Also - I find it hilarious that Ramsay takes his shirt off in every episode.

I do seem to remember an episode of the UK version where he went to a restaurant that was pretty decent, but was trying to get better (I think they were trying to get a Michelin star). It was pretty interesting to see the sorts of things he told them vis-a-vis what he told most of the failing restaurants. Also, he…

I agree the "fat man with skinny wife" phenomenon is pretty disgraceful, but I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that so many sitcoms have been handed out to name comedians. And comedians, unlike normal actors, tend to look more like your average person (i.e., they are a lot more likely to be fat asses). …

Completely unrelated, but "American Werewolf in Paris" had my favorite ratings reason ever: "Rated R for werewolf violence and gore, and for some sexuality/nudity. "

I've had similar thoughts about the US version of Kitchen Nightmares. The UK version ("Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares") is great, since it's focused so much on actually improving the restaurants. But the US version is just about the drama (and seeing Gordon take his shirt off). I mean, it's the same damn chef going…

I have basically no hope that it will be good. I'll probably go see it anyway and will hopefully be surprised. But I'm not going to let myself get my hopes up or anything. I'm basically expecting this to be at the Phantom Menace or League of Extraordinary Gentlemen level of suckiness.

I can't agree that all of the teens in Juno talk alike. Sure, Juno and her friend (whose name is escaping me at the moment - the one who suggests she has a food baby) talk similarly, but Michael Cera seems a lot more normal. And the girl who is protesting at the abortion clinic is entirely different. The impression…

What made it great was the explanation that because of the economy, they had to cling to anything no matter how silly it seemed.

Fail.

You know, I can't definitively say since I got it from Netflix, but since I'm about 99% sure A&E didn't actually change the disks at all from 2001 to 2007, you're screwed either way. Apparently the UK release is a lot cleaner, though, if you have a region free player.

It's not so much that we have short attention spans, but that we watch shows in different ways now. In 1967, you might see an episode a week (if you were lucky), you might miss a few eps now and then, etc. So, the long intro setting up the series would have been (a) less annoying because there was a longer period…

I would endorse the set (or maybe even buy it myself) if it weren't so badly made. It was realized relatively early in the life of DVD, so it's 17 50 minute episodes spread out of ten disks, all of which are in their own cases, and it costs about a hundred bucks. Also, the episodes look pretty terrible. Now, this…

I've been (very) slowly making my way through The Prisoner. I've been pretty impressed with McGoohan. But, damn, does that show have the longest opening in the history of television. It's about two full minutes. I thought the intro to Twin Peaks was bad.

No retroactive callings of firsties. It just screams "I didn't have the cojones to claim it in the first place."

Nevermind, pic's there now.

I think a bunch of my comments are missing, too. I looks like everything after about September (maybe October) was gone. I know I haven't been on as much lately, but I can't imagine I didn't post anything at all for two or three months.

Yeah, when I looked at my rather sparse profile, it didn't show my picture, but it shows up when I post here. Maybe there's a glitch when you view your own profile (at least when using IE 6, like I am…).

I have the same problem in IE at work. But it's almost certainly because we're using a primeval version of IE (IE 6), instead of something remotely up to date. Absolutely no idea why we are doing this - it is like the most buggy/least secure browser we could be using. At the very least we should upgrade to IE 7…

Also, even if the character started out as a WWII era officer, it's not that's what he would be in a modern interpretation. He'd have to be in his 80s. Instead, I'm betting he'll have been through Vietnam (late 50s/early 60s) or maybe the first Gulf War or something (40s). By the time of Vietnam, the Army had been…

Having lived in both NY and Chicago, I can pretty confidently say it's all about what you like (or feel like) or are used to. If you are used to cardboard thin slices, you might not get Chicago style.