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My mom raised me…
…on a steady diet of top 40 70s radio. Has to be a tie between "The First Time" by Robert Flack, And the instrumental Frankenstein…

For clarification…

At the risk of inviting all out hostility…
Seinfeld hasn't held up particularly well for me. After a decade of being spoiled by HBO comedies, and great stuff like "Louie" on FX, the old three camera laugh track deal looks like the Texaco Variety Hour to me. The characters are still great, but the show overall feels

Most have held up pretty well…
But the other day, I made the mistake of looking up micronauts, after telling my kids that they were the most awesome toy out during my childhood.

"Finger"…
…will punch you in the fucking face with that opening guitar riff.
Just bruising.

And for all the commenters who are calling for more Chalky:

@sommalian sommalier…

I'll never forget…
I was in a band at the time, and none of us was really surprised when the news broke that Kurt had died. I remember my best friend coming in the front door and saying, "They found him…" And the four or five of us that were in the room knew immediately who he was talking about..
And then we

You can all douse hair with gasoline.

The Gerbil is cute… even if it occasionally eats it's young to replenish nutrients lost during birth.

@Velvety…

@ Mayor…

What? No love for…
The Coffin Joe films? Not cause they're scary or anything, but because they're so bat shit crazy?

Great underrated little flick…
Richard Tyson = highly under-appreciated movie heavy (I wonder if he ever auditioned for Jim Morrison in The Doors).

Guaranteed Lay…
Alex Winter's "Freaked"…

Mayor Vaughn…
#1 It's a horror movie, not a character study, and the characters are fleshed out pretty well actually, so your point is moot on two fronts.

I'm Amazed to be the first person to point this out…
But Gears of War makes the HALO universe look silly and cartoonish.

Holy Shit…
This week's episode of Louie was one of the strongest examples *ever* of discomfort comedy. When that kid is threatening to kick his ass, you can cut the tension with a fucking knife.

Dibs on Rex Mantlepiece

1) Even sadder than staying up late when you're a kid to catch Cinemax; Staying up late to tune in to Cinemax when your parents aren't subscribers. Before the days of digital, locked premium channels came through as squiggly scrambled images. Usually, the audio would come through ok, and the screen would