Mike Judge: trenchant, prolific, idiosyncratic social satirist who has accrued large, loyal, mainstream following.

A young man had to map out his tit fixes in those days. AB made "Maude" a must-see.

It would have been a lot more ballsy and honest to make Mike a Jew (a stretch, I know, but he *is* a loud, pontificating liberal who makes WASP Archie way uptight), and have Archie call him all manner of anti-semitic nicknames.

Who but a sixty-year-old liberal with lots of disposable income
Would buy this?

Shih Tzu: Brilliant. I want to play, too, but randomcountry.com isn't working and I can't think of any countries.

A worthless movie gets Ebert's juices flowing like nothing else. It's interesting to me that he's generally overgenerous with praise but also relishes savaging shitty movies.

His name is… *ME!!!*

Big bush?

Gals: want to dump a guy but make him think the break-up was his idea? Tell him you think Nia Vardalos movies are the *funniest thing ever*.

Asotira is the place where all the big cans are.

Renner's character does in fact say "I'm getting too old for this shit." And so what? At this point, people say this in real life all the the time, well aware that they are spouting a cliche. In fact, that it's a cliche is part of the reason people love to say it when they are feeling weary. It's a rueful little joke,…

…What Dark Passengerside Airbag said.

"And yet the people who save lives by defusing such bombs remained largely untrumpeted."
"Largely untrumpeted."
Only in the AV Club, folks.

Jeez. Just *mention* Dick and this guy starts talking about cutting.

It's insane, that reality's taint!

"What is the deal with Michael Jackson, my main man?"
"What?"

@ Sincere Sensei

Philosophy is a "hard science?" This is news to me.

Tommy and His Bike
Scott Tobias writes: "He rides his bike everywhere and won't even board his own fire truck, which generally makes him late to emergencies."

Dern is a great actor. He generally makes dialogue sound like he just thought of it and it's simply pouring out of him.