It's likely that Blockbuster's resistance to stocking DVDs in the late 1990s and in 2000 didn't just inconvenience you; it changed entertainment history. As I understand it, Blockbuster thought DVDs would be a niche item like laserdiscs, so it rejected the discs and the standard VHS pricing deal that rental places…

And here I thought Chanelle Peloso would be the first "Incredible Crew" star to make it big in live action. The "Solar System Wolf" sketch ALONE was…

"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want."

Anytime my best friend and I discuss anyone or anything being cool, one of us will always say either "What fun is it being cool if you can't wear a sombrero?" (http://www.gocomics.com/cal… ) or "I put on some Mickey Mouse pants! Just look at these big yellow buttons!" (http://www.gocomics.com/cal… )

I've probably posted this before, but it will never stop making me happy that my old high school has this entire storyline posted on a wall of the science lab.

You're welcome!, and (probably not). Heck, I mentioned Bob Newhart to a teenager the other day and got an "I don't know who that is" in reply, so I'm not terribly optimistic that younger kids know Dennis and Joey and Margaret and Gina and the rest.

Dairy Queen let that license go back in 2002. I'm not even sure whether Dennis is mentioned on the company timelines that appear on the walls of a lot of Dairy Queens (customers apparently need to know that the Peanut Buster Parfait was a "phenomenal success" when it debuted in the 1970s).

Joel: "And then we've got 'A Charlie Brown Christmas.'"
Crow: "Oh, boy, I love that one! Especially, you know, the part where they eat all those Dolly Madison cakes. You know, uh, Koo Koos, Zingers, Razzys…"
Joel: "Wait…wait a minute. Those were the commercials. Actually, without the Dolly Madison commercials, the…

I gotta recommend to you the acoustic version, which Lindsey Buckingham performed in part during his brief appearance on "Saturday Night Live" a couple of years back: https://youtu.be/gdd_fv0xrSo

It ran between "Friends" and "Seinfeld" for a while, replacing "The Single Guy." The line in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch was, "'The Single Guy' is dead. Long live 'Boston Common.'" The line as quoted by an NBC promo was, "The St. Louis Dispatch raves, 'Long live "Boston Common!"'"

"It's Like…You Know" boils down to one memory for me: Shrug (Evan Handler's character) decides to become a detective, not for murders and serious cases, but little nagging questions that people have. End of the episode is straight-up film noir parody, but with this dialogue:

In fact, Fonzie almost *never* gave two thumbs up, as best illustrated by season 7's "Here Comes the Bride Again," in which the announcement of a whole new wedding ceremony for Howard and Marion earns Richie the "very rare" double-thumbs up. And a hug.

And then C-3PO gets the first line of "Star Wars," which is one of those overly subtle mirror image things that Lucas loved doing in the prequels (the Gungans and the Naboo form a symbiont circle, and so do midichlorians and the Jedi! Anakin AND Dooku both talk about being more powerful than any Jedi!)

I'm also impressed by Jimmy Smits' quiet acting at the end of that scene: Head hanging down, looking depressed, fist softly hitting the balcony rail. I had to point that out to a "Star Wars"-superfan friend of mine back in 2002…though to be fair, this is a superfan who only in 2004 said out loud, "You know, C-3PO and…

I remember exactly two (2) things about that version of "The Fugitive":
1. In the year 2000, in a scene with Dr. Kimble calling the police from a freaking pay phone, the show had the audacity to serve up the old chestnut of "Keep him on the line while we trace the call! He's gone — did we get it? (sorrowful shake of…

THIS. The first sentence of Courage's iTunes bio says he's "famous for co-writing the theme for the original Star Trek TV series with the show's creator Gene Roddenberry," and that just makes me want to punch somebody.

Two of my great pop-culture hopes:
1. Getting the name "Bill Finger" added to "Batman created by Bob Kane"
2. Getting the name "Gene Roddenberry" off of "Theme from 'Star Trek' TV series written by Alexander Courage & Gene Roddenberry"

I always enjoyed James Earl Jones' 75-word intro to "3rd Rock from the Sun," which they dropped after just a few episodes:

You guys are Kellying me here! Kelly kelly kelly kelly kelly kelly kelly kelly kelly kelly kelly kelly k-e-l-l-y-ing me here!

I wasn't sure which saddened me the most: When a childhood friend posted on Facebook, "If Bill Cosby would declare bankruptcy, all this garbage would go away," or when my brother hit "like."