avclub-fa5b8744a34319c7c9f360b7cc4eb503--disqus
MarcInGA
avclub-fa5b8744a34319c7c9f360b7cc4eb503--disqus

The most terrifying thing about Rudolf is that Hermey is not an elf!  Elves have pointed ears and weird noses that have a ball at the end of a long stalk.  Hermey has neither of these.  He's a human kid that wound up separated from his family and is trapped at the North Pole.

Also a serious WTF moment when I first saw it.

Also a serious WTF moment when I first saw it.

There was one moment in the show I think I need to mention.  When Han showed up at the shop, Max and Caroline get into this discussion.  Then Caroline turns to leave, she is walking away and there's no one else there.  I couldn't help think, wasn't Han there a second ago?  Did he get transported out or something? 

There was one moment in the show I think I need to mention.  When Han showed up at the shop, Max and Caroline get into this discussion.  Then Caroline turns to leave, she is walking away and there's no one else there.  I couldn't help think, wasn't Han there a second ago?  Did he get transported out or something? 

Married, no children.  Also her husband was being court martialed for treason, so there was that.

Married, no children.  Also her husband was being court martialed for treason, so there was that.

Also his outrage that his favorite music was in "Oldies".  Especially because they were on "The King Biscuit Flour Hour".  God I'm old.

Also his outrage that his favorite music was in "Oldies".  Especially because they were on "The King Biscuit Flour Hour".  God I'm old.

Not even close I'm sure.  I really can't remember the first.

Not even close I'm sure.  I really can't remember the first.

Of course all the back stories were told by Grandpa and could be as reliable as: "The year was 1908.  The Divine Sarah Bernhardt was president.  And all over the country people were dancing the 'Foxy Grandpa'. 'Oh, I'm …" ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ"

Of course all the back stories were told by Grandpa and could be as reliable as: "The year was 1908.  The Divine Sarah Bernhardt was president.  And all over the country people were dancing the 'Foxy Grandpa'. 'Oh, I'm …" ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ"

Also grandpa explaining that he and his fellow elderly thugs can't mix it up the way they used to but they make up for it with long rambling stories that don't go anywhere:

Also grandpa explaining that he and his fellow elderly thugs can't mix it up the way they used to but they make up for it with long rambling stories that don't go anywhere:

The trouble with Dorian Grey is that it's led to extended metaphors that really lose me.  In one movie or show about politics someone described his political rival as "having a painting in his attic that gets more sincere every year."

The trouble with Dorian Grey is that it's led to extended metaphors that really lose me.  In one movie or show about politics someone described his political rival as "having a painting in his attic that gets more sincere every year."

There was an exchange in the movie "Time Limit" (1957) between Richard Widmark and June Lockhart:

There was an exchange in the movie "Time Limit" (1957) between Richard Widmark and June Lockhart:

Who said - "There are people who don't know what to do on a rainy afternoon, but want to live forever"?