I got through the first season, barely. There wasn’t a single character to root for. They didn’t even hide that the characters are pitching trading ideas to clients that serve no obvious need other than generating commissions. There wasn’t enough plot in the “industry” portion of the show which made the personal lives…

B.G. can’t casually hang out with people who have a felony, but the President can order assassinations and coups against US citizens as “official acts” and enjoy complete immunity. #America2024

America has lost its collective fucking mind.

I don’t think I saw it mentioned, but he showed he still had it not that long ago on Veep.

Yes, loved Serial! He’s not the star, but since it’s a movie that I really love that I don’t think is very well known these days, he also had a fun part in Take This Job and Shove It.

Also of note is Mull’s character on Roseanne being out and having a same sex wedding on a prime time show in 1995. And, of course, being the principal on Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Mull was such a part of so many of the shows I watched over the years, and he was always delightful. RIP.

RIP, Britta’s Dad.

There are a few period-appropriate comments that stick out (possibly on purpose, like when the Schooner Tuna guy calls Garr a “little lady” while in the process of complimenting her) but in general the movie was smart enough to make the men the butts of the jokes. The neighborhood women have their systems absolutely…

That movie holds up better than you would expect: after the first few days Keaton’s character gets the hang of everything and becomes a competent SAHD, and at the end Garr’s character plans to keep working (and gets some negotiating help from the female repairperson). Plus it’s just so damn funny. Mull played a…

We still use “north to drop off, asshole!” and “you’re doing it wrong!” regularly around our house. That movie is flat hysterical front to back. Plus...mmmm, Teri Garr

Mr Mom is my earliest memory of seeing a movie in a theater. Still one of my favs to this day. He plays the sleazy boss to perfection. 

I can’t find a good-sounding clip of his ‘Humming Song’, where he sings a tender love ballad and hums over all the parts that are a little too risque for the audience.

You can find quite a few episodes of Fernwood 2 Night/America 2 Night on YouTube. I watched all of them again recently. It’s as brilliant as I remember from 77-78. It’s a sad day.

Fighting a life- threatening disease and doing a show called Not Dead Yet. That is fucking chutzpah, man.

Loved Serial. First thing I thought of.

He was great and was given too few opportunities to lead a project. I’m going to rewatch Serial.

Maggie Mull was a writer on Not Dead Yet, which explains that.  (He was the first obituary ghost; his on-screen widow remained a supporting character.)

Me love that they turned Clue into stage production. It was friend’s daughter’s school play few years ago, and me was tempted to drive four states away just to see it!

Barth was a role model for several generations. Shame they never could get a big set of Fernwood/America together or the reunion they were going to do once before the rights confusion led nowhere. But I’m grateful for those Nick at Nite reruns in the 90s for giving me an adolescent appreciation of leisure suits. Check…