I also love the little throwaway bit where Linda returns to the restaurant and immediately adjusts the thermostat without saying a word.

At least it wasn't "Giant-Size Man-Thing #1"….

At least it wasn't "Giant-Size Man-Thing #1"….

Mailboxes drip like lampposts in the twisted birth
canal of the coliseum. Rim job fairy teapots mask the temper tantrum. O'
say can you see 'em.

Mailboxes drip like lampposts in the twisted birth
canal of the coliseum. Rim job fairy teapots mask the temper tantrum. O'
say can you see 'em.

Also: "Bambi vs. Godzilla", clips from "Forbidden Planet", and music stuff like "Rust Never Sleeps".

Also: "Bambi vs. Godzilla", clips from "Forbidden Planet", and music stuff like "Rust Never Sleeps".

"Put It There" is a pretty good, understated little tune from the Flowers in the Dirt album as well.

"Put It There" is a pretty good, understated little tune from the Flowers in the Dirt album as well.

Along the same lines, I can't read the name "Edgar Allen Poe" without hearing it in Dr. Nick's inflection:  "EdgarALLEN Poe".

Along the same lines, I can't read the name "Edgar Allen Poe" without hearing it in Dr. Nick's inflection:  "EdgarALLEN Poe".

"This one needs plunging!"

Plus there was Rob Lowe's gleaming, appreciative smile upon hearing his "If I had to choose a man" code name.

Jerry Garcia refused to attend when the Dead were inducted.  The rest of the band brought a full-sized cardboard cutout of him that they posed with….

Good times.  Although lesson learned:  When you're tripping, doing the necessary math gets hard, never mind trying to read the little numbers and statistics that keep jumping all over the character sheets and barking at you.

Our sessions tend to be about only about 6 hours once or twice a month, but back in the day we ran 8+ hour sessions weekly.  They were on Sundays back then, and we were in our 20s so many of us were quite hung over at the start of the session.  When I DM'ed, the standard opening joke was some variation of "Your planet…

If you like the music at all, GO SEE THE ALLMANS.  The Allmans are frequently lumped in the the Jamband scene, but they are not a jamband.  They're a band that jams, to be certain (sometimes for quite awhile on any given song), but there's a fundamental difference in their approach than bands like the Dead (who I…

Lisa needs braces!

I love how one of the hippies at the beginning of that commercial is reading the Wall Street Journal.

…and don't forget Lez Zeppelin!