Right on, mxyzptlk.  It's something of a misconception that people of ages past were always shorter on average than we moderns.  Height potential is determined by two simple factors: genentics and childhood nutrition.  For those in centuries past lucky enough to be born in an era and place where there was a reasonably…

@jwood:disqus Have you seen the Dublinia exhibition at Christ Church?  It's fantastic.

@avclub-a7f6c96dac16f8ff45d7ea3549a10010:disqus Yes but Ragnar's people are clearly living near the coast, not the interior.  The fact is, the very vikings from Norway who first raided Lindisfarne had already established permanent settements on the islands off the coast of Scotland years before.  Add to this the…

You want something egregiously wrong?  Unless I'm misinterpreting something, why did Ragnar and crew seem to be totally ignorant of the very existence of England, let alone how to get there?  Honestly?  And this is their first exposure to Christianity?

re: snot rocket face washing.  This is something the Arab diplomat Ibn Fadlin describes in his journals.

Excavations of viking sites in Dublin have turned up tweezers, handy for plucking stray nose hairs and taming savage viking unibrows.

@avclub-d4ab2732ed8ac6a4b2d9734cf4c851d2:disqus See also Chuck Jones's mid-seventies adaptation of Kipling's "Mowgli's Brothers," wherein Tabaki (sp?) the jackal is essentially the coyote with a sickly green tinge and slightly cropped ears.

I don't think Wile E. ever talked in the Road Runner cartoons—for that matter I don't think  he was ever actually refered to as Wile E. Coyote in RR.  It's in his appearances with Bugs Bunny that he talks and refers to himself as "Wile E. Coyote, super genius."

Can you get to Iran without going around Cape Horn?

Who will play Avenger?  Purple eagles are hard to come by.

I'm holding out for The Galaxy Trio

The dialogue was really weak and riddled with anachronisms, so I wouldn't expect too much on this count.

It might not come up.  Did the vikings even call themselves vikings?

Trust me, when you've been ordered to and then failed to kill a prostitute, a murder spree is the least of the steps you'll have to take to cover it up.  Don't ask me how I know this.

Could be, and now there's no grizzly out there to keep him in check.

@avclub-f2ce7fc880970c0cb6127c7229530d1e:disqus  I never saw "Sasquash," but the movie you describe, especially the bazooka ending, sounds an awful lot like "Grizzly," the land-based Jaws rip-off.

Same here, Haysoos.  Caught a glimpse of her a couple of years ago in Boston when she was on a book tour.  Still gorgeous

Regarding the 70s era Bigfoot fascination, there was a short-lived live action saturday morning show called "Bigfoot and Wildboy" (the title tells you all you need to know), which mostly consisted of the title characters running through the woods, leaping over boulders and fallen trees.  I'm guessing these episodes of…

There was a coach at my junior high, last name Licker, first name Richard.  No lie.

Col. Alphonse, you're thinking of Commander McBragg.