Black Sabbath: greatest Christian rock band of all time.

They'd appear once a season on America's Got Talent, banter charmingly with Howie, and then unleash 90 seconds of performance monstrosity. Audiences would cheer "put them through!," but they'd always get cut.

Hammerstein I was a renowned theatrical producer, who has been completely overshadowed by the monumental achievements of his son Oscar Hammerstein II. It only goes to show that for every Frank Sinatra Jr., there's a Miley Cyrus capable of eclipsing the famous parent and essentially turning them into a footnote.

Rhythm is important to these things. I've talked on here about the difference in rhythm between a modern multicam and a modern single-cam sitcom, with single-cam being faster and more fluid, aiming for a constant state of amusement, rather than the stagelike setup, laugh, reload time, setup structure of a multicam.

I've told this story before, but when I did "It's a Wonderful Life: The Musical," the guy playing George Bailey was a cancer survivor who had nearly died. The show is beyond awful, and he was heard to say "I've had cancer, and I've done Wonderful Life. Cancer was worse, because there are no drugs to cure It's a…

It sounded like they called the coach "Coach Clayton" instead of "Coach Kleatz," so apparently there IS a line they think is too tropey.

It seemed to be an intentional shoutout to the famous "ominous sex scene" in It Follows, which this show's creator has called an inspiration for Riverdale.

They've done something interesting in the comic reboot, where he's basically Reverse Archie. He's a pompous, sleazy dudebro with a tiny heart of gold he'll do anything to deny exists, starving for attention at all times, while actually being very fond in his own way of the teens he bullies. Basically, they took Noah…

In the comic reboot there's some implication but nothing quite as explicit as the show has been. Their version of Cheryl Blossom is more clearly inspired by Sarah Michelle Gellar in "Cruel Intentions," and some of that characterization has rubbed off, with more of a "Heathers" edge, on the TV one.

I'm curious about exactly when and why Strong Bad transitioned from being a Tony Montana impression to being an Al Pacino impression.

You heard it here first, folks: Slenderman killed and ate his own family.

When I was in college, some national Objectivist organization tried to recruit me. Apparently they have a training camp and a new world order and everything.
Creeped me the hell out.

The British original had a CRAZY ending.

The Native American rape demon that uses victims of sexual trauma as his host, jumping from lifetime to lifetime to gather the existential suffering on which he feeds?

The answer to "who could do it" and "who WOULD do it" is the same. Mark Gatiss.

Ariel Winter.

I immediately assumed it would feature Daveed Diggs, who seems to be their chief "get" right now.

I knew a guy, he was a "government genius" working in a classified laboratory, but he blew off steam at night playing a "professional extra" in the local theatres. A big, weathered-looking guy, he was a regular to play security guards or hired muscle, and was always Longinus (Centurion with the spear who gives the…

This song is from "Gigi," a semi-beloved movie musical about a prostitute in prostitute school. It's sung by somewhat creepy older man Maurice Chevalier, and was one of his signature songs. Two years ago, the musical was revised and revived on Broadway starring Vanessa Hudgens as Gigi. Though the script was revised so…

I do remember reading "The King in Yellow" or "Glass Book of the Dream Eaters" and thinking they needed more Spider-Man.