Well, if flop Kristy Swanson movies can become well-respected TV shows….

And how good a job they are doing….

But now good luck finding poker anywhere now….

Steve Lawrence's greatest hit!

Especially given that the tone, if anything, seems to have become more and more strident the less credible it has become.

They fought each other in the movie Santa Claus…..

And so cold that David-James Carroll's hand freezes to the railing at one point.

What about Paulie?

There are times that I suspect that the people who praise it so highly wouldn't if it had actually been a massive hit.

And, in addition with A., there are also no pesky original creators to have to deal with, or to fight for control with- there are reasons quite a few recent adaptations of work not in the public domain are work by people who are dead and therefore not in a position to write notes.

The problem is, all the accounts we get suggest that the people who want to make these movies are the people who should have their hands on the source material the least.

Daniel De Leon or bust!

The movie about the Hungarian Jewish family during the 20th century?

Hell, why not a movie in which Peter Dinklage hula-hoops?

Hence how it actually got made….

So, what Rollie looked like his first couple of seasons in the majors?

Given that Clooney is something like one for five at this point……

And the road company Emilia Clarke, which wasn't something we thought was possible….

And then his passion projects turn out to be just as poor, only in a different way…..

Especially given that television directing is largely traffic management.