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I believe Shaking Hands with Abraham Lincoln comes from a Letterman top 10 list. The category was something like, 10 Phrases that Sound Dirty but Aren't. Another entry I remember was "Windsurfing on Mt Baldy." Where do I collect my prize?

At the end of the year, this will be near the top of the list of best episodes of TV in 2015.

I'm a huge fan; I've seen the four times, most recently this past weekend in Pittsburgh.   I don't think enough love is given to the EPs released during the time after FYHCYWLAP.  Jonathan David, The Loneliness of the Middle Distance Runner, Take Your Carriage Clock and Shove It and I'm Waking Up to Us are some of the

Absolutely.  It should be the song played after the service is over as the mourners are leaving.

This is an easy one for me: Fairport Convention's "Farewell, Farewell", Leonard Cohen's
"Bird on the Wire", Eva Cassidy's rendition of "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?" and Bob Marley's "Three Little Birds".

My wife and I seriously considered working this into our wedding ceremony.

Bill Callahan. Both are great songwriters, but Callahan's menacing baritone is more appropriate for his lyrics than Oldham's high reedy voice is for Bonnie "Prince" Billy's.

Especially "Dirty Pants"!

I think it was the best TV crossover since the Newhart finale.

I can pinpoint the exact moment Elton John's career began to decline:  Bad Blood, his duet with Neil Sedaka.

My wife and I mispronounce Rutgers intentionally as Rudiger.  So if I were to ask her  who is a winning a football game involving Rutgers, she will say, "Rudiger" and I reply, "his name is Bart" in my best Marge Simpson voice.

My wife and I mispronounce Rutgers intentionally as Rudiger.  So if I were to ask her  who is a winning a football game involving Rutgers, she will say, "Rudiger" and I reply, "his name is Bart" in my best Marge Simpson voice.

The Roy Cohn joke is my favorite Simpsons line ever.  It's obscure and at the same time a perfect skewering of Paul Harvey.

The Roy Cohn joke is my favorite Simpsons line ever.  It's obscure and at the same time a perfect skewering of Paul Harvey.

Tammy Littlenut!

Tammy Littlenut!

Robert Stack's lips don't move.

Robert Stack's lips don't move.

I once went on a blind date with someone who told me Rescue 911 was her favorite show.  No 2nd date.