Damn.

While I like Watch Your Mouth and Rick a great deal (the latter more than the former, probably because of Sandra Oh and Bill Pullman's inevitable growl), I think The Basic Eight is better than both of them. It's insane that no one has made it into a movie yet.

Every pie made by the titular waitress in Waitress, but especially the one she makes up in the first scene: short crust, salty cubed ham, and brie. Never had the courage to make it myself without chickening out and turning it into a quiche.

"They Got the Mustard out!" from Once More with Feeling.

I have an alternate nomination, for closing credits that are better than the preceding movie:  Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events. The whole thing should have been stop-motion paper animation.

I have an alternate nomination, for closing credits that are better than the preceding movie:  Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events. The whole thing should have been stop-motion paper animation.

Gotta love a random Monkey Island shout-out.

Gotta love a random Monkey Island shout-out.

There was that episode of Sex and the City where Miranda ultimately decided not to get an abortion, but Carrie reflected on one she'd had years ago and re-affirmed that it had absolutely been the right decision. There's also—don't know if this counts as pop culture—the Hemingway short story, "Hills Like White…

There was that episode of Sex and the City where Miranda ultimately decided not to get an abortion, but Carrie reflected on one she'd had years ago and re-affirmed that it had absolutely been the right decision. There's also—don't know if this counts as pop culture—the Hemingway short story, "Hills Like White…

I read Dante's Inferno when I was way, waaaaaaaay too young for it, and before anyone had explained to me what "allegory" meant. Also, not having been raised Christian, I mistakenly thought that what I'd been reading was 100% Church dogma—I guess I thought Dante had been a Pope, or something. Because of the numerous…

I read Dante's Inferno when I was way, waaaaaaaay too young for it, and before anyone had explained to me what "allegory" meant. Also, not having been raised Christian, I mistakenly thought that what I'd been reading was 100% Church dogma—I guess I thought Dante had been a Pope, or something. Because of the numerous…

So what was Slings and Arrows, then, chopped liver?

So what was Slings and Arrows, then, chopped liver?

I had tickets to see The Magnetic Fields perform all of 69 Love Songs over two nights, and didn't go to either one because my boyfriend and I had a fight instead.

I had tickets to see The Magnetic Fields perform all of 69 Love Songs over two nights, and didn't go to either one because my boyfriend and I had a fight instead.

These aren't classics per se, but I also liked Brassed Off and Night Shift.

These aren't classics per se, but I also liked Brassed Off and Night Shift.

George Michael, "Faith." Every time.

George Michael, "Faith." Every time.