For some inexplicable reason, I still quote this episode. "Those damn kids and their Neil Sedaka records!"

For some inexplicable reason, I still quote this episode. "Those damn kids and their Neil Sedaka records!"

Yeah, I probably shouldn't throw Life of Brian in there - in addition to the nudity, what is crucifixion if not the definition of a violent act? - but I don't really think of the Blues Brothers as violent, mainly because as you said its Looney Tunes violence, and mostly just cars crashing and not violence to human…

Yeah, I probably shouldn't throw Life of Brian in there - in addition to the nudity, what is crucifixion if not the definition of a violent act? - but I don't really think of the Blues Brothers as violent, mainly because as you said its Looney Tunes violence, and mostly just cars crashing and not violence to human…

An underrrated and forgotten director, for sure. Between President's Men, Parallax View and Klute he really defined that creepy/paranoid 70s thriller mood.
So much so that I almost wrote "Marathon Man" on this list too, before I IMDB'd only to find out that one wasn't him.

An underrrated and forgotten director, for sure. Between President's Men, Parallax View and Klute he really defined that creepy/paranoid 70s thriller mood.
So much so that I almost wrote "Marathon Man" on this list too, before I IMDB'd only to find out that one wasn't him.

Ghostbusters! (although Sigorney Weaver was pretty sexy when possessed, I don't think it counts)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
The Gods Must Be Crazy
Hopscotch w/ Walter Matthau
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Be Kind, Rewind

Ghostbusters! (although Sigorney Weaver was pretty sexy when possessed, I don't think it counts)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
The Gods Must Be Crazy
Hopscotch w/ Walter Matthau
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Be Kind, Rewind

Nostalgic "looking back" movies seem to work well. I'm thinking of Christmas Story, My Favorite Year, Woody Allen's Radio Days.

Nostalgic "looking back" movies seem to work well. I'm thinking of Christmas Story, My Favorite Year, Woody Allen's Radio Days.

Classic Jimmy Stewart movies! Many of them fall into this category. Harvey, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Shop Around the Corner (romantic, but low on the sexual innuendo, even for a Lubitsch film).

Classic Jimmy Stewart movies! Many of them fall into this category. Harvey, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Shop Around the Corner (romantic, but low on the sexual innuendo, even for a Lubitsch film).

Just looking at my shelf, I see Rushmore, Ed Wood, Life of Brian, The Blues Brothers, and Stripes. (Lost in Translation says it's rated R for "sexual content" but I don't remember anything explicitly sexual, maybe some nudity in that very brief strip club scene?)
Also, Network, which doesn't really revolve around…

Just looking at my shelf, I see Rushmore, Ed Wood, Life of Brian, The Blues Brothers, and Stripes. (Lost in Translation says it's rated R for "sexual content" but I don't remember anything explicitly sexual, maybe some nudity in that very brief strip club scene?)
Also, Network, which doesn't really revolve around…

Is the Talking Heads: Anthology worth owning? I'm a huge fan, especially of their live stuff, but for some reason I've been holding off on that one.

Is the Talking Heads: Anthology worth owning? I'm a huge fan, especially of their live stuff, but for some reason I've been holding off on that one.

The political specialist I believe you're referring to is Jim Downey. He's awesome. There's a great anecdote in the SNL oral history book about him being able to just dictate sketches off the top of his head.

The political specialist I believe you're referring to is Jim Downey. He's awesome. There's a great anecdote in the SNL oral history book about him being able to just dictate sketches off the top of his head.

There's that, and the fact that even in her advanced age, Sally Field is still a million times better looking than the real Mrs. Lincoln was.

There's that, and the fact that even in her advanced age, Sally Field is still a million times better looking than the real Mrs. Lincoln was.