I believe Doll Man, created in the 40s (by, I think, WIll Eisner) was the original shrinking superhero.

Good Grief, Marah!  I've been driving longer than you've been alive.  I won't hold it against you though.  These recaps have been great.  I was/am outside the typical Pete and Pete demographic, so I didn't really catch the show when it first aired, but I got the DVDs for my daughter, who loves them, and so do I.  Pipe!

Normally I would be embarrassed by the ignorance I demonstrated in the above comment, but somehow not knowing Beiber's nationality causes me no shame at all.

@cub: Being short didn't stop Kucinich from bagging a smoking hot wife.

Not knowing shit about geography…that's American

Irish author John Connolly wrote a very funny fantasy novel aimed at the Harry Potter set called "Hell's Bells."  The American edition was retitled "The Infernals."  During the book tour, Connolly said there was no way "Hell's Bells" would make it to the shelves in the children's section of an American bookstore, so…

Your walker?  Why, you must be a mere whippersnapper.  Perhaps you can help me nail the boards of my coffin together. I'm too decrepit to wield the hammer.

Don't forget that the Beverly Hillbillies once visited Hooterville.  Edgar Buchannon as Uncle Joe on PJ was always reliably funny, and those girls were awfully pretty (they put the hooters in Hooterville).

Jack Nicholson appeared not once, but twice on Andy Griffith.  Sadly not with Barbara Eden.

What do you need a second hand Appalachian perspective for?  I'll give you the West VIrginia perspective right here.  I've always loved Green Acres (and I'm hold enough to have caught it first run), along with the Beverly Hillbillies and even Petticoat Junction.

Help me out here.  Who is 6'8" in this scenario, your friend, the bouncer, or Jesus?

mmm….Mother's teat.

@avclub-ea93d61158b479315c8e0d4cd003ec35:disqus Yeah, I think it was just so early in the MPAA ratings era that they were still finding their feet, and so any SF or fantasy film was automatically branded as kid stuff and, thus, rated G

I don't think "In the Heat…" qualifies as blaxploitation.

There was a Planet of the Apes cartoon in the mid-70s.  I believe the films were all PG (the original might have even been G), but still, pretty grim stuff for a kids' show.

@avclub-d72f705337e5adcf7e33ec0381c5f5b2:disqus Yes, there's a possible reading of the Passion story in which Judas is not so much betraying Jesus as being appointed to set predestined events in motion.

I don't know.  A lot of fundamentalist Christians consider themselves great friends to Jews because of Isreael's supposed role in end times events.  Of course, in their view Jews are all still going to hell, but the "Passion" audience might still come out for this.

Didn't Hitler half a half brother who fled to England and joined the Royal Navy?  Or is this something Alan Moore made up?

Forget Anne Hathaway.  I want to see Jane Hathaway in crevice hugging rubberized leather.  Weeeel Doggies!

Yes, the way his eyes got all wide for a moment, not in horror, but more like "Did I just see that? Well, smooth move, Limehouse."