Gord Downie may have been a Canadian poet laureate, but Stompin Tom Connors was the TRUE poet laureate of Canada.

Couldn't be any worse than a drunk Jessica Savitch.

And somewhere in a castle on the Disney campus, there's an ABC television executive who's wondering what it would take to port this new Disney XD show to ABC's primetime lineup. "The minute that Jenna Elfman sitcom gets cancelled," he writes, "I can move this show right into the slot and … I smell RATINGS!!"

Jesus is just v-right with me…
Jesus is just v-right, oh yeah…
Doo-do-do-dooh dooh doo doo dooohh…

Surprisingly, they cut Robert Plant's cameo appearance when the film changed its name from Trouser Snakes on a Plane.

So what's all this about Roger Addell singing at the Super Bowl this year?

For me, the "80's sitcom" opening and intro to Mr Robot this week reminded me more of Philip K Dick's book UBIK, with people experiencing half-lives while in a semiconscious state. Good book. Must read it again.

And yet, Sleepy Hollow still lives…

So wait, Slim Shady has a candy named after him?

Ring announcer Melissa Santos is fun to watch. Her entire body movement when introducing each wrestler - left arm raised in the air, hair shaking back and forth, slight body twist with each word… sorry, gotta go… I'll finish this up with you in about 20 minutes.

And they couldn't get the Doobie Brothers' "Black Water" instead?

Would have loved to see a short piece on the sidekick for the Justice League, Snapper Carr, whose raison d'etre in life seemed to have been annoying the Justice League members with his finger-snapping abilities.

I'd be more impressed if they replaced the soundtrack with Meco's Greatest Hits.

I'd rather see a Father of the Pride reboot.

But the real questino is … how do Luxo Jr. and Tin Toy and that snowman in the snow globe fit into the Pixar Universe?

Lancelot Link and the Evolution Revolution would like to have a word with this band.

Memo to HBO - next time, don't funnel your Internet bandwidth through Jem's computer Synergy - it still hasn't recovered from the time someone added Windows VIsta to it.

Presidential sitcoms have died painful and miserable deaths. Case in point? George C. Scott's godawful "Mr. President" on Fox, the Patty Duke groaner "Hail to the Chief" on ABC, "Capitol Critters" on ABC, and "The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer" on UPN. Oh the pain…

So who's going to be his Eskimo Brother in this new show?

This will teach you to relegate io9 to a sub-subsection of the company's web frame…