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Never mind his name in the credits - his family deserves $$$ for using his likeness on an action figure.

Props to AV Club for recognizing Stan's work. FWIW, I think the Disney Afternoon block of weekday animated shows deserves a lot of credit too - except for 1 exception that comes to mind (Gargoyles), they were all funny animal shows, and just about all of them well-written and nicely animated. (Every now & then I get a

Daredevil's "incredibly violent series is decidedly not for kids." Or for me, either.

I just want to know why Lang's boss at Baskin-Robbins and Hank Pym BOTH have that little bird guy with his arms outstretched finger puppet (the boss on his desk, Pym's in his kitchen drawer) - the same one I have, as a matter of fact. (I'm not quite sure why I have one too, but it helped me spot theirs in the movie -

It turned out GREAT - I made close to $1200 out back in the parking lot that day.

I loved how RRogers had an open condiments bar you could dress up your burger yourself. (I used to grab a shitload of pickles and eat them instead of buying fries.) That condiment bar also introduced me to the pleasures of horseradish sauce, which I'd never seen before. (Even as I speak I mean type I mean keyboard

What about Minnie Pearl's Fried Chicken? Did you get to eat at a Minnie Pearl's Fried Chicken?

They were grilled on Goriddle Gorilla? Is that what happened to him?

There are still a few of the old HoJo restaurant buildings around, but with new names & their orange roofs painted a new color. Their architecture is so unique they're easy to spot if you remember what they looked like back in their day.

Back in the day there were TWO HoJo's in Times Square, diagonally across the street from each other. (Go figure.) I think there's a scene in the "Fame" movie shot inside one of them

You're a real Ding Dong, you know that?

Or the University of Whales?

Not just "Mad Men:" Sean Connery and Tippi Hedrin stopped at a HoJo's for a quick cuppa on their way back home in Hitchcock's "Marnie;" if it's good enough for 007, it's good enough for me.

Boy did this article nail it re "Human Target." I loved that first season, theme music & all. If the network hadn't meddled with it ("the demographics are terrible, gotta get more women watching") the sucker might still be running. Well, at least I have Agents of SHIELD, The Flash and Gotham for my comic book TV

It's probably that "The End?" title that made me mis-remember the cobra-mongoose battle as unresolved. (Really sucks to be turned into a cobra and not get to enjoy it for at least a while.)

It makes sense that Ultron should have Oedipal issues, especially since there's a definite phallic tinge to its silhouette.

Coulson's breakdown was GREAT, a fantastic emotional contrast to the button-downed 'company man' he's been all through the Marvel movies and the series up to that point..

"He [The Abomination] hates being called that" and "Oh great, somebody gave him a name" (when a baddie says "I'm not [real name] anymore, I'm 'Scorch'!"): I love these ironic references to superhero/villain names instead of saying them straight-faced; they help make the show seem less comic book-y without distancing

I had a similar "that's not Bugs!" moment to Erik's, watching an episode
of the new "Looney Tunes Show" series. I generally like the show, I
think they've bought the characters up to date without losing their
basic personalities (Yes, Yosemite Sam *is* the kind of guy who'd have a
truck up on cinderblocks in his

"Futurama" did it already: