Since no one else has weighed in on Cockneys vs. Zombies, I'll take the plunge. Shaun of the Dead it's not, but it is an enjoyable romp that shows Honor Blackman is still not a woman to be messed with, and gives Richard Briers a nice send-off (as well as one of the film's best laughs; no spoilers, let's just say the…

I don't know, @candyswe:disqus ; the original fudges the 'Hath not a Jew eyes?' speech, turning it into (from memory) 'Have not I eyes?' or something similar; the word 'Jew' is studiously avoided. At least in the Brooks version Shylock's speech is intact.

I love this quote so much it's not decent.

Her gutter mouth, and the widow in an opium stupor: a conversation for the ages.

First time I heard it I had to watch the scene again, it was so brilliant. And yeah, Welliver is that close to corpsing. Judging by one of the features on the DVD box set, Welliver could probably have done a decent E.B. impression himself.

"Richard, it profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world . . . but for Wales?"

@tracysface:disqus : apart from the Cornetto, the fence jumps, and the arcade game sounds - as pointed out - other call backs I spotted were them ending up taking refuge in a pub (yes, Gary wanted to complete the Golden Mile, but still . . .), and the fact that Nick Frost's character obviously thought a lot of Simon…

Re-watched Hot Fuzz for the first time in ages, in preparation for (hopefully) seeing The world's End this week. I'd forgotten how tightly constructed it was (if something, no matter how seemingly random, is introduced, it's never for the easy laugh; it pays off down the road - I'm looking at you, swan), and how it…

And the 'Caps manage a 2 - 2 draw.

Cheers to whoever did the mouseover for the image of Whitmore above. Perfect.

Wish I could like this comment many more times, @avclub-7b35a1122309e7451c5060ae86700961:disqus . I'm looking forward to Bradley as Hartnell even more than I'm looking forward to the 50th anniversary special or the Christmas episode.

"The first time I heard about Monty Python was at a friend’s birthday party, where someone had a brought a tape of Monty Python And The Holy Grail."

Definitely worth a look for any Python fan. Some of the actors are better than others at capturing the look and sound of the original Pythons - Darren Boyd as Cleese and Charles Edwards as Palin are phenomenal in both departments - but it's highly entertaining, especially if you know anything of the controversy…

Curling brooms can be substituted, but only if you aren't put off by someone yelling 'Hurry! Hurry hard!' every few seconds.

Always great to see Peter Vaughan (as Mr. Dodd, the elderly war hero who got burgled and attacked). Vaughan (b. 1923) really was at Normandy during WW II.

'The Singing Detective', simply because Michael Gambon + Dennis Potter = awesome.

"We become invested in the town’s primary characters (mainly due to some ridiculously high-level performances)"

I'm really, really hoping that Mark Gatiss includes the 'One day I shall come back' speech in 'Adventure in Space in Time'. He has to include it, right?

What @avclub-022199896b1f52952c180b60caa681bd:disqus  said. The first time I saw the season IV finale I was so convinced Blackadder would think of something to get him out of there that it felt like a punch to the gut when they went over the top. And then that slow dissolve to the modern day field, with no music or…

In 1983 I was in college, so this is less 'cool retro stuff that's fun to discover' and more 'Ohmigod why, AV Club, why?'