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Chip Johnson
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I was hoping for it, too!

I really wish the original opening hadn't been cut. I realize the film was already slow-paced and the lack of bombast at the beginning might have killed it completely, but it's such a beautiful sequence on its own.

One of my favorite AV Club articles of all time came out of this film. It compares the original Great Expectations by Charles Dickens to the novelization of Great Expectations, The Book of the Film of the Book by Deborah Chiel.

Worth mentioning is both the song Burn from The Crow, and Bob's vocals on Crystal Castles' cover of Not In Love.

Agreed that Are You Normal? is the best record, The opening drumming on Intact is still my go-to "slap this out on a table subconsciously" beat.

I'm amazed that Heartbeats by The Knife didn't make this list.

One of my favorite parts in Billy Madison is when the Lunch Lady shows up.

Still not as excruciating as the Tori Amos interview. My god.

Still not as excruciating as the Tori Amos interview. My god.

I always felt like this show fell apart in seasons 3 & 4, while regaining mojo in the final year. It took me a long time to figure out why, but I finally put my finger on it:

I always felt like this show fell apart in seasons 3 & 4, while regaining mojo in the final year. It took me a long time to figure out why, but I finally put my finger on it:

You forgot to mention "the funniest movie that could possibly be mentioned in this article." It does seem a glaring oversight.

The killing my soul line still sends me into giggles, 20-some years later. Stu's the best.

You win one Internet.

You win one internet.

It's on Amazon's DVD-On-Demand service. I bought a copy, totally worth it.

I'd imagine most geeks have this figured out by now, but the IT Crowd season 1 DVD is worth getting your hands on physically for the amazing geek subtitle track on Episode 1. I don't want to give anything away, but if you're into computers enough to know what an SMTP transaction looks like, then you'll want to see it.

You are objectively wrong.

As far as the boys-relating-to-this-show thread: This was absolutely my show, and it reflected my inner life so well and so hilariously, even though I was a few years too old for it, really. I had a brother 3 years my junior and a huge high school crush on my best girl friend and a devastating desire to be cool that