Broderick and Ruck were on Broadway at the time in Biloxi Blues having both already auditioned for Hughes.

Depending on how deeply you want to get into it, the collections of LBJ's recorded phone and office transcripts are illuminating too. I believe Michael Beschloss edited them.

Sutherland is so strong as Clark Clifford. He knew that Vietnam was a bad idea and even took the “con” position against McNamara when Johnson was initially deciding whether to escalate. But after LBJ went against his advice and sent the troops in, he ended up supporting further escalation because reversing would do…

"So, Jeanie, who's bothering you today?"

"This place never changes. Still lovable…but grimy."

I remember a magazine ad for that game reading:

Thanks for the tip. I just downloaded it. Here is some of what Al Primo wrought.

Correct, but it did bring about some cringe-funny clips and commercials. Some of them from the early '70s are on YouTube, (Geraldo takes the news team to a Puerto Rican family wedding!)

She was part of the WABC Eyewitness News team that brought "happy talk" local newscasts to the forefront. The group also included Howard Cosell, Geraldo Rivera, Frank Gifford, Bill Beutel, the infamous Tex Antoine and Roseanne Scamardella, now famous for Gilda Radner's SNL takeoff of her.

Tunnel of Love seems to get missed in a lot of the Bruce retrospectives, but the lyrics of songs like "Spare Parts" and "Cautious Man" stand up to anything else he's done.

I think going back to Greetings from Asbury Park, there was a tension between Bruce and his fans about the frat-rock stompers (his own and covers) that were a staple of his shows but got short shrift on the albums.

There's also "Car Wash," which doesn't have the devastating sadness of a few of these, but the everyday bleariness of a dead-end job for a boss you hate.

Yes, it was a tough day for "A Room of Jean's Own" when she met those young hooligans who were only ironic fans of her column.

They were 100-44 in the lockout-abbreviated season. Over a full season, that would pro-rate to 112 wins. The Jake was the best daily baseball show running over a period of several years. It's a shame this film portrays that success mostly as something that bugged Art Modell.

Kennedy was big enough to be parodied on Murphy Brown. The character's name was "McGovern."

So you felt Blind-Sided when she got married?

It was part of the James Burrows tribute alongside Taxi, Cheers and Friends. Unless the whole show is a big Andy Kaufman stunt.

Yes, it was selected because it is Lucille Ball's hometown.

William Schallert's incredible familiarity (357 IMDB credits!) allowed him to resonate with the audience immediately during TV guest roles. This is valuable when you only have 22 minutes to work with.

This was the golden pre-Internet period where the cash you could make putting out stuff like this far exceeded the marketabilty hit you'd take from the snark.