Denzel's frequent use of that expression reminds me of a scene where Chandler, his St. Elsewhere character, is a in a foul mood. His overweight fellow resident, played by Stephen Furst (Flounder from Animal House), compliments the new jacket that he's wearing.

He also cut off Kimmel's understandable, but misguided, attempt to treat the two films almost as if they were co-winners. I don't blame Kimmel for trying to make everyone happy in that moment of chaos, but Horowitz took control and rightly stepped aside to allow Moonlight as much of a normal winning experience as was…

The people in charge of Big Love made so many poor decisions (the political campaign, too much Juniper Creek, the casinos, etc.) Even the initial promotion turned off many people for good, playing on the "which wife will Bill sleep with tonight?" theme.

Boggs also was part of a Gary's Old Towne Tavern gag on Cheers, where the player came in and everyone assumed he was an impersonator sent by Gary to make them look stupid.

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Without having seen it, I wonder if Robbins' character is close to his portrayal of the Loud family father in HBO's Cinema Verite.

As Bruce Paltrow produced both shows, Coolidge ended up as an orderly on St. Elsewhere. Occasionally, he'd have his Carver letter jacket on. He would occasionally appear with Eric Laneuville's character in short snippets that tacitly found comedy in their physical mismatch. The big difference was that in the hospital,…

Cosell's oft-stated life goal was to be a U.S. Senator from New York. A political strategist met with him and said that it might be achievable, but he'd have to start by disengaging from the sillier aspects of his ABC job.

Cheno has more mainstream popularity, but I think Laura Benanti's versatility would wear better over the long run.

Thanks, I didn't realize that Loving Leah was a Hallmark Hall of Fame film. It's not badly done, but it seems closer to Hallmark Channel fare than the prestige programming that HHOF was known for.

I agree, though seeing her was what got me to stop when I flipped past it.

My favorite Hallmark Channel movie is Loving Leah where a relatively secular, thirtyish Jewish man marries the Orthodox widow (Lauren Ambrose) of his suddenly deceased, estranged brother. He can't bring himself to "renounce" his brother as required by religious custom, so he finds himself hitched to this woman he has…

And chunky white sweat socks along with sneakers.

He got a solo line in "We Are the World."

I was watching a Facts of Life rerun the other day and saw that humor writer Andy Borowitz of The New Yorker and numerous Facebook feeds worked on the show.

I think they lost their character bearings as Delta Burke went through her various struggles. Suzanne was originally the beauty queen who had gotten away with being obnoxious throughout her life because of her looks.

Dixie Carter actually felt the same way. She was relatively conservative politically and didn't relish voicing the Thomasons' extended political sermons.

Also Georgia Engel.

Just the other night on one of those Z-level cable channels, they ran a 1969 variety special called Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman. It was an hourlong show where MTM and DVD did a bunch of song-and-dance numbers mixed with reminiscences about The Dick Van Dyke Show.

Booker grew up in a well-off Bergen County suburb and went to Stanford. His move to inner-city Newark was part of a long-term political plan, not that he didn't do some admirable work there.