Carson's famous post-mortem on Chase was that "he couldn't ad lib a fart after a baked bean dinner."

Thanks Dr. Thompson!

Thanks Dr. Thompson!

Hey, does anyone have a starter suggestion for someone who hasn't seen any Pasolini?  Word has it Salo isn't the ideal gateway.

Hey, does anyone have a starter suggestion for someone who hasn't seen any Pasolini?  Word has it Salo isn't the ideal gateway.

Would a video of oneself making out with one's cousin do the trick?

Would a video of oneself making out with one's cousin do the trick?

@drdarke:disqus : Well, the unkinder critics (largely British) actually used the term "ripped off" when discussing The Tommyknockers, but since King's referenced Quatermass elsewhere (I think he even has a story called "Hob's End") I would suspect it was conscious homage or semiconscious influence.

@drdarke:disqus : Well, the unkinder critics (largely British) actually used the term "ripped off" when discussing The Tommyknockers, but since King's referenced Quatermass elsewhere (I think he even has a story called "Hob's End") I would suspect it was conscious homage or semiconscious influence.

Nigel Kneale's work is great, though beyond this movie he never had much of a chance at hitting the mainstream US market.  (Until Stephen King borrowed Quatermass and the Pit for The Tommyknockers.)

Nigel Kneale's work is great, though beyond this movie he never had much of a chance at hitting the mainstream US market.  (Until Stephen King borrowed Quatermass and the Pit for The Tommyknockers.)

I just like animals more than I like people.

I just like animals more than I like people.

I honestly thought it was Paul Williams standing on something.

I honestly thought it was Paul Williams standing on something.

Hey, sorry I'm late!  Has anyone started talking about Hitler yet?

Hey, sorry I'm late!  Has anyone started talking about Hitler yet?

I think what makes that shot work for me is that being carried away in an ambulance screaming is the last time we saw Dorothy before it.

I think what makes that shot work for me is that being carried away in an ambulance screaming is the last time we saw Dorothy before it.

@avclub-22f737e47d8261297d774f773ea41105:disqus : I didn't know that Ebert liked Inland Empire.  That surprises me a good deal actually, since it seems like that would fall right in the areas where he's criticized Lynch in past.  And as you point out, that was hardly a movie that was universally praised either.  Huh.