To me, they'll always be the band that flinched and kept their best song off their album. In retrospect, it was hilarious to think that a song on a Strokes album would have courted controversy despite the insanity of the time, and they should have stuck with their guns.

@avclub-019009b3dba521659466e53ec350163d:disqus Before I saw Drive, I was sort of hoping they'd work in the song of the same name by R.E.M., like Iron Man did with the eponymous Sabbath song. Probably best it wasn't included, that song is way too high energy for the movie.

Little known fact: all members of Mumford & Sons are required to refer to the frontman as "pops" at all times.

Donahue was actually quite popular on MSNBC, but that was back when they were chasing FOX News viewers and they fired him for opposing the Iraq War. Which gave us Joe Scarborough. Fuck.

IFC used to rerun NBC-era Letterman shows. I miss those.

Yeah, I was about to say, Fallon probably insisted on that clause being in the contract.

You're right, though I do believe the celebs do get paid scale to be there. Which is essentially actor minimum wage, but I'm nitpicky today.

"…with Adam Levine and the Tonight Show Maroon Five!"

And Jack Welch persuaded them to keep Leno! Though that still get beaten out by "the Bureau of Labor Statistics made up those job numbers to help Mitt Romney lose the election" to make it into the top twenty stupidest things ever said by Jack Welch.

Liam Neeson? Nah. I heard he was filming some scenes for Husbands and Wives 2: Marry Harder

Well, if they want to ensure maximum punchability, they'll offer Late Night to Josh Gad.

"So, chief, whaddaya think?"
"Looks like he was hit with a '37 Buick Roadster. The tire treads are unmistakeable. You know who this is?"
"Isn't it that Fallon guy?"
"Yeah."
"I think we just blew this case wide open."

It is really solid work. Pretty emotionally resonant show too. Saxondale is a character you really have to form a mature, complicated relationship with, and it totally pays off with a tremendously meaningful ending.

As luck would have it, I just watched Hot Fuzz last night, which they are BOTH IN.

Agreed. But the movie was quite entertaining, and ahead of its time. Got in on the high school musical craze before it even hit!

Fair point. Probably would have been better thematically if Demi Moore killed him.

The official hieararchy of quality in our era of derivativeness
1. Reboots
2. Remakes
3. Prequels

On the other hand, the fourth Hannibal Lecter installment did a horrible job of filling out that series' mythology.

Victim #1: Milo Ventimiglia.

The thing about Dexter, though, is that he tries to channel his tendencies into socially useful channels. Norman doesn't really try to do that.