As a younger Bucky, it blew my mind to learn that she (Lotte Lenya) is name-checked in Mack the Knife.

With the Goldfinger picture up top, I thought one of the stops would be the Fontainebleau in Miami Beach. It's been remodeled extensively, but it's still very cool to stay there. I pass on the terrycloth jumper, too, when I'm there.

You rule, like a cold-hearted orb!

See, that's the thing, Whether it's the characters on the show, or whether we're expected to be party to it, that's like saying it's ok to laugh at the fat kid or the ugly girl, 'cause their parents are rich, and they get whatever they want. That's how people don't get involved when they see bullying, and for a show…

"Martha My Dear" off the White Album has a tuba.

I have personal experience with something similar to that Canadian "Everybody Wins" mentality. I drove up to Toronto a while back from the States, eh. I went to a Y to shoot some hoops, and got into a 5 on 5 game. Before we started, I said something like the usual "game 'til 11, win by two." Oh no, I was informed. We…

I'm still waiting for the Chicagoland/Chicago PD/Chicago Fire crossover event.

The beautiful woman who falls down a lot. Real life beautiful women, in my experience, are not clumsy, goofy, graceless, etc. They are exquisite creatures who operate above and beyond mere mortals. They are perfect, and knowing this, do not fall down a lot.

Brenner had a really representative joke where he was sitting on a paper on the subway, a guy asked if he was still reading it, Brenner got up, turned the page, sat back down, and said yeah. As a wee Bucky, I thought that was one of the funniest things I ever heard or saw. He was a strong, funny standup.

"And that, kids, is how I met…Joe Biden."

I was in my 20s during the 80's, and a very wise man taught me that the Russians love their children, too.

Technicolor?

Reading Michael Feinstein's recent book about the Gershwins, he couldn't write enough about George's admiration for Astaire. Feinstein called him Gershwin's "muse," and their relationship one of show business's first true bromances.

Athletes are celebrities, too? Mr. Cub, Ernie Banks.

Song: I'll Be Back
Album: Rubber Soul*

Correct me if I'm wrong, but John and Paul had plans to get together to write some songs for Ringo. Also, one of my favorite little-known facts is that Paul's contract for the short time he was with Columbia included an out for any work done with the Beatles as an entity. That might have just been a legal…

Regarding Peter Frampton: On Ringo's All-Starr go-round from '99, it was a heavily British lineup, with Jack Bruce, Simon Kirke, Gary Brooker, and Frampton. Not only was Frampton the MVP of the night, but it's one of my favorite concerts, nostalgic or otherwise. As some of the reviews back then said, it was much more…

Same time period for me, no one. Except it was this show, and the Six Million Dollar Man. We made our own silent 8mm SMDM movie, complete with slow motion running.

Yeah, I saw it this evening, and even though I'm not nearly as young as I used to be, I had to be among the 10 youngest people in the house. You know, those folks deserve the chance to see a movie not totally aimed at the younger demos, and they sure seemed to enjoy it.

Seems like Natalie Maines might have been a more apt choice for introducing.