Brent was OK in the first series, but God it was painful to see him in the second, like sucking almost all the laughter out of the premise.

Always dug the Bruce Lee Band's cover of They Might Giants' "She's An Angel."

"Much of the 'rolling rock' music was lost in the Cottonian Dark Age. But we believe this song by an artist known as 'Imp Bikit' reflected the standards of the genre."

I give the edge to Radner just because she never *quite* did a type: She could play little girls and Barbara Walters and Roseanne Rosannadanna all with aplomb. I agree you could make a case for Aykroyd; Belushi did dramatic sketches, though, that have been more or less edited out of SNL history.

After Radner, he was the most versatile actor in the original troupe and could play both straight men and maniacs with ease. His film career is mostly promise that went unfulfilled, but he had a charisma that could have flowered with one really good project.

Wired (the film) is a genuine train wreck that's incoherent and can't decide if it should mock its source material or celebrate it.

Boy, I did NOT expect to win anything at Cannes — didn't even enter a film— but there's a Palme D'Or on my porch.

I want to make The Lives of Others mandatory viewing for people. A tough but ultimately beautiful film.

LEAVE SAMMY MAUDLIN OUT OF THIS!

Remember to believe in magic . . . or I'll kill you.

Make the American System Great Again

DEEZEN 2016

What about the one where Pierce Brosnan goes to a job interview and sees Will Ferrell murder one of his employees during the interview?

I'm a little surprised Noel (love you, Noel!) seems to brush by the fact this movie was done by an ex-staffer. Puts the bunker attitude toward the media in a new light.

"Did I not save ten of you from Pixels? Where are the other nine?"

Yes, yes, but how does it handle Sumerian theology?

"Backer began his career in advertising working in the mailroom at McCann Erickson, the agency made famous on Matthew Weiner’s drama series, in 1954. He worked his way up through the ranks: He started to write copy in 1953 . . . "

Had a professor who explained the difficulties of selling the Airplane script this way:

Maude, eh?

"Hold on, sir. Let me take some notes." (Leans over, picks up clod of mud)