Oh, okay.

Well, in this case—and almost every case where it's employed—"sort of" is descriptive, not an ironic eye-roll or "snark." Clooney's not actually appearing on Downton Abbey; he's only sort-of appearing on Downton Abbey.

YEAH! WOOOOOOO!

That's kind of the joke.

Yeah, but no.

Yes. It's why Tom Waits gets a "Special Thanks" credit in the movie:

You should actually watch the trailer—or at least the first few seconds of it.

That's not bad. I also see Richard Kind.

I was a high school drama kid. Well, technical theater. I ran sound for the drama kids.

We write about food stuff here all the time.

To live is to be disappointed.

IT'S ART.

That bit is linked at the very end of the article, by the way.

I said it right in the first sentence: There's only so many things you can do with a monkey.

Me too! I actually wrote about this…. Jesus, six years ago?

My mistake…. Maybe the first recorded sounds heard by anyone who didn't live in the Boston area?

Ah. I like Kim Gordon's singing style! (Some of Kim Gordon's lyrical styles on the other hand…)

Not sure why you think referencing "Kim Gordon's cool, conversational lilt" is a "diss"…. I just mean they both had that disaffected, vibrato-less singing style. (And that it's cool.)

I'm not going to live to be 76.

It's a good one, but I like this one better.