I will double down on the kudos for Heidi Gardner. That sketch started funny, and then they held the premise too long, and then they held it SO long that it became funny again.

The Trump Boys are the greatest thing I’ve seen on this show since the Sinatra Group. (I’m not considering the Lonely Island stuff, as they…

I think you’re thinking of millenials. Us Gen Xers gave you Ben Stiller, Edgar Wright, and Will Ferrell, thank you very effing much.....

Thank you for pulling and posting that. I had forgotten the specific line, which made me laugh for hours when I saw that show for the first time. Larry’s really great at stand-up when he gives a shit....

THE CHOSEN ONE

You had me at “a sequel of sorts to The Last Detail”.

I blame the Illuminati.

Then he went to Papa John’s for some racist pizza.

She mostly ignores my music selections, and tries to get me to play Katy Perry songs for her. A work in progress....

The book was published after his death, but was conceived before he died, and he told Crystal, more or less, “just tell the fucking truth”. And she did — it pulls zero punches about his issues. All of them. And there were many. The only thing it doesn’t do is name the woman he had an affair with in the 80s (Crystal’s…

I could talk about Warren and/or Folds for hours, given the opportunity. If you haven’t already, I’d recommend reading both the Zevon bio (I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead) that his wife Crystal wrote, and the liner notes to the “I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead” anthology from 1996. The latter has a lot of fun little factoids from…

That’s the section of Echo Park that’s closest to Dodger Stadium. The whole neighborhood has been kind of sketchy since the 70s. I commuted from Glendale to downtown via Alvarado every day for several years and drove through Echo Park all the time. It’s a beautiful little part of LA, but has been neglected and gotten…

I played “Carmelita” for my 5-year-old daughter yesterday, because (a) it’s never too early to hear about a depressed junkie being morose in a hotel room (with Glenn Frey harmonies), and (b) it’s very important for her to learn that Pioneer Chicken is NOT on Alvarado St. — it was at the corner of Echo Park Ave. and…

Oh lord yes on Ben Folds. I loves me the SC&C. Although I still think that — very stealthily — the overall best song he did (taking into account musical quality, sense of humor, broad applicability, etc.) is hidden on the Sunny 16 ep: “There’s Always Someone Cooler Than You”.

I think technically the most expensive thing on Steam is the option to buy everything on your wishlist at once. Which is.... as big a number as you want to make it.

The big winner here is Roma, I think, as they appeared to be (on paper) the one of the three most likely to be on the outside looking in. Now, their destiny is in their own hands. Might take away some of the sting of those early league losses to Inter and Napoli....

Fool me once, shame on you.

Or, more accurately, a “fuck not you”.

Constantly banging the Weinstein victim you cast in Planet Terror will do that to a marriage.

In his mild defense... I think the affair started after the casting, not before.

Latin, actually - “fascis”. For “bundle”. Also gave us “fascia”, as in the sheathes that hold your tendons in place (among other things).