The voiceover is the only reason we know that they aren't awful human beings.

While we're nitpicking: Any particular reason to cite Walter Keane and not Margaret Keane?  Also, I think that show was called The Good Life when the BBC aired it; The Good Neighbors was its US title when shown on PBS.

Black Mirror ftw

Yeah, it was hilarious for exactly the reasons you describe.  But it also meant that two of the greatest working actors today, Terrence Howard and Alfred Molina, were onscreen every week.

Between Bush and Obama, we've had a pretty strong run of faithful men (whatever their other flaws) in the White House.

As do Hungarians: http://en.wikipedia.org/wik…ód_Antal

They didn't even have enough money in their costuming budget to cover all of Xena's flesh.

"an adaptation that tries to do such a thing is rather missing the point."

The Gospel of Timothy is not exactly apochryphal; we know exactly when it was written and by whom: http://www.amazon.com/The-G…

True story: "Nimrod" is described as a "mighty hunter before the Lord," hence Bugs Bunny using it to taunt Elmer Fudd, hence its current equivalence with "a silly or stupid person."

Well, he doesn't exactly have any eyes to bat.

And this is how Jackass dooms men to hell.

"You have failed me for the last time, John the Baptist."

Laura Prepon is a redhead AND I WILL NOT HEAR OTHERWISE

I will always remember fondly his role in Amy Poehler's 8 Mile rap:

Oops, left out a word.  I meant the first movie, when they went to the Caribbean.

Black Mirror ftw

A famously unreleased George Harrison track.

Funner fact: The first WoWP movie was actually really, really good.

Alternatively, it's a running joke.