Price's particular brand of hamminess really is something quite amazing. He also has a vastly underappreciated talent at straight comedy, which peaked with the one-two punch of 1950's screwballish Champagne For Caesar (alongside Ronald Colman, who never seems to get any props these days) and 1951's comedy noir His…

I'm more bothered by the fact that the title doesn't match the song — that is, "Talkin' . . . " is a specific song form and this ain't it.
And by "bothered" I mean, I care exactly enough to make this comment online but no more.

I generally liked it because I love how very little interest Cage has in fighting anyone. (As others have noted now several times, his fight style is "annoyed.") He's not Daredevil who gets off on the violence, he just wants to get the job done and get out of there. So there aren't as many opportunities for exciting…

Well, Cage most definitely ain't going for "cool". As Claire likes to remind him [SPOILER?] he's corny as all get out. And not only is he not trying to impress anybody, he'd clearly prefer to just go about his business unnoticed.

The always-delightful Bamford was again delightful here. Because that's what always means.
Seriously, this woman is a treasure.

I've never watched New Girl and don't have anything in particular against Deschanel, who I've enjoyed in other things, but I have to ask: is her acting as terrible on her own show as it was here? Because it felt like the entire episode ground to a halt while they brought on a contest winner who'd never appeared…

That whole scene is Exhibit A in perfect comedic timing and delivery. I routinely cite it as an example of my belief that often the best thing in comedy is not a line of dialogue but a reaction to that dialogue. Just watch Ian's face when Bobbi says, "Money talks and bullshit walks."
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Thanks for this — I had no idea, obviously.

I've read a lot of Beatles stuff over the years and until just now, the only explanation I'd ever heard was that the cover was picked as a dig at Capitol's policy of "butchering" their LPs by removing a few tracks and holding onto them til they had enough for an extra album, which is exactly what Yesterday & Today is…

I can't help but think that at least some of people who find the kids on
this show annoying some of the time might be missing the point . . .

Or they just like the actress and her backstory/accent are completely irrelevant, much like the casting of Susan Kelechi Watson on Louis CK's show.
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I like your reasoning, Cutlass. Consider me convinced.

Just reading the lyrics doesn't do justice to Charles Durning's marvelously terrible performance since you can't hear how excruciatingly phrased it is when sung by Doc Hopper. Also, the frog suit doesn't hurt.

Yep, it's mostly a sound issue. The less you cram onto each side, the better the fidelity. Some bands/labels care enough about this to stretch out an album over two discs which would fit on a single.
Also worth noting: the fidelity is better the further away from the center of the LP. For this reason, there was…

It's Pop. It's right there on the window of his shop. I'd say I don't understand the confusion here, but I swear some of the show's characters call him Pops too, so this is more than just an audience issue.

Thank you for this. I really had hoped it was the case. So not only am I happy to apologize for assuming the worst (sorry, Ali!) I've also learned something new. And as surprising as it may seem given my apostrophic rant above, I have no issue with such colloquialisms. Language evolves and all that and given I was…

That's what HBO stood for in the '80s: Hey! Beastmaster's On!
By the '90s, it was Hey! Boxing's On!

In the first place, there's no way to know how famous these performers are in the fictional world of the show. But regardless, are you really unaware that organized crime has had ties to the recording industry and performance venues since, like, pretty much forever? Just start with a good biography of Louis Armstrong…

"This episode teaches what it means for these men and women when you call them out their names"
". . . .he throws Tone off the roof not just for breaking 'the rules' of criminals but for literally calling him out his name."

I'm just thrilled to learn he pronounced it "row-bit"