Grew up with this guy on California PBS.  A state treasure, and one who you could tell was flattered that people would even parody his on-camera (and off) demeanor.

That's impossible on here, @Scrawler2:disqus

Any 19-year-old who has a deep understanding of Baudrillard have us at a total disadvantage.  If you gotta creep, you gotta creep those not unaccustomed to the ways of semiotics.

Indeed, I'm just amused by her teenage awkwardness and Franco's creep factor.

The more Franco does, the more I believe he was the inspiration for Dennis Reynolds.

Give her a break, we can all remember what it's like to be 19.

@avclub-df80f70f60b1c678f8c91696f4a54f5f:disqus hah, I was actually pretty happy when Coach Taylor gave that little monologue — I was sitting there thinking, "At least someone's saying it, even if it is an incompetent bureaucrat."

I contextualize a bit further in my response above to E.Buzz, so that might make it clearer — appreciate any insight or critique!

The torture was one of my lesser issues with it, actually (if anything, they hardly address it at all….sure they first hour is almost all torture, but we're never really given a run-down of its efficacy).

And Deadwood (which, may even take it a bit further, too).

Huh, didn't know that about Stanton.  Thanks for the heads-up.

Any bio teacher that ignores the intrinsic scientific quality of Birdemic II ain't worth their salt.

Not the first post∴loses its novelty humor.

History on film relies on a portrayal in which the audience's hindsight does not exist; it must be dealt with in the present, showing the shadows of history as real men and women, who dealt with the petty, mundane minutiae of everyday life and yet through that muck helped forge the path we're on now, even if in a…

This sounds like a solid double feature with (forgive the use of the epithet, but it is the title) Jack Arnold's Boss Nigger , a tried-and-true blaxploitation spaghetti western (that hasn't been discussed at all in the wake of Django), in which Tarantino hero Fred Williamson basically pulls a Man With No Name and…

"This is the scraper. This is the poker. And this happy little fellow… is the gouger."

"And a-no o' dat-a boogie a-woogie!"

Here's hope for some sort of Nerd Curious on the point-and-click adventures from LucasArts.  Could go for a good review of Sam & Max/Day of the Tentacle/Fate of Atlantis bout.

My dear Mister Oates, I refer you to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wik…

Oligopoly?  Scrabbopoly?  Gallipolopoly?  Edna Krabappoly?