I dunno…I think Lloyd kind of resembles a Simpsonian ideal of "Newscaster."

@hotcarl,

I know there are some Canadians lurking on this board—is there anyone else who thinks that CTV's Lloyd Robertson is a spot-on match for Kent Brockman? He even says the same crazy shit with that hint of newscaster-judgement: "When we return—how the internet may be killing your children!"

"Quirky"
That word has always bugged me. It's an accurate word, though.

You should have asked for your money back.

Aw, come on, Barney Frank is all kinds of awesome-crazy.

@ kyle
I always found that drinking improved my Mandarin skills. Either that, or I was less afraid of messing up.

That's fortunate. I'm all out of ass kicking, but I've got this pile of sincerity I don't know what to do with.

That's kind of weird, because it only features in about 2 minutes of the movie. And the only joke is the "ra ra ra" Oh, and maybe the duck's head, but most Chinese do serve duck that way.

I believe it may even be 1938…It's pre-war, at least from the American standpoint.

"In the heat of battle, my father wove a tapestry of obscenity, that as far as we know, is still hanging in space over Lake Michigan."

Dork alert
Your NPR list could also include They Might Be Giants' "Hey, Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had a Deal," which is anti-radio, I guess, but maybe not radio-hating.
Favorite line:
"And the disc jockey has moved out of town / the district courthouse says he's nowhere to be found"

I like to think that this whole article is a lie, and that this movie does not, in fact, exist.

I often see that kind of thing when I wander in to fast food restaurants.

I want to know more about these purses!

Taiwan Beer!

Is it not also possible that we now expect our straight men to be winking at us? I think in the old school tradition Brooks is praising, the straight man was just put-upon, almost as though the act is being ruined by the hijinks of the funny man.

I'm pretty sure that albums of any kind generally weren't available until well into the 1950s. Comedy records would have been even later.

When I see products like this, I think about the green-lighting process it went through, from inspiration to patent to production to infomercial…Amazing.

and what's up
with that minivan he got? with the wood paneling on the side. what is this, 1983?