Add this to your "Man, I was a total douche back then" file to read when you're an old man.  It'll be painful and embarrassing to read, but beneficial in the long run.

I still can't listen to "Stuck in the Middle With You" without getting creeped out.  Just like I can't listen to "Midnight Special" by CCR without getting creeped out, because of Twilight Zone: The Movie (which is weird, because there's nothing actually creepy going on while the song is playing).  And I definitely…

So, I don't get it.  Is there a reason everyone is so angry and bitter at the "anti-Stratfordians" (a term I've never heard before) other than "Shakespeare's awesome and how dare anyone sully his name?"  Or is that pretty much it?

Yeah, I like it, too.  In fact, I love Hughes's use of music in all of his films.

Only the Lonely, the only good movie Chris Columbus has ever made.

That's my favorite line, too.  John Hughes is the master of Poor White Trash comedy (my other favorite line is from Vacation: "Eddie says when the baby comes I can quit one of my night jobs.")