Do they subject you to gems like "i Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" or "Dominic the Christmas Donkey"?

And the mannequins scene from Home Alone.

The First Noel is fairly well known, although I hear it more in churches than on radio airplay. The rest, not so much.

Don't bring "The Nanny" into this!

Ditto.. And "Thelma and Louise."

A little bit, but between Egypt (that is, the ancient kingdoms on the banks of the Nile) and Israel/Canaan/Palestine was the Sinai Peninsula, which was never very hospitable in recorded history. I doubt any significant populations lived there.

Best songs per era:

True. As far as stunt casting goes, the two leads weren't good choices (in terms bringing in an audience by way of name recognition). Williams was good enough (and I say this as someone who is wholly unfamiliar with anything else she's done), but Walken was horribly dull, and it would have been better if they found…

But shows that run that long change casting quite often, and they also have at least two people available for every part, so I don't know how much of an issue that would be. (I.e. if the kid's voice starts to break, they would recast.)

Walken was their go-to to get viewers? Is he that interesting? Off the top of my head, I can't name anything that he did since "Hairspray", and he wasn't exactly stellar in that one.

No, those are what we call "Tomanians."

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Or a Gladiator crossover… or a Walk the Line crossover… or a Her crossover… think of the possibilities!

Supposedly he only got the role after some other people like Gene Hackman turned it down… but he definitely did a good job.

I haven't even watched the whole thing. Can't remember whether I quit at the hooker scene or the helicopter sniper, but either way, the first half is the more interesting part.

You thought Downey was making a sequel to The Beaver?

Unless he edited his post afterwards, he does mention that one. ("The Kid's Therapist is a Ghost")

No, it shows a breakup was the impetus behind his first pre-Facebook project. The impetus for Facebook (per the movie) was just to make money.

Tangent: Ally Sheedy looked better before the transition. She had a more unique sense of style. After, she looked like a little girl playing dress-up.

The Rescuers Down Under wasn't bad, either - or at least I liked it when I was younger. Probably time to revisit it and see if it holds up.