Yeah, if you weren't going to get any stories about what it was like to get a film made pretty much on your own (you'd think there would be some sense of pride or accomplishment there) then you weren't going to get anything.

Lost to Bogart in The African Queen it what was essentially a career Oscar (not to say his performance wasn't good, it was.)

I was going to say Professional Bowler-Stache, but it's really the same thing, isn't it?

I heard he went into a restaurant and ate all the food in the restaurant and they had to close the restaurant.

Popcorn you say? Don't forget to go get the butter.

Way too Village People if you ask me. (Can I say that these days?)

I can't wait for the season two episode where Gretchen inherits a haunted mansion, but only on the condition that she spends the night there, stuck in an elevator, delivering a baby while she is under the mistaken impression that Jimmy is dying of cancer (due to a hilarious mix-up by Edgar.) Meanwhile, Lindsay buys a…

Seeing James Marsden in the photo reminds me of the times Liz Lemon would talk up any mention of TGS in print, as it's the program that TV Guide once referred to as, "Still on."

You're nuts. Everyone knows "Ode to a Centipede" is the most valuable song. (I hear JT is just itching to record it.)

I wish FX would reconsider and renew it. Then cancel it again next week.

I remember seeing the matte lines when it was first shown on HBO. Obviously the film to video transfer technology wasn't the best back then even when mastering for a pay cable channel.

Coe was also in the original cast of Company on Broadway in 1970 (which also featured the late Elaine Stritch.) Such a career.

Pretty much. Back in the day every sketch/variety show had "The Older Guy" to play certain parts. They quickly realized, given what the show was trying to (which was mostly go for the tight ensemble energy of a live Second City show), he wasn't really needed.

So we beat on, boats with the current to a brighter future.

It was even better, he played Bea Arthur playing Peter Griffin (opposite Tony Danza playing Joe Swanson.) A truly inspired gag, Rocco's voice being so recognizable when I first saw it I laughed my head off.

The Friends of Eddie Coyle is Mitchum and Boyle at the top of their game. Great film, and the thing I really think gives it the impact it has is how unsentimental it is.

What makes a good sequel

True. I got a bit off point in recalling how heavily TBS showed it (kind of like how they show the hell out of The Big Bang Theory these days.)

"Homer, I think the baby's coming."
"Wow. A baby and a free burger. Could this be the best day of my life?"
"Coming up next an hour-long episode of Mama's Family."
"Yes!"

If I recall correctly, TBS played the shit out of it back in the day, and that's probably where most people remember seeing it. Not the first, but probably one of the more successful syndication resurrections of a cancelled network show.