I was conditioned to have a Pavlovian response to that ding. I grunted "Hoo-Yah!" everytime that ding occurred; usually there were 60 dings per film strip.

…and by civility, I mean it within the context of comment threads. Otherwise, I'm highly supportive of civility.

Do you ever have dreams where you yell at someone with great intensity, and wake up and are glad it was just a dream? I do, and I'm glad I don't yell at loved ones like that when I'm awake. The above statement was like my yelling at someone in my dreams. It's more about me than about my subject matters. But as Roger…

I see where your analogy's coming from. But Martin Sheen could always kick people's ass in the 1970's/1980's; plus I would still be more fearful of 2012's Martin Sheen than 2012's Jonah Hill. I see Hill playing more of a "run away from a fight" guy, than a fighter. I figure Hill's character would be the one getting…

I really enjoyed The Apartment. I loved how it showed office life for Jack Lemmon's character, with the disheartening rows and rows of desks. It certainly reminded me of my work situation when I saw it ten years ago.
Plus, Ms. McLaine was very good-looking, on top of her playing her character quite well.

I enjoyed the first Moonface release. Spencer sang along with a "Carribean-like" percussion instrument. The single track lasted for 20 minutes. I recommend it; just note that it's very chill.

When I saw it at age 7 upon its initial release, I thought it was pretty good. However, I did find certain things scary. For example, I was "poisonphobic" and thought it was freaky when one of the "kids" took LSD in the park. Also, the ending freaked me out. I saw it again in fall 1991 in college, and I thought the…

1994: Mike Watt with Eddie Vedder: "The kids of today should defend themselves against the '70s / It's not reality
/ Just someone else's sentimentality…" Sing it, Eddie, SING IT!

@avclub-0f0d67e214f9fef69b278e3d08114da9:disqus  Eddie Vedder cameoed on that song with what band? I dug that song, and I'm sure you're referring to it. Would be easy to look up on the internet, but I hate that way out. I miss having to remember with my head.

He didn't mention "Little Darlings", he mentioned Truffaut. I got them mixed up…

"Little Darlings" with Kristy McNichol and Tatum O'Neil. I believe Keith mentions it above.

I was seven-years-old when this movie came out, and I remember watching Donna Summers perform "On the Radio" on Dinah Shore's morning talk show (9am on CBS after Captain Kangaroo?). That was a catchy song that even a 7-year-old could like and sing to himself after watching it just once. I also remember the TV spots…

Ben Stiller, Johnny Depp and Andy Richter will not be there to congratulate the acheivements of St. Rupert's network? Hard to believe, er, I mean, easy to believe…

My thought is that it's not so easy to leave a crime and an association with a gang behind. I can see future troubles with "the dealer" and his cohorts. But at the end of the movie, it appears the boy is moving in a better direction regardless. Especially key was how Samantha chose THE KID when…

This season, Louisville head coach Rick Pitino wore a suit coat very similar to Burgundy's in above clip. He's also had some other fine suits that would be big in 1970s San Diego newrooms. I have enjoy Pitino's suit tone choices very much, and I hope he has something special in store for the Final Four this weekend.

I know you're not necessarily saying otherwise, but I think red-heads are often cute. Add some freckles (or a lot of freckles), and I love it. That said, Brooks appears to be on the Dark Side within the context of above subject.

I know she's making news this week for her SXSW performances, but I personally found Fiona apple's local concert on the "extraordinary machine" tour to be poor. I find that on records, her voice is amazing. On stage though, she did yelling and screaming. She did a Tourette's thing. In this way she was similar to…

Wouldn't it be most appropriate to do this at cemetary where Twain is buried? And then he can go to Paris for 21st anniversary performance of Morrison. And then… he can sit next to the perma-drooling Joel Schumacher for his 17th anniversary performance of Batman.

An actor, Brad Davis, let 7-year-old me know that the Doobie Brothers broke up in 1978 in "Midnight Express". Thanks to Oliver Stone's screenplay for putting the seed in my head to learn about, and thus enjoy, the Doobie Brothers. Thank God, they weren't finished yet. RIP Michael Hossack.

Whitney meant it was slow song time at 8th grade dances. She was awesome. The other perpetual slow song was "Stairway to Heaven." I loved Whitney. RIP