"The Question Is Moot" is one of the best game show parodies to be sure, up there with Tom Hanks' "Jew, Not a Jew," but let's get it right, please:

"The Question Is Moot" is one of the best game show parodies to be sure, up there with Tom Hanks' "Jew, Not a Jew," but let's get it right, please:

When I was working at an alt-weekly some 20 years ago, a yellow 3-inch floppy arrived one day with a label that was blank except for the word "Prince" and the symbol that all newspapers, magazines, etc. were supposed to use henceforth. I have no idea what sort of format it was (perhaps several different ones were…

When I was working at an alt-weekly some 20 years ago, a yellow 3-inch floppy arrived one day with a label that was blank except for the word "Prince" and the symbol that all newspapers, magazines, etc. were supposed to use henceforth. I have no idea what sort of format it was (perhaps several different ones were…

Capt. Dada: Yes, in the '90s there was a period when a show that wouldn't necessarily appeal to everyone could survive for a long time on Friday evenings - not only X-Files but Homicide: Life on the Street, which ended up with a 113-episode run despite often-shaky ratings.

Capt. Dada: Yes, in the '90s there was a period when a show that wouldn't necessarily appeal to everyone could survive for a long time on Friday evenings - not only X-Files but Homicide: Life on the Street, which ended up with a 113-episode run despite often-shaky ratings.

I simply cannot imagine why anyone would endorse Hero (known as Accidental Hero in the UK, so I've read). It wasn't funny, so none of the "satire" elements worked.

I simply cannot imagine why anyone would endorse Hero (known as Accidental Hero in the UK, so I've read). It wasn't funny, so none of the "satire" elements worked.

Candidate for host: Daniel Roebuck.

Candidate for host: Daniel Roebuck.

Hey, if you know that much, you should also know that NBC stabbed Gene Roddenberry in the back when it gave the good Monday time slot for Fall '68 to its new midseason comedy hit Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In instead of Star Trek. Just like now, Fridays at 10 p.m. was where you sent shows to die in 1968.

Hey, if you know that much, you should also know that NBC stabbed Gene Roddenberry in the back when it gave the good Monday time slot for Fall '68 to its new midseason comedy hit Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In instead of Star Trek. Just like now, Fridays at 10 p.m. was where you sent shows to die in 1968.

mollymauk: Oh hell yes, Hyundai was still a punchline in 1992. Their cars didn't even rise to the level of "acceptable" until about 10 years ago.

mollymauk: Oh hell yes, Hyundai was still a punchline in 1992. Their cars didn't even rise to the level of "acceptable" until about 10 years ago.

Glengarry Glen Ross (which I saw in the theater and own on DVD) did indeed come out in 1992, but you'd have to try pretty hard to construe anything about it as specific to that era.

Glengarry Glen Ross (which I saw in the theater and own on DVD) did indeed come out in 1992, but you'd have to try pretty hard to construe anything about it as specific to that era.

As much as I enjoy Barry Levinson's work generally (as both writer and director), Toys should never be retrieved from its deserved obscurity even for lists such as this. It was so ineffective that
SPOILER ALERT
near the end, when Joan Cusack's character was revealed to be a robot, this elicited a "who cares?" reaction…

As much as I enjoy Barry Levinson's work generally (as both writer and director), Toys should never be retrieved from its deserved obscurity even for lists such as this. It was so ineffective that
SPOILER ALERT
near the end, when Joan Cusack's character was revealed to be a robot, this elicited a "who cares?" reaction…

You mean the 1980 Marshall Brickman movie starring Alan Arkin? Came out earlier this year and was reviewed here:
www.avclub.com/articles/sim…

You mean the 1980 Marshall Brickman movie starring Alan Arkin? Came out earlier this year and was reviewed here:
www.avclub.com/articles/sim…