"My Fellow Americans" was originally conceived as a Jack Lemmon-Walter Matthau combo feature, but Matthau has to pull out of the film, and Garner was brought in to co-star. As legendary as the Lemmon-Matthau chemistry was, there is no way that movie works without Garner's charm as a JFK-Clintonesque Democratic…

The Monstars were built on the same belief that size wins championships that compelled the Trail Blazers to select Sam Bowie in the 1984 draft. Plus, Jordan was a late addition to the Tune Squad; had they been given more time to prepare, the Monstars could have made a roster move for a swingman, like acquiring the…

Take a look at that top caption again.

1989 Flyin' Illini, baby!

To be fair, this was about the same time as Larry Johnson and Muggsy Bogues contracting a mysterious illness that took away their ability to play basketball, so they were unavailable.

I guess not.

Maria Callas died at age 53; Meryl Streep is currently 64. Does anyone else see a problem here? It doesn't matter how good of an actress Streep is; we know that musical biopics starring actors a decade older than the roles they're playing lived to be inevitably turn into well-intentioned fiascoes.

Wake me up when the EDM fad dies off.

Does a portion of an AV Club staffer's paycheck automatically get deducted to Warby Parker?

No mention of his role as the Minnesota Twins' GM in "Little Big League?" Boo. Turn around, start all over again.

This looks like a list of songs that all of the artists would prefer you forgot about.

Since popular music circa 2014 is so electronic-dependent (especially what little music MTV actually plays anymore), "Unplugged" couldn't matter less than what it does right now.

Is Paul F. Tompkins on Tuxedo Guys, or does he just dress like that?

This is where I go on a twenty-minute tangent on how I can't believe Larisa Oleynik never went on to bigger and better things.

Gerald Ford isn't going to be eaten by wolves!

As a current runner who is also a somewhat fat guy, I've never had any issues with my knees. My hips are the things that kill me.

Wait, so not only is Christina Hendricks fat, but Adam Pally is, too?

Let's put it this way: the criteria for "healthy body weight" and "conventional Western standards of body image" are not one and the same. If someone declares an otherwise healthy woman to be a "fat cow" simply because she doesn't have the body of a bikini model, that person is an idiot.

There was nothing worse than Coke Blak.

Also from "10 Things I Hate About You:" a special appearance by Letters to Cleo.