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Ernie the Fork
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Better pray for your sins, cause the gay messiah's coming.

We Miss Buzzkills!
Seriously, Sean, we miss them. Whether they are daily or only Fridays, please return Buzzkills to our life.

And, according to the article, there's a nude photo shoot of him around, and he wouldn't mind if it surfaced. Get on that, internet.

McKellen
I hate to be a pedant, but Sir Ian's last name is spelled McKellen. No "a" to be found in his last name.

@Alternative Folky: A Betty White/Angela Lansbury/Elaine Stritch/Carol Burnett SNL would be extraordinary. Granted, the ratings among people who are not old, nerds, or gay would be low, but I would not care.

@Kevin N—Your spelling it "somehouw" made me imagine your entire line in an Arnold Schwarzenegger accent. Kudos.

Italy
One of the only places whose political life make the US look good.

I'm all for kids being introduced to musicals, but I think this show is really unfortunate, and should be kept far from kids. It's the last think they need at that age.

Depending on the listing, mine was either Everytime You Go Away, by Paul Young (I have never heard of this song—anyone know anything about it?) or Shout by Tears for Fears, which is at least moderately iconic, I guess.

Agreed on Claussen halves for store-bought and out of a barrel in a deli overall.

You forgot "Phantom of the Opera." Which leads me to believe you haven't seen it, as it's certainly seared into my memory.

Now I'm imagining everything the country could do if we went back to even 50%…makes my bleeding heart smile!

@Harbinger—I would argue that changing the fundamental motivation of the central character makes it an entirely different story, no matter what the fidelity to individual events. It also explains why Dracula is the protagonist: he's the only one genuinely motivated by love. (There isn't much of anything between Mina

@Mythagoras: The reason that Coppola's Dracula fails as an adaptation of Stoker's book (and Bram Stoker is IN THE TITLE!) is that it turns it into a love story. This love overlay may be a part of the contemporary vampire lore, but it isn't anywhere in Stoker's novel. In the novel Mina isn't love, she's food. She is

Let's be perfectly clear here: Dracula is an insanely overwrought, pretty much awful movie. It's entertaining in its own twisted way (Reeves and Ryder's accents! Oldman and Hopkins' scenery chewing! The random gushes of blood from no clear source!), but not anything like a good movie. And as an adaptation of Stoker's

Apparently only men with the last name Roth are allowed to play that part. I eagerly await the sequel, starring Philip Roth.

I read that and enjoyed it very much. One thought—you mentioned both the ways in which Leno has behaved badly and the ways that miserable comedy writers hate him for his happy normality. Which one do you think plays a greater factor in the current animosity towards him? Or are they pretty much equal?

Being from Cleveland, I've always been grateful to Detroit for making us look good. It's a shame things are so shitty, because there are a lot of great things in the city, what with the museums, the orchestra, some of the theatres. Just no jobs, terrible schools, abysmal sports teams in overpriced stadiums, and shitty

I Approve
As a fan of the "Golden Girls" who was born in Cleveland, I think this is a wonderful idea. "Sex in the City" was a poor imitation, so I think this will do the classic original proud.

I think that's a common problem with character actors who look like regular people—they frequently remind us of people we know. Which is not always good.