Now that is something I’d actually go to theaters to see.

Tom Hanks is wondering what he has to do to get Chet to stop talking to him.

Hot take: D’Arcy Carden is never anything less than a delight, both on screen and in the interviews I’ve read/watched from her. I’m only one episode into League, but so far Greta is the kind of big, complex, front-and-center role that ought to make her the huge star she deserves to be, if there’s any justice in the…

Ironically, “Janet(s)“ provided the best example of her range to date - it’s basically a one-episode resume.

My favorite Lamont Dozier story: After the the Four Tops had a hit with “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)” Berry Gordy wanted another Four Tops song released within a day. Dozier took the chords from “I Can’t Help Myself,” reversed them and called it “It’s The Same Old Song.”

I’m pretty sure Max Headroom is streaming somewhere - Tubi or one of thos. Been decades since I saw it (not the video show - the dystopian s-f one) but I remember it - the pilot especially - as being a lot of fun. Blasted-out urban settings, bootleg organ dealers and some funny stuff as well.

Bubba Ho-Tep is the definitive Elvis movie anyway.

Obligatory:

“Art is fire plus algebra.” That’s a quote credited to Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges. Basically the idea is that in really great art—and, by extension, storytelling—there is an almost mathematical precision to decision-making. Yes, much of artistic expression is about feeling and emotion. But plugging that into a …

Once they actually started putting real storage into iPhones, I stopped using my iPod classic. I still strongly resent Apple’s (and others’) efforts to shove everyone into streaming.

OK, wow, that was well worth 37 seconds of my time. Dana Snyder remains king of the entertainingly-annoying characters.

The world needs to see this.

Aren’t you supposed to like a person before they get milkshake-ducked?

UGH. This sucks. What an amazing drummer that so was much fun to watch. Just tons of energy that drew you into every performance

Sadly (thankfully?) not! (Special Ops—available on Hulu in the U.S.—has some amount big-budget action).

I love when people casually drop stuff like “It’s just a touching of all the seven resonators” and you’re given this glimpse of things you never knew existed.

Missi Pyle should be in everything

Michael, not a bad first stab at reviewing SNL. Clearly you had shoes to fill, neither big or small, just left in the hall with laces untied

The zeigeist is a cruel mistress. This is just like the Wild Flag/Wild Nothing/Cloud Nothings conjunction of a few years back, or the great Wax Fang/Red Fang/Fang Island kerfuffle of the early-aughts, around the same time I was pushing to call the band I was in Golden Fang. It’s in the air, it’s in the water . . .…

True to their less expansive vision for rock ’n’ roll, Oasis poses a far simpler question: Do you prefer Definitely Maybe or (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?