This isn't line with my usual sarcastic persona, but I rented the Green Hornet recently and actually quite enjoyed it. Especially after it got ripped on when it was in theaters so my expectations were low.

Old Life of Timothy Green
If this movie becomes a big hit, then will "The Odd Life of [Fill in Name]" overtake "The Curious Case of [Fill in Name]" as a simple headline device for lazy journalists?

I was in a Dunkin' Donuts the other day and a guy in front of me was watching a movie on his iPhone while waiting in line. Can he really not make it through this five minute wait without constant stimulation? And it would be one thing if he was watching a baseball game or something, but who wants to watch movies or…

I think there's an unwritten rule where Canadian comedians can only be funny or famous for a certain amount of time. You can pick one or the other, but after either you have to stop being funny (Jim Carrey), stop being famous (Norm McDonald), or both (Tom Green).

I didn't realize the guy even had a name. I had been calling him Chris Bosh in my head.

I didn't realize the guy even had a name. I had been calling him Chris Bosh in my head.

Yeah, I think this is the second consecutive week I felt the need to enter the comments thread and point out that Orlando Cabrera is not - and never has been - considered a true superstar. He's never even made an all-star team.

I'm a day late to this thread, but just wanted to point out the hilarity of some guy making an argument that people who read 700 page children's books are somehow more sophisticated than those of us who just wait for the movie.

I certainly agree with you that I don't appreciate the bland-erizing of modern "adult" culture. But I blame the individual artists in these cases more than society in general. It's not like someone pointed a gun to Cee-Lo's head and forced him to allow a (syllably challenged) co-opt of his song. But I guess you…

Interesting. I see it as the opposite, a narrative where a song can become a hit even though the word "fuck" is in the original title, and everybody over the age of 11 probably understands that. I could be wrong, but it's hard to imagine that happening 10, 20, 30 years ago.

Have you seen the typical Glee audience? That's like complaining about bowdlerizing in the Smurfs movie.

Do you really think there's not enough room in the American cultural landscape for three popular glorified karaoke contests with celebrity judges?

House
I watched two episodes of House once, and each episode really did follow the plot contrivance of

Actually, Hank definitely knows that Walt knows Jesse. That's been a major plot point all along. He just thinks that Jesse occassionally sold Walt pot.

This isn't a game. This isn't basketball, and my name isn't Charles Buckley.

I thought Reality Bites Back was actually a solid show, and had some potential to serve as an irreverent showcase for under-the-radar comedians. You know, exactly what Comedy Central should be doing?

I read Electric Kool Aid Acid Test when I was 15 and that Rugburns song came out that referenced it. Like many teenagers in the '90s, I also had a misguided obsession with '60s culture. I recall thinking I was insightful for reading it in theory, but in practice I found it meandering, boring and confusing. Has…

I'm a big Cabrera fan, but I wouldn't call him one of the best short stops in 2001. At that point, I think Jeter-Nomar-ARod-Tejada were still the dominant top 4, followed by guys like Rich Aurilia and Omar Vizquel and a young Jimmy Rollins. And then, maybe Cabrera.

Yeah, I'm no Maxim subscriber, but the way people are talking about it on here you'd think it's some kind of Nazi propaganda or something.

I enjoyed the "reasons too stupid to go into" line.