I recently checked out this photo archive of first-class meals from the 50's-90's. Pan Am First Class, holy crap. http://www.airlinemeals.net/browseOldies.p…

I was going to say. A feel-good doc about back-up singers defeated powerful films about the Egyptian Revolution and Indonesian terrorism. It was a great night for 'Murican escapism.

"This book kills snark dead."

From Anthony Bourdain's foreword to Hagerty's book.

I'm curious how many evangelical Christians they surveyed. Growing up, I've known quite a few who wished that anti-gay homicide could be legal. You can't reason with folks who actually believe that demons possess people they loathe.

Borscht? Your Western bourgeois decadence has no place here!

I collect old cookbooks and cocktail recipe books, and I've tested some dishes from famed tiki restaurants of the 50's and 60's - I'm amazed by the amount of cream cheese, ketchup, and MSG that are called for. A good one is a pork rib recipe from Sacramento's late, great Coral Reef restaurant that had me boil the ribs…

"'Natural beauty' takes two hours in front of a mirror." (Pamela Anderson)

At first, I suspected the script will be loaded with scenes of middle-schoolers cursing each other out in Nintendo vs. Sega debates, but Harris' book actually centers on Sega's Tom Kalinske. He does have a fascinating story about seeing Sega grow into an empire and soon collapse from the weight of so many Genesis…

"I don't know who you are, but I'll TOTALLY come over."

I still won't forgive Ben Stiller for unleashing this godless tune upon coffee shops, stationary shops, bookstores, adult contemporary stations, Pottery Barns, Ross/TJ Maxx/Marshall's/Fashion Bug outlets, and about half a dozen of my female high school teachers' classroom radios.

Well, that's cute. Meanwhile there is a shitshow of political unrest in Caracas.

Or the Hanging Munchkin in the Wizard of Oz.

I'm more disturbed there are people out there who have the excess free time to analyze each and every frame of a 23-year-old children's movie.

And California comes in a disappointing 32nd place. Wait, I thought that all Californians have the power to shag in five different positions before climax. Is porn lying to me?

It's all good...as long as I don't see any Furry costume whatsoever. GAH!

No surprises about the blend of Pixar and R-rated movies. Pixar director Pete Docter is famously obsessed with "The Shining" (check out his blog), and he threw in a few references in Pixar movies.

During the Nixon Administration, Brown happened to be the first African-American invited to stay a night at the White House. Even the big liberal Democrats Kennedy, Johnson, Truman, and FDR were too timid to invite blacks.

"Ain't gonna sweat for you/ Ain't gonna cry for you/ If you're lazy."

It was actually a prestigious honor in Hollywood celebrity circles to be invited to a Playboy Mansion party back in the 90's. I read in Rolling Stone that the mansion staff seriously vetted every A- and B-list celebrity on their coolness before sending out invitations.

A few notable Reaganites: Mick Jagger, Iggy Pop, Johny Ramone, David Lynch, John Hughes, Neil Young, and James Brown.