Doubly hilarious and yet triply sad.

I would describe it more accurately as "the feeling of receiving dentistry without getting your teeth fixed."

I would describe it more accurately as "the feeling of receiving dentistry without getting your teeth fixed."

I will say that as bad as Across the Universe is, it's not Sgt. Pepper's.  I turned the latter on one day thinking, well, how bad really could it… oh MYGOD.  Poor George Burns.  Poor the rest of us.

I will say that as bad as Across the Universe is, it's not Sgt. Pepper's.  I turned the latter on one day thinking, well, how bad really could it… oh MYGOD.  Poor George Burns.  Poor the rest of us.

Re-Animator also.  The first five rows of seats have to be covered with plastic sheeting.

Re-Animator also.  The first five rows of seats have to be covered with plastic sheeting.

The Fearless Vampire Killers, when the three main characters turn to face the mirror

The Fearless Vampire Killers, when the three main characters turn to face the mirror

I continue to maintain that if Terry Gilliam ever does make that Don Quixote movie, Lloyd should play the Don.

I continue to maintain that if Terry Gilliam ever does make that Don Quixote movie, Lloyd should play the Don.

Speaking of protos, I've always wondered if Reverend Jim was derived (loosely) from the Reverend Dupree of the First Existentialist Church in Jules Feiffer's play Little Murders.  They made a film of it with Donald Sutherland doing the part, and he does it in a very different style, but when you read it on the page…

Speaking of protos, I've always wondered if Reverend Jim was derived (loosely) from the Reverend Dupree of the First Existentialist Church in Jules Feiffer's play Little Murders.  They made a film of it with Donald Sutherland doing the part, and he does it in a very different style, but when you read it on the page…

@avclub-b63f73301fe289a7c258eb2e3f4986ce:disqus , Kramer was my least favorite of the four leads, but I'm not going to be so churlish as to say the man was not funny.

@avclub-b63f73301fe289a7c258eb2e3f4986ce:disqus , Kramer was my least favorite of the four leads, but I'm not going to be so churlish as to say the man was not funny.

That really is a great moment.  He's completely straitlaced and deadpan and then his whole face just goes slack and goofy-eyed for an instant, and then he snaps back out again.

That really is a great moment.  He's completely straitlaced and deadpan and then his whole face just goes slack and goofy-eyed for an instant, and then he snaps back out again.

@avclub-4bb85a90515204974f2c95628b613596:disqus Well, but Beckett got one.

@avclub-4bb85a90515204974f2c95628b613596:disqus Well, but Beckett got one.

So for the same demographic essentially.