Before Marvel's "Avengers" opened, I was hoping that the post-credits scene had all of them hanging out, casually watching television (not unlike what they wound up doing), and Black Widow perks up, watching Emma Peel kick major ass, and she gets a faraway look in her eyes as she realizes who she can learn from.

"In New York City… on a street in the East 40's… there's an ordinary tailor shop. Or… is it ORDINARY?"

Yeah, and she hosted the first post-9/11 show — the one where a stoic closeup of Rudy Giuliani appeared when Paul Simon sang "the fighter still remains."

I have to jump in on this "lip-sync" controversy. I've enjoyed the band's albums, but have never liked a performance on television because Florence does have pitch issues. And if this was indeed pre-recorded, it would have been perfectly in tune. As usual, this wasn't. Case closed.

Yeah! Season 6 isn't even on VHS yet!

The absolute best moment: the perfectly-timed cut to black after "We'll give you that news… after the break."

I said I'd only check out a minute or so, thinking it'd be overkill, and I wound up watching the whole damn thing.

This is actually the fourth film musical Marshall has directed - he did the surprisingly wonderful made-for-TV remake of "Annie" in 1999 (with Alan Cumming, Kathy Bates, Victor Garber and Audra MacDonald), and I'm glad to see he's not utilizing the Cuisinart editing technique that I hated so much in "Chicago." …

The A.V. Club is one of the few sites that have given the guy some respect. Unlike Flavorwire, that today announced that he has no acting experience other than playing himself in "Californication."
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One of the newer episodes that I liked had the formula beginning as always, and we follow the killer's crime — but then halfway in the killer is killed! And Columbo has to start all over again!

Ditto on the VanDyke episode: "Did you see what he just did? Did YOU see what he just did? Did YOU see what he just did?"

Two things about that ending, which is one of my very favorites: Ross Martin's "…whaaaat?" and the fact that the episode just ENDS on the reveal.

Funny you should mention that — I happened to see a "Perry Mason" rerun recently, from the period where Raymond Burr had a contract dispute or something and didn't show up from time to time. The Guest Perry was played by Mike Connors, and I thought, jeez loueez, it's Clooney!

It always ticks me off when Dalton and especially "License to Kill" get trashed. I think it's one of the best Bonds of all — it's certainly the nastiest, until "Casino Royale." Terrific action (the semi chase down the mountain), a (reasonably) realistic villain, the most grotesque death in ANY Bond film (Anthony…

I always thought that "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," the song, was a direct sequel to "Honky Cat" — the guy who left home against his parents' wishes and now realizes that they were right all along. As far as the album goes, what it tells me most of all is how much I miss actual double albums, and how each side was…

I'll never forget that during the Oscars show when "Chinatown" was nominated for Best Picture, the clip they actually used was the "she's my daughter" scene. Lucky for me I'd seen it, but still…

I adore her. I think she's one of the best actresses SNL has EVER had, even though she'll never get a "Best of Ana Gasteyer" DVD. In my opinion.

But neither one of those albums had "Toy Cows In Africa," which to this day I have not been able to find.

And the theme music — which wound up on the original "Hawaii Five-O" soundtrack album, both being composed by Morton Stevens — became instantly recognizable as the music for the "CBS Special Presentation" animated bumper.

An excellent list.  My all-time favorite is "The Seal," which, apart from the great scene with the cat — and that unexpected moment (an accident?) when he almost drops the jade — is just so beautifully PLOTTED.  This is the single episode I'd show someone completely unfamiliar with the show.  And the other thing that…