How do i convey tone and expression?
Sorry to confuse; I was trying to make a point humorously, concisely, and with humility — but I only succeeded in obscuring my point. Now I'm going to over-explain, but only because you asked.

One thing they got right
We are not rich, but my kids go to school with some very privileged kids. One of the ways you can tell a rich kid: their names are *ahem* unusual. Either old family names, or just created under the influence of anaesthetics. Rich people are kind of odd, that way.

or ''stretch'' it, even
How do I make the spell-check work on this thing, anyway?

Biggest problem with the premise
Maybe it's different nowadays, but when I used to watch TV, I never saw a TV newsperson (anchor or reporter) without a full head of hair. Okay, most of them have about a head-and-a-half of hair.

I'm confused
But Baltimore looked like so much fun, in Hairspray. Should we start mistrusting EVERY movie we see?

Exactly
See? Irony never dies.

Impressed by Lobsters' Articulation
Seriously, the way those joints let the exoskeleton move around? That's some serious articulation.

Guitar players
I always thought Chet Atkins was pretty good, but my favorite until the end of time will probably be Stevie Ray Vaughn.

I learned something
Thanks. I didn't know that.

Whoops
Aside from a couple of typos and being excessively long-winded, I also made the mistake of using ''phenomenon'' as a plural. That's the singular, of course.

Putting in my .02 Canadian (worth more that way)
Lisa: Love your idea about rewarding sexual euphemisms, but your candidates are all overwhelmed by Led Zeppelin. Example:

It also means
The "janitor" part means she's telling me that she's clean and sanitary now. Sorry J, but I'd still use protection.

No, wait
It's a classical allusion, right? To Janus, the two-faced Roman god of doors, doorways, gates, beginnings and endings? That's where the word "janitor" comes from.

The Battle of New Orleans, by Johnny Horton
Not agreeing, but merely pointing out that Nawlins suffered because the levees broke. Those are the levees built and maintained (or not) by the Army Corps of Engineers.

You missed one
Remember that cover of "Splish-splash" that Richie, Potsie and Ralph lip-synched on "Happy Days"? That song would have been ever so much better without the need to put a sax in Ron Howard's hands. He didn't even hold it in his mouth properly! That's when I knew the series "jumped the shark."

Choreography is key
I agree, LePenguin. I don't watch these movies for the plot or the characterization. I don't enjoy tortureporn, and it's not the violence I'm into. Rather, it's the choreography.

Not just the "n" in Zelazny
It's "Roger Zelazny," not "Robert Zelazy."

Infer vs. imply
Nathan, I disagree with your use of "infer." You really wanted "imply" there.

Funny, Howie
HowardBeale1, that's pretty funny. Now, would you please go stand over there? So people don't think we're here together?

My wife and I enjoyed "Hot Fuzz"
Sounds like we will enjoy this one, too. Besides, Clive Owen is on my wife's "short list." She won't want to miss a movie with him in it.