Great article and one of the best-written pieces the AVClub has posted in a long time.
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It was a good interview, Sam.
It was a good interview, Sam.
I was just going to write the exact same thing but you beat me to it. It's not just sad that in some ways SNL never topped the Atomic Lobsters skit; it's sad that they never bothered to try.
I was just going to write the exact same thing but you beat me to it. It's not just sad that in some ways SNL never topped the Atomic Lobsters skit; it's sad that they never bothered to try.
Yeah, always loved the episode where Hawkeye has to create a chain of favors among the different characters in order to get a new pair of boots. Of course, it all falls apart at the end and he's stuck wearing a golf bag on his foot.
Yeah, always loved the episode where Hawkeye has to create a chain of favors among the different characters in order to get a new pair of boots. Of course, it all falls apart at the end and he's stuck wearing a golf bag on his foot.
Not to be pedantic, but the scene was between Radar and Henry Blake. But yes, a great absurdist line.
Not to be pedantic, but the scene was between Radar and Henry Blake. But yes, a great absurdist line.
I read it when it was in "Premiere" magazine, though I believe the version that's in DFW's book is longer. Balthazar Getty is a douche, and yet you just can't stop saying his name.
I read it when it was in "Premiere" magazine, though I believe the version that's in DFW's book is longer. Balthazar Getty is a douche, and yet you just can't stop saying his name.
Maybe if you were in the car, you could have saved him.
Maybe if you were in the car, you could have saved him.
Magick, yes. Hash, probably not. But I'd like to try.
Magick, yes. Hash, probably not. But I'd like to try.
It's well worth it, Craig. It's a great overview of 50s - 70s "sick" humor.
It's well worth it, Craig. It's a great overview of 50s - 70s "sick" humor.
In "Going Too Far" Tony Hendra writes that Lampoon's editors shined brightest at their long dinners together.