I think this is just the convention to imply that the character is supposed to be speaking the whole phrase in Spanish rather than just "loco". Compare French characters saying "mon ami" in a middle of an English sentence or Russians saying "Da" and "Nyet". They just pick the words that English speakers would likely…

In regard to #2 — this is a real tactic used by cops — to convince the suspect that bringing in a lawyer would be bad. Of course it generally isn't for the client, but it is for the cops who are hoping for a quick and easy confession. Same thing for #1 — remember most cop shows are from the cops' perspective — not…

Stupid band names are a TV-only thing? What exactly makes "Drive Shaft" a more stupid name than most real bands?

Yeah — but Rust is smart guy who seems to know some science — He'd *know* that seeing "the light" is a standard near-death experience caused by biology and not a vision of the afterlife. Marty, sure — he's pretty dim. But Rust?

What was up with Errol's brief use of an English accent?

Exactly. That was exactly what I was thinking of. But who reads "Prisoner of Zenda" these days? There hasn't even been a recent movie version — the last one was in 1979 — or 1984 if you count the BBC television one.

Well, outside of Chapel Hill at least…

They are pretty much the only brick and mortar place left to buy electronic components unless you happen to live near a independent electronic hobbyist store. Yeah, mostly I order on-line, but the shipping is exorbitant unless you are buying $50+ of stuff at once.

Gladstone != Cracked. Some writers on Cracked (like Dan O'Brien) are brilliant. But I don't think even the most devoted Cracked readers were expecting a book by Gladstone to be very good.

Hey, business is business. I don't think it was implied that the Comedian killed JFK out of personal hatred, but that he was hired to do a job (by the Mob and/or Nixon)

I haven't seen it, but apparently Cavalcade's idea of following a family and their servants over time inspired the great 1970s show "Upstairs, Downstairs" (which in turn inspired other similar programs), so there's that.

There was "Fast Times at Ridgemont High", which is generally remembered as a mindless 1980s teen sex comedy — except that it honestly dealt with the consequences — the main character gets pregnant and has an abortion towards the end of the movie.

She wasn't bad as the girlfriend in "The Talented Mr, Ripley", but yeah, usually she is just scenery which doesn't bode well for her career as she ages.

Yeah, a movie about people who get turned on by car accidents — wtf? I know J.G. Ballard had a rough childhood (Empire of the Sun is a thinly fictionalized version of his experiences in a Japanese internment camp), but still. Oh wait, we aren't talking about the Cronenberg 1996 adaptation of Ballard's novel "Crash"?

Also, it had the soundtrack that really got Vangelis famous. Not my favorite Vangelis soundtrack (which would either be "Blade Runner" or "Antarctica"), but the theme song for Chariots of Fire is still remembered and shows up time to time in trailers and commercials.

Are we not supposed to like Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan romcoms anymore? I mean, just like, not love or anything. They aren't great films, but for what they are they do well — the vast majority of 1990s romcoms were far worse.

Yeah — hadn't heard about his earlier battles with addiction so wasn't expecting it. I always identified with PSH in part because he kind of looked like me. I always thought if there was a movie where I was a character he would be the guy to play it. Not that I thought my life would be worthy of a movie, but maybe one…

I'm not sure I'd really count Ebert as elderly — dying at 70 isn't really the norm these days. Although he was certainly ill for years. Schultz at 77 maybe was elderly especially given that he was born in the 1920s when reaching that age was more of an accomplishment.

Yes, the song isn't as cheerful as it sounds — it's darkly satirical and has lines about losing your job being great because you'll have more free time. But in real life leaders have picked songs like this without getting the subtext. Bush senior used "Don't Worry, Be Happy" as his campaign song over the protests of…

Is it? I thought it was pretty clear that it was in our universe.