"Something I saw made me lose my appetite . . . forever."

"Our people tell the same story."

Oh yeah, I totally remember that commercial, and now that you mention it, that's where I know that song from!  Thanks MANHATER!

Interesting viewpoint, but I've always seen Ellen as having strong observational leanings, to the point that in the '90s I thought of her as the female Seinfeld (or he's the male DeGeneres).  (I would agree however that her strength was in the comedy of small details rather than the big picture.) I remember her coming…

A terrific fictional account is The Astounding, the Amazing, and the Unknown by Paul Malmont.  No joke, it includes the hottest sex scene involving Isaac Asimov you will ever read.

Was Zack not available or what?

He was a smart guy but lived a sheltered life—like literally, he hardly left the house in his 20s, and he was a classic downwardly-mobile would-be aristocrat.  I won't defend his views, obviously, but it seems clear that his self-image as a "superior" WASP male was the only shield he had against a cruel and confusing…

I have a lot of respect for Derleth for preserving Lovecraft's work, but yeah, he was both too possessive of HPL's legacy and not very good at writing in his style.

I really have no idea, but I don't really keep up with behind the scenes stuff. I agree that it was unlike other stuff I've read by Didio, and I think that partly goes to the density of incident that comes with Kirby's style (in contrast to the modern vogue for decompression, or at least greater naturalism) as the…

I liked it too.  It's funny that when I was a kid I didn't realize how much influence Kirby had on Giffen: I mostly knew him from Ambush Bug, where he already had his own distinctive, fluid approach.  But he was the perfect choice for the OMAC reboot.

Oh yeah, was that the same episode where another guy (fat, of course) just wanted to watch TV?

I've wondered that for years too. According to my wife it's not ladylike for a girl to throw her leg over the bike to mount it, and it goes back to the Victorian skirt-wearing era. As good a reason as any I guess.

That unfortunate reality is the reason my law practice only receives prank calls.

I think before the Civil Rights era it would have seemed ludicrous, even to liberals, to affect a "color blind" stance, and the same went for jokes about physical characteristics we might now find cruel. They were just calling it like they saw it, I guess.  (My favorite example is in Miracle on 34th Street when Kris…

I'd say for most people under 50 it's more of a reference they've heard of than something they've seen (unless they've sought out a lot of old TV and radio, a crowd disproportionately represented here at the AV Club).

Yeah, that's a bit . . . busy.

That muu-muu is pretty great . . . Meaning large or immense.

I think it's fair to say the TV show would sit better if it were a product of black artists behind the scenes as well as in front of the camera. As pointed out in the article, it was popular with black audiences and draws on comic types that aren't exclusively racial (and there are equally broad representations in…

I'm also fond of "No cameras are allowed inside the courtroom . . . so we'll have to be very quiet," as he tries to sneak in.

I liked P & F a lot when it started; it's clever and has a generous spirit, and Danville is very Springfield-like.  There have been some fun musical numbers and spectacular set pieces.  The downside is that it's very formula-driven (in a winking, self-aware way), and in general the reset button is hit hard at the end…