I love the moments during "A Penny For Your Thoughts" when he's holding back tears at Corky's moving performance. Definitely one of the more underrated cast members.

Agreed - I caught an episode on YouTube and laughed so much I bought the DVD set. Horrible people doing hysterical things.

British panel shows
I discovered QI while surfing YouTube, which served as a gateway to Would I Lie To You/8 Out of 10 Cats/Buzzcocks. Now, I can't go a day without a David Mitchell rant, a Stephen Fry lecture, or a Simon Amstell put-down.

You come at the Pope, you best not miss.

So, the college friend was implying there are people who don't get the references? The painfully obvious references? The references the people in the film (I will not call them "characters") comment on and identify as references?

"Room service? Send up a larger room."

When I clicked on the article, I thought it would mention that Allyn Ferguson, one of the guys who wrote the theme, died last week. Such a cool bass line.

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thought of the freaky kiddie show. There was a mouse too, for some reason. Gotta love 80s Nickelodeon.

Thanks, idiotking; it's us and fictional President Bartlett against the world. The Lion in Winter was one of my family's annual Christmas films when I was growing up, along with The Godfather. Which explains a lot.

Alternate Holmes
To add to the "going further afield" category, there's also the movie "They Might Be Giants." George C. Scott plays a mental patient who believes he's Sherlock Holmes, with Joanne Woodward as his conveniently-named psychiatrist Dr. Watson. The late Rue McClanahan was also in that movie, and it was…

A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself.

"This crown gives me a feeling of power. POWER!!! Forgive me a cruel chuckle….power."

The Man Who Would Be King - terrific performances all around, and a sense of fun that you don't get in adventure movies these days. You can tell Caine/Connery/Huston were having a blast making it.

Exactly, and it's the kind of clothing where even if it's not your personal style, you can see where he's coming from and appreciate it. And it doesn't look like something you could just pick up anywhere.

Sigh of relief
With all the love the judges had been giving Emilio, I was afraid they'd overlook the blandness of his collection. Very happy Seth Aaron took home first place.

When I first saw Emilio's print, I wondered why he was using Seth's "SA" trademark (like he used on the child challenge). Then, Tim came in and reassured me that I wasn't insane. Which means that the judges are on Emilio's wavelength, which seriously disturbs me.

Sandra Lee could magically turn into the greatest chef in the world, and it still wouldn't make up for the atrocity that was the Kwanzaa cake.

Very glad I'm not the only going crazy trying to figure out who he looks like. The closest I could come up with is Southside Johnny in his SCTV years.

I'll admit right off the bat that my memory of Season 2 is hazy, and I don't remember Burt at all. But if I'm reading it right, Duck was canned after Don embarrassed him by ruining his power play. Burt was promoted, and then majorly screwed up London Fog somehow. Which led to Don and Sal fixing the account and…

I don't think the show would necessarily be better on HBO. Mad Men is all about people hiding/repressing their true natures, and I think the fact that they can't swear as much or show as much skin helps create that tense atmosphere.