…and a dozen years later, Vandross did some backing vocals for Bowie's song "Underground" on the Labyrinth soundtrack.

Mick Ronson in Mott the Hoople.

Informative John Oliver article here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/t…

"These facts are ear-shaped, LET'S RAM THEM HOME!!!"

On the Hour is the greatest fucking radio series ever. Thank Christ the Lee & Herring material was restored and the complete series was released on CD.

Has there ever been anything quite like Jam? A sketch show that manages to be dark, disturbing, Lynchian, and frequently terrifying as well as fucking hilarious?

Did you read Edgar Wright's blog post about William Finley's death?

Clue is untouchably awesome. I would LOVE to see a special edition DVD with the fourth ending included as an extra.

Gerrit Graham is interviewed in the "Paradise Regained" documentary that's included on the French 2-disc Phantom of the Paradise DVD from 2004. Well worth checking out.

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There was a lot of tension when Chevy came back to guest-host SNL in 1979 - it didn't help that he had slagged off the show in public since he left, and that Bill Murray had to fight an uphill battle when he replaced him. I think Belushi was feeding anti-Chevy sentiment to Murray as well. Anyway, the Chase/Murray feud…

…and I can't believe it's been 2&1/2 years since that Udo Kier interview. Now I feel very old.

Just wait till we get Tyler Perry's Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict.

"Medium talent!"

Michael G. Moye and Ron Leavitt created both It's Your Move and Married…with Children. Which also explains why David Garrison was in both shows. (Also, there's an early MwC episode that was basically a remake of an IYM episode… I think it's the one in which Al and Peg go on the TV game show How Do I Love Thee?)

It's the new "I cannot answer you, because it’s totally unknown to me what you just asked me, and also very boring."

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Politicians, ugly buildings, and sitcoms all get respectable if they last long enough.

This might be more urban legend than truth, but when the Pythons were staying at that hotel, didn't the Basil-inspiring manager berate Gilliam for his American accent, and for his habit of cutting up all his food into small pieces before eating the pieces with a fork?

Fawlty Towers' far more laudable American spawn: Jim Burrows and the Charles Brothers were fans of Fawlty Towers and it gave them the idea for a sitcom set in a hotel bar…which later became Cheers.