That Big Star Stuff
I love that music as much now as I did when I discovered it in the mid-1980s. It was a decade old then, and already utterly fucking timeless.

I always loved Siskel & Ebert, going all the way back to the PBS days, and even suffered through nearly every episode of Ebert & Roeper, though I never gave a crap about what Roeper said.

Blockbuster = Censorship
Fuck Blockbuster, they practiced censorship. They'd come into a town, run out the mom-and-pop stores, and then only carry videos that they deemed proper.

Also: Southern Rock Opera wasn't so much about Skynyrd, but rather, what Skynyrd meant to their fan base.

Their Best Since Southern Rock Opera
I love this band; I love this album, and why the commenters who think that aiming for "accessibility" is even remotely a problem with a band that will never be played on any kind of commercial radio station is beyond me.

Yeah, I think that if it had been Crenshaw's fourth or fifth album, there wouldn't have been an issue about the production, but since it was only his second, it did seem weird after the retro vibe of his debut.

What About The Brains?
The other great album that Lillywhite produced in the early 80s — now totally lost in time and space — was the debut album by Atlanta's The Brains.

I've Read This Review Three Times Now
And nothing in any of Todd's explanation of it or the characters or any of the situations answers the question as to why it was made in the first place. I mean, "Tinsley Mortimer?" That's an actual thing? Or person? Or whatever?

Some More Episodes
Angel - Smile Time
Frasier - Ham Radio
Newsradio - Complaint Box
The Bob Newhart Show - Over The River and Through The Woods
Doctor Who - Blink
Veronica Mars - A Trip to the Dentist
Friday Night Lights - The Son
WKRP in Cincinnati - Turkeys Away
SCTV - The Godfather

It's about as authentic-sounding as the infamous Grunge slang that a Sub Pop staffer made up for the New York Times.

National Lampoon's Goodbye Pop
Let me throw a word here in for National Lampoon's "Goodbye, Pop" album, an early 70s compendium of fake radio interviews and parody songs and featured amazing turns from the likes of Bill Murray, Christopher Guest, Paul Shaffer and Gilda Radner.

I grew up listening to my parents' album of "Bob and Ray: The Two And Only," from their Broadway show.

Mariette Hartley
Easily one of the most beautiful women to grace any episode of Trek. And according to IMDB, working right up to this day.

So I'm Confused
There are two Gilligan's Island movies in production now?

I'd Totally Watch This
If they used Little Roger & The Goosebumps "Stairway to Gilligan's Island" as the theme song.

@HipsterDBag

@OrangeCrush

REALLY looking forward to the full Larry Sanders.

I seem to remember that Max Headroom started off extremely strong — and let me quadruple the love for Amanda Pays — but didn't every really follow through on such a great premise.

The Animated Series
What about reviewing the Animated Series? Technically, it comes next, and while the episodes sometimes feel like outlines, I'd bet that a lot of people here have also read the Alan Dean Foster adaptations (for my money, still the best written Trek and totally canon, to boot).