Not as much mileage as Pamela Anderson got out of being hot in the stands of a hockey game.

I guess.  But it's pretty common to use the names of dances as verbs in certain context ("waltzed," "samba'd," "shimmied").

They also invented a rocket that went to the sun, but they were afraid it would burn up, so they launched it at night.

One of the saddest things I've ever heard is how "Augustus" is marginalized on the DVD commentary.  He barely gets a word in edgewise, and then at the very end, during the credits, right as it fades out, you can hear him say, "My name, it is wrongly written—"

Could someone clarify — what exactly is wrong with Carly Simon's use of "gavotte"?

I have to disagree.  The thing that makes Greg Daniels stand apart as a creator is that his shows are willing to sacrifice jokes in order to explore the characters and their quirks and how they interact with one another.  That's why the first seasons of both The Office and Parks were so lame, while Seasons 2 and 3 of…

I agree that realistically the VP wouldn't be likely to be in that position. But while it never specifies it in the film, most sources seem to credit the role as Vice President, including IMDb, the NYTimes, and TCM.

I once briefly crossed paths with him in an airport.  (He was on one of those mechanical cart transport thingies.)  I, too, did not have a quip ready.

My favorite cinematic VP is in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, where he functions as President of the Senate — one of the few unique functions of the VP.

I had to read this three times to ensure that it doesn't contain the name "Gavin Hood" (director of Wolverine).

I can't tell whether the characters or cast have more bizarre names.

What on earth are you talking about?  Gaslighting isn't a "real and pervasive problem"; it's a rhetorical tactic used by people of all genders to push their version of reality as the correct one.  And the use of the term on feminist blogs — when women's reactions to patriarchy are dismissed as all in their heads —…

Huh?  This is completely false.  Even the Wikipedia article on Holmes says, "Nor does Watson condemn Holmes's willingness to bend the truth or break the law on behalf of a client (e.g., lying to the police, concealing evidence or breaking into houses) when he feels it morally justifiable."

His pets are the Baker Street Irregulars?

But in this case, there was no reason for the woman to try to fake her microexpressions.  If she were under duress she wouldn't deploy top-flight acting skills to make it seem like she wasn't.  She'd just do the ordinary conscious suppression of stress.

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It is in fact *exactly* like classic Monk, specifically the class reunion episode from the fifth season, where a murderous husband finds his wife's old suicide note and brings about a convoluted series of events to have it make sense in the present.  (It was far more implausible on Monk, since a written note would…

I have a sentimental attachment to the "Class Reunion" episode because I saw it being filmed, but yeah, the mystery plot was by far its weakest part (as was so often the case in Monk's later seasons).

So, it was in fact the EXACT same plan utilized by a murderous husband on an episode of Monk that was filmed on the USC campus back when I was in grad school there.

He also co-wrote Fantastic Voyage (later novelized by Isaac Asimov).