For some reason, Rush Limbaugh used to play the entire Spatula City commercial during his show; I heard it all the time as a kid when my dad would listen to the show, and when I finally saw the movie, I was surprised that was where it was actually from.

"Aw, man!"

"Aw, man!"

"Sex with furniture! What's your opinion?"

"Sex with furniture! What's your opinion?"

"This means something. This is important."

"This means something. This is important."

"Guuuuys, I'm thinking of somethin' orange. Something ooooorange! Know what it is? It's an orange!"

"Guuuuys, I'm thinking of somethin' orange. Something ooooorange! Know what it is? It's an orange!"

I love that human touch Bradbury brought to his sci-fi. Just thinking back, I remember a few stories in The Martian Chronicles the most. One was about some astronauts who landed on Mars and approached a native village, but nobody there believed they were from Earth, since people there could form realistic mental…

I love that human touch Bradbury brought to his sci-fi. Just thinking back, I remember a few stories in The Martian Chronicles the most. One was about some astronauts who landed on Mars and approached a native village, but nobody there believed they were from Earth, since people there could form realistic mental…

Oh de scheune, oh de scheune, oh de scheune, schnitzelbank.
I still catch myself humming that one sometimes.

Oh de scheune, oh de scheune, oh de scheune, schnitzelbank.
I still catch myself humming that one sometimes.

Where's "We've got baloney in our slacks!"?

Where's "We've got baloney in our slacks!"?

I haven't watched this series since it originally aired, and this episode was quite a bit better than I remembered. But that's almost certainly because when I saw it, it was the last episode aired before the series was cancelled, posited to be a flashback about the crew getting together. After getting to know everyone…

I haven't watched this series since it originally aired, and this episode was quite a bit better than I remembered. But that's almost certainly because when I saw it, it was the last episode aired before the series was cancelled, posited to be a flashback about the crew getting together. After getting to know everyone…

I saw them at a local festival (I believe it was "Ribfest" in Naperville, Illinois) a few years back, and the most memorable thing was some between-songs banter in which one of the Johns said he was going to talk with his "real voice", and the other John said, "No, don't do it, man! It's too fucked up!" After another…

I saw them at a local festival (I believe it was "Ribfest" in Naperville, Illinois) a few years back, and the most memorable thing was some between-songs banter in which one of the Johns said he was going to talk with his "real voice", and the other John said, "No, don't do it, man! It's too fucked up!" After another…

I also went to a live performance of Brand Upon the Brain at Chicago's Music Box Theatre, with my screening narrated by Crispin Glover, who was as awesome as you would expect. I think the DVD attempts to replicate the experience, allowing you to choose which narrator you want, but there's nothing like being there in…