Jesus, am I the only one who had to turn off the Jay-Z / Linkin-Park / Paul McCartney thing as soon as the dude tried to sing along with Sir Paul. Fucking hell, get some auto-tune or use a backing track or something, cause you're so off-key you're making my ears bleed.

I think @avclub-e7b020dc5b20f6303627206c35622a17:disqus has it right. I actually saw Zoolander in the theater (one of the better random movie picks I've made, along with Undercover Brother) and when Paris Hilton popped I remember thinking "That person is attractive and vaguely familiar. She is most likely famous among…

Yeah, you pretty much nailed it. Hank's values are fundamentally good and are ultimately the same ones that motivate the liberal policies. He believes in fairness, justice, honesty, and family in a sincere manner. If he reacts negatively to some kind of political correctness it's probably because he doesn't yet…

There are quite a few people piling on, and I don't have that much to add, except to say that if you felt that KOTH had any malicious intent toward the people it was based on you've completely misread the show. I grew up in a town much like Arlen with people just like the characters and can say that KOTH is one of the…

Japanese people tend to think it's very strange when children are directly named after relatives, or even other people in general. It's not that they think it's "ghoulish", it's more that a name is a personal thing and everyone should have their own. They may use the same Chinese character or a similar-sounding name…

I first saw it on IFC. Unfortunately for me I missed like the first 15 minutes and couldn't find it on DVD until I actually moved to Japan. The first time I watched it there my Japanese was still quite limited and they didn't have a version with subs.

The Great Yokai War, which contains the Mizuki cameo that you're referring to, is most definitely a kids movie. It even has the Japanese standard young boy hero.

"Your momma very pretty lady!"

Hmm…I don't know if he counts, since he wasn't the star of the second one, but I'll submit Ted Danson in

Reading your post makes me realize just how many of my favorite shows growing up were "black sitcoms". Like you, I barely thought about the race of the cast, and only when they explicitly talked about it did I even think there might be a racial context. However, I was actually hearing some pretty deep ideas discussed,…

I probably had a few CYOA books as a young nerd, but my obsession was the Lone Wolf series.

My father was actually on the crew for this movie. He said the main thing he remembers is how unbearably hot it was, and that everybody had gone a little insane after a few days of shooting. Of course this actually was a positive contribution to the film, as pretty much everybody involved was acting a bit weird from…

My father was actually on the crew for this movie. He said the main thing he remembers is how unbearably hot it was, and that everybody had gone a little insane after a few days of shooting. Of course this actually was a positive contribution to the film, as pretty much everybody involved was acting a bit weird from…

I watched this on the airplane the other day and I actually turned to my wife at one point and exclaimed "This movie is fantastic!". She was slightly annoyed, as she was trying to deal with our fussy two-year-old at the time, but the point remains.

I watched this on the airplane the other day and I actually turned to my wife at one point and exclaimed "This movie is fantastic!". She was slightly annoyed, as she was trying to deal with our fussy two-year-old at the time, but the point remains.

Billy Corgan?

Billy Corgan?

"Adventureland" was pretty good, although excellent source material and Jesse Eisenberg helped out quite a bit as well.

"Adventureland" was pretty good, although excellent source material and Jesse Eisenberg helped out quite a bit as well.

Ken Jennings is also a master of the reddit AMA.