Ha! I just quoted "ancient chinese secret" a couple of weeks ago in the comments section to a youtube video and I'm sure the guy I was replying to had no idea what I meant.

Yes, Ida Lupino, one of the very, very few working female directors of Hollywood's Golden Age.

Dennis Foley was a great character— but I'm honestly completely baffled that he was supposed to have been considered sexy! I don't even find him "attractive"— he has intense eyes and plays his scenes with a fire that jumps off the screen, so I'm not knocking the actor— he's great. But I've noticed this on a lot of…

I couldn't agree with you more. Her monologue is straight out of the tabloid coverage of her life at the time, and the character she was playing on MH2. I don't understand why it was ever considered controversial outside of the backstage shenanigans.

Lear gives major credit to Joan Darling in interviews for being absolutely essential to helping Louise Lasser find the role of Mary, who was both the lynch pin and the most complex character on the series. He went as far as to say that the show could never have succeeded without the combination of Darling and Lasser.…

Yeah, why on earth was info on the new DVD set not even mentioned in the review itself? Presumably, the only reason the reviewer got to see the show at all, like the rest of us, is the new DVD set, right? I mean, come on, a little hyperlink wouldn't have been so much trouble, would it? Or at least a mention of the…

That was back when Woody had funny oozing out of every pore in his body, ". . .if you'll forgive the disgusting imagery." :)

to paraphrase whitman, "I am small, but I contain multitudes. . . "

That's actually one of my favorite scenes of the movie (which is almost non-stop hilarity from start to finish). I see it as a precursor to his later, more serious comedies examining relationships, but done in the completely absurd, anything goes early-Woody style. That whole bit about giving and receiving, I love…

You must have seen "Bananas", right? That's the only Woody flick where she's a full fledged costar, and she's absolutely hilarious. "I knew there was something missing. . . " If you've seen the movie, you'll remember the quote.

I'm probably just being paranoid— I've seen other folks draw some serious hate on AV club over the years for posting links to their blogs.

Truly, she was the glue that held the entire series together. I'm curious about the "Forever Fernwood" season that aired after she left the show, but honestly, Louise Lasser was ^the^ essential ingredient in the 325 episodes that sired under the name "Mary Hartman Mary Hartman". A performance that is a true…

thanks for not hating me. :)

Well, I'm covering it myself on a new blog. . . click the link, don't click the link, whatever. But please don't hate on me for wanting to discuss the show with other people who are also watching it. . . www.maryhartmanreview.com

Oh yeah. . . a spoiler from 3 months ago, vs. one from 4 YEARS ago.  I see the slippery slope. . . now.  Thank you.

I for one completely agree with you.  I've been putting off watching any of Game of Thrones so I can have a quality show to fill the TV void after Breaking Bad ends.  It's not exactly uncommon now for people to watch shows only when they're out on DVD.  Referencing a big plot event from another series that only…

And that's why everyone hates Nazis.

I don't have (or want) cable, so I'm always watching shows long after the fact.  It's clear that no one will read any of my posts a year after the show aired.  But now that I've accepted this fact, I feel strangely liberated.  Like the proverbial falling tree in the forest with no one to hear it.  I can say all kinds…

That why I masturbate: cancer prevention.  I also smoke cigarettes, so I have to masturbate a lot.

(tic tac tic tac tic tac)?
So. . . women in their 30s really love breath mints? I think I missed something.