If anyone's still reading this far down and hasn't seen "Telethon", "Lawsuit" (the origin of the '[blank] Attorney at Law' joke that led to Harvey Birdman's show,) or the "lost episode" where Birdman himself was the show's original host, get on that shit toot sweet.

Christ on a hilltop, this was an amazing year for 80s action flicks. "Commando" alone is a cornerstone of the genre, and "To Live And Die In L.A." would still be a great movie if it featured no action at all.

I'm torn between making a "Sarah Paulson was a spy" comment vs tsking a left turn and saying something about Dashiell Hammett.

SNL did a sketch like this in the late 80s with John Larroquette (sp?) as Bob Villa remodeling a possessed home. Projects included spirit voices and bleeding walls:
http://snltranscripts.jt.or…

"Clerks" holds up as a 90s slice-of-life time capsule. As a 19-year-old when it was released, I can attest to its authenticity when it comes to bored young white guys who are either unaware of their inherent cultural advantages and responsibilities, or just too unmotivated to address them.

For a solid seven or eight years (until Katamari came out) there was no game more purely fun to play.

It can be a little bit of both. Maybe not hilarious, but certainly ridiculous. And the whole movie is surprisingly funny from time to time, scoring some great satirical laughs by contrasting the intense fights and chases with very human (and very silly) moments like the National Guard guys lining up for a group photo…

I liked Sakura and Akuma (despite his handicap, he was a great character for constant small-to-medium attacks) and Dan was like a gift to your opponent. We'd take turns seeing who could make the biggest blocks

Let's not forget that 1996 saw the debut of my favorite Capcom game of all time, also my favorite mashup game of all time, and my favorite non-Tetris puzzle game of all time:

Came here for a cookbook reference. Leaving very disappointed.

My favorite Indiana Jones moment, one that sums up both the character and the filmmakers' love for him:

I'd sell my soul for a Formula 1 racer…

It's still out there, and it still has some cachet. But its overall popularity has deflated like a popped balloon after those first few years of ubiquity. It's like the comedy equivalent of Avatar.

There are some funny jokes here and there (particularly Isla Fisher going bonkers whenever she could), but I found "Wedding Crashers" mean-spirited and elitist. The middle act is a slobs-vs-snobs setup, but the "slobs" are already upper-middle class white guys who spent the first half of the movie stealing booze and…

Talladega Nights, like Hot Rod a few years later, is not really a good movie in that ot doesn't have consistent character development or a plot that makes much sense or anything resembling narrative drive. But, like Hot Rod a few years later, it is nevertheless funny as fuck.

Can I just say how happy I am that this site (and society at large) continues to pretend that Napoleon Dynamite never happened?

Also the first movie gave us the one good use of "Jingle Bell Rock."

That is fucking brilliant.

Playing genuinely dim is indeed a challenge. Usually it's some comedian who thinks that a dumb accent or mispronouncing words is all it takes (see: far too many SNL alumni.)

Did they make some "state of the union" news post with the various drops/changes? Or is it just something they're downplaying and leaving as self-evident?