Ahh—great example. Now I know (themoaryouknow.gif).

Tangential question: What is a “zaddie”, as in the term shorn hipster zaddies?

The time: Before the internet. The protagonists: Me (not very worldly), my new girlfriend, both in our early 20s.

Here’s a video for when you come back. It’s definitely not driving music, but it’s neat.

No argument here. (There are some Chuck E. Cheeses in my county.)

Well, my first opinion about pizza from “away” was formed several decades ago. Things have gotten better in all of American foods, bit by bit.

I believe you; I wish in my original post that I made a disclaimer. My opinion on this was first when I left the suburban Northeast (mumble mumble) decades ago, and things have changed for the better.

A-B “wanted consumers to conflate corn syrup with high fructose corn syrup”

Guilford and Branford.

(Genuine question, no snark:) I grew up two towns from New Haven CT and when I was a kid I thought that every village had at least one passable pizza parlor.

I shudder to think of how this joke became a saving grace.

Way tangential here, but would anyone else be interested in a (good) biopic of William C. Durant?

Hey, speaking of Ordinary Americans with no connections, have they asked Terry Rakolta what she thinks?

I’m likely to be Steven, sitting behind the couch.

Every time I think Bobby Moynihan goes too far in his imitation, Kilmeade raises (lowers?) the bar.

Funnybones!

Top image: The thought of a nod to Steven Universe on Full Frontal is making me feel all kinds of good. I gotta show this MeToon to my wife. (PS I’m the bigger SU fan; but I’m winning her over.

Teddy Roosevelt, you’ve got company.

I know my take isn’t original, but the idea that our Sam Bees (and Jon Stewarts and Stephen Colberts and others) are able to make this stuff pithy and memorable, and leave viewers as a more informed populace, should be a disgrace to the organizations who purport to do TV news.

Pardon impossible. Prisoner to be sent to Meadowlands.