I had to do a search to remember what Lorenzo's Oil was about, and this is what Wiki says:

You're right.  I goofed the song title.

Cafe jukebox report:  the opening diner scene in the episode played Mazzy Star's "Fade Away".

I hear ya.  I guess we can blame it on the rain (and the Texas Rangers' bullpen in WS game 6) for bumping the next way-cool episode to January.

In light of the plot going toward the temporary displacement of a four-years ago bubble in systematic bursts, I didn't understand Peter's rapid jumps at the fringe scene with the train.  And it only affected him?

The difference is how the two parties present themselves. The right portrays themselves as batshit crazy demonizing musicians, science, poor people, minorities, and virtually everybody who isn't a rich, White, Christian.

It's an amusing bit that only works because it's Tyson performing it (surprisingly well, BTW), but it's an example of a well-worn template for the entertainment industry to portray a conservative/Republican as one of four types:  a) feckless, b) evil, c) crazy, or d) repressed homosexual.  It seems comedy writers can…

Where's the button for "Headslap"?

I think both Law and Order and the post-2000 crime shows are products of their time.  The early years of L&O were a conscious attempt to return to the cop drama veritas, as a reaction to the flashy stuff from earlier.

When I saw Courtney Thorne-Smith on Ally McBeal and then the Jim Belushi version of Fat Guy and Cute Girl, I thought of her as the blonde surfer chick from Summer School

If you read this piece without the [Laughs], it's like a totally different interview.  Mind-blowing.

I remember that campaign, insisiting that Coors always "keeps its beer cold".  But Coors had to back track from that, putting Harmon in front of the camera to explain that sometimes vendors will occasionally have the beer out of the fridge, but only on the weekends when they anticipate higher sales, as if life or…

One of the opening themes I didn't see mentioned was the one to "What's Happening!"

"DEEEARRRR JOHNNNNN"

The opening theme is nice, but I'm more of a fan of the closing WKRP theme song.

Following up on the chemistry thing, I think one of the assets of the show is that the writers figured out that putting any of these characters in a romantic relationship with each other* would do more harm than good.  McGee and Abby were said to be together early on, but that was dropped not long thereafter.

There's been some of that all throughout the series.  One of the episodes in the first season was so close to the facts to the death of Lisa Steinberg (a girl beaten to death by her father) that the end of the episode had to read the disclaimer out loud.

Can someone explain the "people with mustaches" taboo Brooks is talking about?  Is that a euphemism for ethnic people?  Gomez Addams?

I know I'm late to the party, but when I was an undergrad in the early 90s, I saw the movie "Slacker".  Not a slasher film, but to me was as horrorific.  Just these post-graduates in Austin trying to make art out of their despair, expressing their useless education with Smurf/Vishnu allegories, a lady who filled 28…

Before the initial chloroform scene with his girl, Lassitter lights up a candle that (at first glance) looks like a hand grenade.  I laughed.  Then I realized - was that the pineapple appearance?