This is absolutely fuscinating.
Warrwilf?

Cops must suck at identifying bodies in Thomas Harris' universe. Lecter pulls a similar trick in Silence of the Lambs, at least in the movie.

Four Bs
Blues, Beatles, Bob Dylan and the Band.

Saw Manhunter for the first time recently
Astonished by how much better it is than Red Dragon. Noonan is a better Dollarhyde than Ralph Fiennes, Petersen is a better Will Graham than Ed Norton, even Dennis Farina is a better Jack Crawford than Harvey Keitel. Where Red Dragon is completely workmanlike, Manhunter is…

On the DVD commentary for Frailty, the writer basically says that religious fundamentalism is scary enough as it is, so he wanted to explore how much scarier it would be if the fundamentalists were correct. Hence the ending.

Mythbusters
Why is this even on the list as an honorable mention? I've always seen this as a special interest show, not reality TV. Sure, the hosts are all real people acting within their real personalities, but the emphasis is on the popular science aspect of the show, not the interpersonal drama. I don't even know…

One thing I didn't get was why there were virtually no Bush administration interviewees in the whole thing. Well, there may have been, but I haven't seen it for three years and I don't really remember. Did Lee not seek them out, or was there just absolutely no one willing to talk to him? Obviously I wouldn't have…

I thought the first two hours of John Adams was some of the most rioutously entertaining TV I've seen in years. It's downhill from there, though.

I love Planet Earth, but the chimpanzee cannibal massacre will be forever burned onto my retinas. There's one scene where one chimp hands another what appears to be a meaty rib with the same casualness and indifference that someone might hand you a candy bar or hot dog with. They looked waaaaaaaay too human for…

ABKCO sucks. Seriously, even by the standards of record companies they are uniquely loathsome.

Maya Angelou
This next one is my favorite.

Probably whoever everyone else is paying Beatles royalties to. It's probably less than peanuts. My guess is the royalties aren't even accepted, BlueBeat just sends them to claim good faith.

I'm waiting, Fagerstromm!

No Nightmare at 20,000 Feet reference?
I saw that when I was 11 or 12 and I couldn't look out a window at night for weeks. The makeup on the Gremlin was so creepy.

Not necessarily. Trauma, Mercy and Law and Order all are guaranteed to not last the season - the simple reality is that there's only so much TV NBC can cancel. I'd personally bet on them leaving their Thursday comedy block intact - it's basically the only brand identity they have left now.

This guy is a great writer.
I've never read this, but his stuff on videogames is brilliant (read The Ultimate War Sim) and some of the stuff he's written on the Internet and society is amazingly insightful.

Talk about a noisy piece of shit from Asia
I mean, what was George thinking with that sitar?

NBC is in such bad shape that they may have to bring back Chuck, a show they were about to cancel last year, earlier than planned for having nothing to air.

The good news is, NBC is in the toilet right now, and NBC usually will keep low-rated shows with enough critical buzz alive past where ABC or CBS would pull the plug (witness 30 Rock). So NBC will probably have pretty low expectations for the ratings of this show. If I could make a prediction now, I would guess that…

Don't be such an Ann hog!