Well, William Mulder…I got some bad news about your aunts.

The most I've ever watched of Cheers has been the cold opens followed by the theme song.  I dunno why I've resisted the show, but The Simpsons' parody of the theme at least got me to dig the song and stick around for that much.  Watching my first few episodes, I realize my mistake (but I probably didn't need even more…

haha, right.  Fortunately, or unfortunately, I was old enough to have gotten used to boredom by that viewing.

I had an experience as a kid akin to Keith Phipps' where a movie I cannot identify has remained the most terrifying.  It was a 50s or 60s Dracula movie (so maybe Christoper Lee's?), the consequence of my childhood viewing being that I spent the next month or two sleeping with my fingers in a cross.  Yet, almost all I…

Nice, between my recent reads of I, Claudius and Swamplandia!, HBO really seems out to serve me.  Anyone know if the production of the former is still in progress?

That Wyndemere sketch was great not only for being layered but possibly meta, as if Sudeikis was channeling the sketch writer's frustration with people that wouldn't like his meet-the-parents sketch.  Loved it

There weren't enough timelines where Britta chanted, "PIZZA! PIZZA! GET-IN-TUMMY! ME-SO-HUNGY ME-SO-HUNGY!"

Glad to see the return of Comedy Bang Bang's "Analyze Phish" podcast.  I might have actually not disliked a few of Harris Wittels' Phish selections—quite a remarkable feat.  In an internet-world full of angry disagreements over taste, it's nice to find a pleasant disagreement.

Oh well duh then

Belated TVOTI question:  Is Lucille Bluth the TV character Tammy-1 is an homage to…someone else? 

Editing is often the instrument for creating depth in films but, in dance movies, it's often not an option without making the dance less impressive.  Additionally, very few kinds of movies actually have characters using all three of their dimensions in an interesting way.  Hence, Step Up 3D—one of the best movies of…

Good calls on “Doublemeat Palace" and “Washington Vs. The Bunny," the former of which I cannot so much judge since it was in the instant I saw Buffy in her work uniform that I turned off the episode and finally called it quits on Buffy.

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Song's meaning befitting
Don't you think your interpretation of "California Dreamin'" is fitting of the movie's, since Faye Wong chooses to leave California and, unlike John Phillips, return home? I think Faye is flattered to find Leung listening to the song at the end because, wiser to its meaning, she realizes that…

The Elvis
I think some of the inspiration for the Jesse could be applied to the peanut butter and bacon-jam sandwich to get the Elvis. Celebrity acolytes: Lisa Loeb, Mayor Bloomberg.
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PBfan#1
As a devoted reader, I request more peanut butter-themed taste test coverage. I'm always looking for the new food to improve by addition of peanut butter. Having seen success with bread, celery, milk/creme, fruits (which may now include strawberries), and anything at the top of this food pyramid, is there a…

Every race and life form all over the galaxy and no Puerto Ricans?!

TV program recommendations
I really liked the last paragraph of your article before the Stray Observations. I can never tell if A.V. Club TV reviews are relative and how much so. A headlining article for each show on its respective webpage, which gives a recommendation (if not a grade) for continued but mainly…

Lost spin-off?
How likely is a Lost spin-off? Is ABC legally prohibited from making one? Or might the freedom to make one been part of the negotiation for six seasons? I wouldn't care as long as nothing important was left out to allow for the spin-off.