Actually this comment was posted on before I tacked on the end bit about the Onion Movie. It makes a lot more sense that way.

I suppose it should be noted
that "Death of a Dynasty" made over forty thousand dollars in its blockbuster theatrical release. And also that it doubles as a feature-length infomercial for Roc-A-Wear and Armadale vodka, both of which the principals of Roc-A-Fella co-owned.

Oh man
Your post brought back all sorts of memories. Like you, I was an early Oasis obsessive. I own the CD single in question and plenty of others as well. When I first saw the "Supersonic" video on MTV I thought "This is the most ass-kickingest band of all time". I concur wholeheartedly with you about the genius of…

This Friday Buzzkill
was awesome. Also, did anyone note that Jermaine Dupri's name was misspelled below the quote attributed to him? Also, I couldn't tell from the clip; is Usher pro or anti black love? How about strong black women? Lastly, how does he feel about his wife/grandmother? Are they in love or something?…

I'm a big fan of B&B and Daria. I especially liked an AV Club commenters' description of "Juno" as "pregnant Daria".

I'm kind of hoping
that the "The Happening will have audiences on the edge of the their seats" line gets blurbed on movie posters but that is so not going to happen.

Yeah, the irony is that this is stunningly childish and immature. The big sexual threat to Wahlberg and Deschanel's relationship is literally that she had dessert with one of her co-workers. Dessert. Nothing more. I shit you not. Night really seems to have forgotten how people speak and behave.

The enduing influence of B&B
To this day whenever I see a particularly attractive woman there is some weird animal part of my brain that coos "Come to Butthead". Sad, really.

Wain and Showalter
have denied repeatedly that "Wet Hot American Summer" is a parody at all but I don't buy it. I think it works splendidly as a spoof, whether its creators intended it as such or not.

is almost invariably awesome. He is the least of Speed Racer's problems.

Southside Johnny actually seemed like a pretty solid bluesy bar-rocker to me. Not transcendent, necessarily, but solid. He's probably best known for his friendships with Bruce Springsteen (a big supporter and collaborator) and Jon Bon Jovi. Patti Scialfa was a back-up singer for Johnny and appears in that capacity in…

Funny, angry men
Who are your favorite agitated, loud funnymen? To me at least John Belushi belongs in this category, as does the character of Matt Foley, motivational speaker (you know, the man who lives in the van by the river), which was created by Bob Odenkirk during his SNL days.

But the shiny things! They go zoom! If you're a baby, an immigrant or a guy on mushrooms this should rock your world.

Also
Hirsch and Ricci—separated at birth or what?

I realize
that this very well could attract a cult audience (it is Speed Racer, after all) but I wanted to capture it at the height of its flopitude. That and it gave me an excuse to bail out of work early and go see a movie—for work. Which kind of defeats the purpose of playing hooky. D'oh! Damn you, awesome job of…

It should also be noted
that Storch also sold his yacht on Ebay. Seriously. Lil' Wayne has a song where he raps "Scott Storch can I borrow your yacht?" Forget borrowing. Wayne could have bought it for pennies on the dollar.

For the record
I wholly encourage the disrespecting of mamas and the proliferation of Snaps in this thread. Let the snapping begin!

John Glover seems perfect for that role. He does creepy so very well. He'd be a Random Roles candidate, incidentally.

I actually found myself thinking the same thing. Buono proves conclusively here that he can play a fat, deluded, pseudo-intellectual loser who luxuriates in a wholly unearned sense of superiority.

I have not seen "Sweet Charlotte" but I have it on DVD and very much intend to check it out. I can see where Joan can be an acquired taste but how can you not love Bette? I started writing for the A.V Club at 21 so at 32 I certainly feel like an old, old man. On a related note; you youngsters get off my lawn! And get…