I only remember these getting bad reviews at the time.

I read it when it was serialized in Rolling Stone. One chapter every other week.

"Me and Mrs. Jones" is the song that hooked me on karaoke.

I first heard "Night Moves" on an Adult Contemporary station which our family used to listen to. It was the single version - I didn't hear the album version until buying it. It was on a friend's copy of the FM soundtrack, which is also an edit. I thought Seger was black when I first heard. Just a stunning song,…

I heard Dark Side while waiting for Fleetwood Mac to set up in Ralph Wilson Stadium (then Rich Stadium) one beautiful summer night in 1979. I had no idea what I was listening to, but Any Colour was the one that really grabbed my ear that night. An that's a 40-minute song, that album.

Some bitchy waitress in Paris who came late to work gave me and my family a bad mag of cheap white wine. We walked out and never returned. It's the only bad experience I've ever had with waitstaff in Paris.

But even the kids marinated in the stuff didn't know how to react all the time.

Maybe if I mention that I was in a rock band in high school and have a degree in TV production I'll be put out of my misery.

"Flying tart!"

That's my favorite episode - it even has Sachs' greatest moment:

The health inspector's list of infractions? I've lived through that at more than one of the hotels where I work.

The extras are cool, too. Love the one about the hotel in Torquay which became the inspiration for the show.

Because we're all mental weakling and can't imagine doing something constructive.

"The edit is probably leaving out a lot…" - like, for instance, the three people agreeing to vote out Hannah?

I'm living proof that you don't need to be stoned to enjoy "Future Games" or James Taylor's first LP. But I'm certain Denny liked them perfect well that way.

I just watched one of the new Billy on the Street episodes. Glad to say the guy's got a new burr under the saddle, and he appears to like it.

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Fine time for me to learn the difference between Dennis Weaver and Fritz Weaver.

Best of all, he was a proud black man, a dandy who had a gun which we were sure he didn't want to use. He had an attitude, more than he deserved, perhaps, and good for him. He was smarter than everyone (except my favorite, Dietrich), and although his attitude sometimes got adjusted by Barney's authority and Wojo's…

Noel Murray wrote about the series several times on this site. This essay has some great observations, but I only skimmed it now - he once said that Barney Miller caught the smell of 70s NYC better than any show: http://www.avclub.com/artic…