It's really annoying…
…that one of (if not the) greatest Super Bowls of all time, albeit not exactly the hardest-earned title there is, has been superseded by America flipping out by a quarter-second of a boob. Sometimes I hate this country.

That video…
…needs more Abby Elliott.

Bale was also the weak point in the movie for me, but for a different reason. His Purvis was basically a blank slate - kinda like Tommy Lee Jones in The Fugitive, only several degrees less interesting.

Some thoughts
A very nice post, Mike.

I'm reasonably sure it was Derek and not Nigel that mouths "we love you".

For whatever reason, the part that really kills me is when Rob Reiner is reading the fake reviews and the band (who, IIRC, was not told about them in advance) do everything in their power to not crack up. I also like the part where they're at Elvis' grave and start singing Heartbreak Hotel, only to get bogged down in…

Apropos of nothing - how is it that somebody mentions ZMF and the VERY FIRST RESPONSE is ZMF himself. Is he watching over all of us like some vengeful, all-caps using, incredibly profane God?

Frost/Nixon is a very good film, almost certainly Howard's best. You can give Howard a lot of stick for not having any discernable directorial style, which makes stuff like A Beautiful Mind more workmanlike than anything else, but it works beautifully for Frost/Nixon, since your focus is entirely on the main…

I don't know what you're talking about. Kraft Mac & Cheese is, if anything, even better than I remember.

Do a search in Hulu for "The State MTV" and it's there. It's actually a link to where MTV.com is streaming the episodes. But they're online.