch the trailers or pay attention to the ads, so a trailer could say “All of Team Arrow Dies, We’re Not Faking It” and I’d miss it. Well done, cast and crew!

I’d say that the Godzilla line was probably supposed to be Nate’s. Runner-up might be Sara, since she’s into films like “Swamp Thaaaang!”, so a Japanese monster film wouldn’t be too out of character, but of course Mick would enjoy the fire-breathing kaiju the best.

Hell, yeah. That made me crack up, but the Legends logo absolutely kills it in Japanese. The only thing that would make it better is the Toho Films starburst in the back.