Actually, Levinson used Randy Newman, so while still fairly haunting, the score was a bit jaunty as well!

Nah, Franklin Pierce.

"I came to America in 1914 . . ."

And put a carnation in your lapel too, this is your day!

I recently learned that I'm only an inch or two shorter than James Cromwell, which made me feel gigantic, but I think the overall trend in Hollywood toward shortness makes Mr. Cromwell look taller than he might outside of a film. Or maybe I am just gigantic.

My old boss used to frequently listen to a recording of Starlight Express that featured Havens. So while I'll best remember him for Woodstock, part of me will forever associate him with steam engines.

THE BADGER IS THE PROUDEST SIGIL OF ALL!

Ah, so this is why they invented the Internet.

I listened to that audiobook too! It was fun hearing all the celebrity voices, but as a whole I don't think Fishes is nearly as powerful as Assassination Vacation, which is one of my all-time favorite books.

Colonel, you did not disappoint!

Wait, I got one! Um. . . One of them makes people famous, the other makes people infamous!

Hey, what's the difference between CAA and CIA?

How great is it that both of them ending up being SAG presidents? It's positively serendipitous.

I've always wanted to be in a Broadway audience.

Woulda been cooler if it was The Reverend John Witherspoon.

Uh-oh, I guess there are some rough water ahead! I've only read the first three stories so far (about the Holmes expert, the execution of Cameron Todd Willingham, and the imposter story), and enjoyed each thoroughly. I'll press on though and see how I fare.

Yeah, he played Dave Moss, the Ed Harris character.

Despite the importance of FedEx to the plot of Cast Away, my immediate cinematic association with that company is The Addams Family; who could forget Thing's impressive delivery pace?

"I don't know, they were jammies! They had Yodas and shit on 'em!"

Has this site ever done an Inventory of pop songs irrevocably tied to films that featured them?