Why, why, why was I stuck in Canada and away from access to this show? (Where I was then, anyhow - I can't recall if Space or Comedy had it once they started up, but I was in university then and couldn't afford cable.) I'm loving the whole thing, but there's a sense of loss watching MST3K in a tiny screen rather…

I'll grant you the use/abuse of "wonder" in this case but I'll raise you with the use of "superlative" as a word in copy, particularly in movie reviews. (I think it may have started with ABC reviews of Disney films in the mid-90s.) I'm often tempted to say that a film is "pure gerund" or "an exemplar of the ablative…

I thought of and forgot to mention the key aspect, though - the time frame in question here (though all my examples where in it): something set in the American High era (or Silent Generation, or post-WWII, or pre-Beatles, or what have you).

Only for film?
I'm trying to imagine a way that this could work - and succeed - in another media. There's no way that a TV show from that era could work (how many attempts at an Ed Sullivan variety-style show have come and gone?) in today's climate, and "Mad Men" isn't really made in the style of the era (though it…

Yay Tardy and Fats!

Ah, this is the Canadian thread - I knew there'd be one. Kevin Lowe was ahead of me in the lineup at the liquor store one summer (living in summertime fun territory for Canada, there's a fair number of hockey players around - and I'd have to meet one who plays and works for the rivals). He had a decent box of wine,…

I got that from Robin Williams's pimped-out '84 K-Car.

Micro Machines guy of rage…
… probably will be claimed as a commenter name sooner or later now.

Fantastic
Just in time for the task at hand!

Ditto that - I'm pretty sure the request to fire the fish was made by Suzanne, who then proceded to make a hash of things. (Raw hash, at that.)

Congrats, Smilner! I feel your pain on the extra time in the hospital; we had twelve days for our twins this year.

Possible redemption -
Seth Green as the school's "understanding" guidance counsellor.

"Can I have butter if I'm a soul?"

I said she's spurning a clown!

It's the Souuuuuulllltaker!

Lexicondevil - if all of your five really smart friends live elsewheres and you're housebound looking after twin 3-month-olds for the summer, the internet's about all you have for contact. There's really no comparision between those five friends and the internet, unless you prefer typing to talking. The Quirk's got…

SSX 3
If it weren't for EA, I'd probably have never heard of this guy. Gotta say, though - it's pretty enjoyable to have "Silver Screen Shower Scene" as backup for your ride.

Fair call, Wrath of Kong; that was too much. I'll come over after work and we can play. Friends?

Um, select-start.

Second on the dislike for "The Breakfast Club." So annoyingly cliched and stagey, especially for the tough guy punk kid.