A decade and a half before Valens' hit, Carmen Miranda was the top-earning entertainer in America. The idea that American audiences weren't "ready" for a Latin pop star is nonsense. It's hard to get a song to #21 on the charts, and if La Bamba didn't chart higher that says just as much about the quality of the…

There was no greater way to earn a Trivial Pursuit wedge than by answering "Wedge."

Working title: "America Tries To Fix Islam."

LOL. Now there's a reference and a half. Little known fact, he used to be a team with O.G. Readmore.

I could see him winding up in a training camp in Afghanistan.

I know people like to skewer American Beauty but I like it. Some people think it's an anti-suburbs diatribe, but I saw it as something different. To me it's a story about a man locating his balls and living life. He starts doing things on his terms, only to realize later that he cannot ignore consequences. Thing is,…

I still find American Beauty entertaining even if it's silly. The Chris Cooper character was ridiculous. Neo-nazi closeted homosexual marine dad? Come on….

Forrest Gump can be an entertaining time-killer when caught on cable, but it's a baby boomer jerkoff. It cannot even claim real technical innovation, as Paula Abdul was seen performing with dead people a few years earlier. Anyway you could make the same movie today where Forrest meets Reagan, Clinton, and Kurt Cobain…

I am you and you are me

He also made some memorably xenophobic Old Style Beer commercials. 

What about "Founding Fathers Defecate On Flag," - Mr. Show.