Especially ridiculous about the syndication cuts is that I believe during these Mirkin years specifically he's said he often purposely used a long intro so that they would take the cuts from there instead of the show, but they did exactly the opposite.

I don't remember the "beat up waiter" thing, but Bart's line, according to the DVD commentary, was simply a purposeful writing of the dumbest description he could possibly use.  They talk a bit about how hard it is to write something that's intentionally bad and awkward but still funny, so I don't think it was an…

Most of the pre-White Album Beatles stuff have some very weird stereo mixes going on (which is why most prefer the mono versions).  Instruments will be panned hard all into one channel, while another channel will only have the vocal and lead guitar or such.  Might be some kind of wiring issue that only stands out…

I always thought they all turned into Motley Crue's "Girls Girls Girls."  It was far and away the tape a friend and I would most often find tossed out of a car window on the side of the road after being eaten.  It happened so often that, on the rare cases when you do still see an eaten tape discarded on the road…

It never aired with that line though, it was changed before the first episode.

And yet they didn't even try with the DVDs.  The third season never came out really, they just shat it out as an Amazon-exclusive DVD-R copy.

@avclub-80bc853838cd47a7af0904d054d90cc4:disqus 's mention of Maltin seems right to me.  He's a well-known face/name and whatever one thinks of his reviews, seems like a hell of a nice guy who really has a passion for film.  He probably won't be mourned in the way Ebert is, but I'd think he's the most recognizable of…

On the DVD commentary, someone points out that the animation on that scene came out "more disturbing" than they'd originally intended.

@avclub-b210215075f68e712aa3d04c9269aea8:disqus - Yeah, I believe that was indeed Spector, but I also seem to recall hearing something similar from Brian Wilson, that the mix wasn't "right" until it would jump from a transistor radio speaker.

Aw, my first DVD player only came free with Twister and Lethal Weapon 4.  My parents bought it for me for Christmas and also picked up the South Park Vol. 1 DVD to go with it - not the first season set, mind you, but those early ones that only included four or five episodes on a disc and had goofy introductions by…

@avclub-16e9357e5637f35074fb75f4f1e03d66:disqus  - Well, those were the older Wayans, SM1 came from Marlon and Shawn.  I always wondered what happened to *them*.  Their first flick, "Don't Be a Menace to South Central" is one of my favorite parody movies of all time, and then I thought SM1 was pretty funny too… then…

I actually read it as "Jonestown" and then for a second I was actually interested.

Those guys were neat guys.  Hard and street guys.

@avclub-22eda830d1051274a2581d6466c06e6c:disqus I dunno, I thought that rap lyrics bit was pretty damn funny.  Tonight we won't be dining, we'll just be having intercourse.

Caveat emptor: Hallmark's episodes, in addition to whatever was cut in syndication, are also censored.  Words like "bitch" and "bastard" are a no-go, and I even recently saw a Golden Girls episode where they muted out "crap."

Agreed about Jean.  Say what you will about the Scully years and what happened to the characterization and emotion of the show and all, but at least Scully's episodes are almost all entertaining even if you don't like how the characters are behaving or being used.  Jean brought the show back to Earth, but he also…

Oh, but there IS a Ninja Turtles album.  It came out in 1990 exclusively through Pizza Hut and was called "Coming Out of Their Shells."  Well, exclusively through Pizza Hut for a few months until it started littering cutout bins and dollar stores everywhere for the next several years.

She done got a free shot.

Hank Williams, no.  Hank Williams Jr., yes.  "If The South Woulda Won (We'd Have Had It Made)".  It doesn't bring up racism at all, but implies that the world would be better off because killers and drug dealers "would swing quickly," Elvis' birthday would be a national holiday, and all cars would be made in Carolina…

Ride the cock 'til you hit the spot.