I'd vote for NPH for Harold Hill. He can do the smarmy selling while making it charming.

I think I read somewhere that Sky was originally supposed to be Gene Kelly, but something happened. Maybe an injury? Man I wish that had worked out.

If I Ever Leave This World Alive by Flogging Molly

The Guthrie did a post-apocalyptic version a couple years ago with absolutely kickass opening and closing battle scenes, but the rest was only ok.  Plus, no intermission.  Moira would have been horrified.  Only other live versions I've seen were atrocious.  I'm starting to think the show's curse is that I'll never see…

The Wire?  Please?  I keep trying to get through it, but I binge on half a season then stop for months at a time.  I need that weekly review to push me onward at a more reasonable pace.

Ok, I am no where near as down on this show as so many other people are.  Yes, there's been a decline in quality, but it's not as steep as it is often made out to be.  Downton has always been a show about little things and big things.  Bates is trying to cure his limp!  The Dowager always wins the flower show!  The…

Was the "I believe in Sherlock Holmes" a nod to the Moffat version, or just a happy accident?  Either way, sure made me smile every time I heard it.

Does anyone else think of the two adorable old guys as Lovey and Ducky, or is that just me?

I was wondering if this took place before or after Kenneth Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing, cause I would have thought anyone seeing him in that would flinch at watching him in a larger Shakespeare role.

This.  I've always loved Gonzo's wistful songs like this one and "Wishing Song".

I just figured it was Mary being honest.  Like you say, in season 1 they were enemies, but in season 2 they reached a sort of mutual respect, but I never had the impression that they were super close.  Edith seemed to me to be asking if in the future they would actually be friends, and Mary knew that they were just…

How does Timothy Olyphant wear one of these without looking like an idiot?

Good and ducklings, actually.

Good and ducklings, actually.

But in the original versions, all of those parents were biological.  Snow White's birth mom trying to kill her out of jealousy, Hansel and Gretel's mom abandoning them in the woods.  I think there's a lesser known tale about some king trying to marry his actual daughter.  The Grimm brothers changed things to…

But in the original versions, all of those parents were biological.  Snow White's birth mom trying to kill her out of jealousy, Hansel and Gretel's mom abandoning them in the woods.  I think there's a lesser known tale about some king trying to marry his actual daughter.  The Grimm brothers changed things to…

An adopted kid is still quite real.  I know what your saying, but that's the same, insulting attitude that this show demonstrates again and again: adoption is somehow inferior to having a kid biologically.  This is very, very far from true.  Adoptive parents go through as much anxiety, sacrifice, and hope waiting for…

An adopted kid is still quite real.  I know what your saying, but that's the same, insulting attitude that this show demonstrates again and again: adoption is somehow inferior to having a kid biologically.  This is very, very far from true.  Adoptive parents go through as much anxiety, sacrifice, and hope waiting for…

With NBC shelling out insane amounts of money for exclusive rights to air Olympic coverage, BBC America is out of luck, and so are we.

With NBC shelling out insane amounts of money for exclusive rights to air Olympic coverage, BBC America is out of luck, and so are we.