Yeah, I remember how King goes on and and on about that — maybe it's autobiographical. But the thing is, old-school rock-and-roll never really became unfashionable. The famous 1950s nostalgia band Sha Na Na was founded in the 1960s and even played at Woodstock!

The 19th century seemed to like those cross-dressing stories. Another (equally false) one was that Lincoln's enemies claimed he was smuggled into Washington in women's clothing for his inauguration.

I'd think more late 1960's-early 1970s, like the characters. The point was that they were working crap jobs in their twenties. Which was a thing which resonated with people in their twenties in 1994 (such as myself). You wouldn't know it from the articles about Millennials which make them out to be the first…

He'd find some way to work a 1950s-early-1960s diner in there somewhere.

Dirty Harry was kind of fascist, though. The whole viewpoint was that all these "rules" cops had to follow in the post-Miranda world stopped the heroes from getting the bad guys.

The future-world-building is, incidentally, just as lazy: Only some self-driving cars and translucent computer monitors situate the action anywhere but now

Actually I remember an interview with Pullman where he seemed to be fairly amused by the world confusing him with Paxton.

But that's actually fairly representative of the film. Go see it if you haven't. This was made when Kiefer was basically only known as Donald Sutherland's son and Reese was completely unknown. Neither would go near such a project today, I suspect.

I suppose Mine Kampf wouldn't be a better one, though.

I genuinely like Bassett's Allsorts, and the only place you generally can get them in the US is in these British import shops.

Fun fact. Bovril was named after "Vril", a supernatural Force-like power wielded by subterranean mystics in Bulwer-Lytton's early SF novel "The Coming Race". Bulwer-Lytton is best known as a master of bad writing and the infamous "It was a dark and stormy night" is the beginning of another one of his novels.

Albeit a civilization not advanced enough to have invented gin.

No, the Raid isn't for insects — it's an ingredient. Like how Joaquin Phoenix's character in The Master made those amazing drinks with various household cleaners.

Yeah, how many electronics patents did Brooks file?

Actually, from an evolutionary perspective, taking care of enough nieces and nephews makes as much sense as worrying about your own children. Kin selection and all that.

For me, it was "House of Yes". Which is a bit creepy given the character she plays, granted.

They really should be better known as "The Sun Always Shines On TV" guys, which is a better song (the video isn't quite as good though).

Depends on what "socialism" is. The number who actually support a socialist regime with no free enterprise as in the Soviet Union is basically nil. That as you say, failed. Those who support a social democratic system such as in Scandinavian countries (which win "best standard of living in the world" year after year…

He did an awful show on vaccination a couple of years ago which gave credence to anti-vaxx hysteria which I found incredibly irresponsible.

I always thought it was you asked them about last year's World Series. All Americans supposedly know the winner and even the final score, while no German spies ever possibly could have followed baseball.