Preston Sturges is a good example of a guy with an equal genius for sophisticated verbal wit and shameless slapstick. He didn't discriminate between highbrow and lowbrow.

On a quasi-related note I didn't know much about The Rock until he hosted SNL and found myself thinking, "Wow, he has an awesome presence, lots of charisma, is actually really funny and has a sense of humor about himself." I became a fan. I was similarly impressed by Timberlake's comic chops during his first hosting…

I basically just choose photos I find amusing. If it's appropriate then so much the better. I looked for a photo of John Belushi from the "Look Back In Anger" sketch but the only available ones were way too small to use.

I now plan to use the phrase "slick as a deuce" at every opportunity.

I think it's safe to say that SNL turned a lot of people onto good, challenging music in the early days. Now it pretty much reflects what's already popular or what is primed to explode in popularity imminently.

when the go-go music starts and the gorilla suits come out
that's when I reach for my revolver.

That was a sweet Sabor de Soledad callback.

You know, I work hard to be culturally insensitive and how do you repay me? By pointing out my cultural insensitivity. Actually the Alaska thing inspires the film's best line: "Alaska is a third world country we just happen to own." That helps explain the whole Sarah Palin thing.

It's good to know that no reference is too obscure for you fine folks.

Also
If I had a band I would call it The Plankton Are Dying.

What a supporting cast
Michael Caine, John C. McGinley, R. Lee Ermey, Mike Starr Billy Bob Thornton. I would go so far as to call it an above-average cast for a Steven Seagal movie.

and I am so not just saying that because it is the only book I've ever been blurbed on.

He so totally didn't give Williams a raise and vetoed his 401K proposal. I don't doubt that Eminem and Paul Rosenberg were shitty people to work for (like most people in the music business I would imagine) but Williams is downright monomaniacal in his emphasis on how criminally he was being exploited and underpaid.

As I mentioned in the post, the film is almost unbearably grim, but the father puts in a very, very brief, albeit queasy-making appearance (the one line of his that sticks out in my mind is "You're even better than your mother")

Yeah, this was a great Oscar episode. It was good to see the show give him more to do.

Unintentionally funny line from monologue
"Orientals, they're small people. They don't make great football players."

For the record I don't hate or even dislike poetry, I've just never developed or cultivated an appreciation for it as a stand-alone art form (as opposed to Hip Hop or poetic passages in plays and movies and comic books and whatnot). Heck, I even liked the Pobet fellow on the message boards. Me no hate poetry.

As the mayor of the Internets I proclaim this comment thread awesome!~

she is on "Dillagence". It is seriously heartwarming and shit. She has a wonderful voice and vibe, that Ma Dukes.

To be fair Dilla was living with Common in L.A before his hospitalization. I suspect Common didn't make his dying friend split the rent or anything.