Purple Rain opened on July 27, 1984. I was pregnant, my then-husband and I went to the midnight movie opening night.

He does!

My favorite episode of "Three's Company" is the one where there's some kind of misunderstanding.

The other commenter said Metallica, and I wanted to note Thin Lizzy, who were Irish, you know. Not that hard to draw that line.

"My" Rouse's is featured in this article:

Damn, Andrew!

So, I got up and strolled over to the other side of the cantina
I asked the guy, why you so fly? He said, Funky Cold Medina

Thin Lizzy did "Whiskey in the Jar" first.

I don't like pranks, so, no, Rhonda.

Oh, YouTube, you're the devil
you're leading me astray
over hills and mountains
and to Amerikay
you're sweetness from the Bleachner
and spunkier than tea
oh YouTube, you're my darling drunk or sober

What a bunch of clowns!

Don't forget Metamucil commercials!

Louis Prima's daughter Lena Prima is quite the show-woman: http://www.lenaprima.com

Nip it, nip it, nip it!

What about Doubting Thomas the Tank Engine? He doesn't think he can!

It is, and easy to make.

You are so smart. If Will Shortz calls you (though he BEST call me), tell him your brilliant friend Isis Uptown set you on the right path!

But wait, there's more:

So I read that now four men are accusing Afrka Bambaataa of sexually abusing them when they were teenagers. Motherfucker, you can't admire anyone anymore.

You know as well as I do that the dead don't stay interested in us living people for very long. Gradually, gradually, they lose hold of the earth … and the ambitions they had … and the pleasures they had … and the things they suffered … and the people they loved.