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Where's my homie Errol Morris in your recommendations, you guys?

mbs, love, I'm telling you, his whole post-Oscar career is performance art. He's as subversive as they come.

I love all people who love "Peggy Sue Got Married"—I used to watch that movie after I had nightmares as a kid, for some reason it calmed me down. I had such a crush on the nerd scientist guy she seeks out to confide in—according to GH above, it's probably because thye show that he becomes rich later, and even as a

My friend likes to play that scene in BoO where they do the Madison. Just puts it on and makes people watch it. Because it's cool.

Ha! Cool story.

This list is very grad school—my best friend's a Ph.D. student in French and has had me watch all of these with him. Nothing wrong with that.

The premise alone…ERD just MENTIONING a "water-skiiing scene" made me laugh. This one sells itself, kids.

Anyway, I remember liking Monkeybone in the theater, too. He gets chased by Bob Odenkirk! It's all so fucking goofy and bizarre—I had a lot of fun at that movie. I should watch it again…or maybe not?

Hey, Friedrich Durrenmatt up there—can't say anything about your comment but I'm a fan of your plays.

Time to pay the fiddler, whore!

First off, not a he, but no biggie. I was being sarcastic in the first 2 sentences—I wish Apatow would include some other women in his crew of "funny people" in a real way, not just peripherally for one movie or so. I guess Jane Lynch got in great moments in 40YOV but still—mostly his movies give the impression that

That, lex, is because you are cool.

Those texts are all available in English.

Costner in The Big Chill? Starts off the movie and is central to the plot? I felt sure you'd have that one.

Fatelessness. Read it. The movie "Fateless" is not bad, book's unparalleled (for me).

Thanks, Mr. Rabin
This might tie the "Pennies From Heaven" MYOF for my favorite Rabin piece. It got me pretty good. I watch Conan most nights and sometimes catch up on shows I've missed and as Nathan wrote, when I see stuff like the Late Night Small Talk Moment, this comedy nerd feels like there's a place for her on

If only I'd had the A.V. Club in high school
When I was in high school, my civics teacher ran out of material or got sick of teaching or something and so I asked him to show "Bob Roberts" and "Inherit the Wind," still two favorites of mine, and he did.

Funny Dudes + Leslie Mann
You know who isn't funny? Every woman except Apatow's wife.

PC: amazing, sir.

I meant you could teach it critically. But there is that risk.