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I'm assuming that "King Friday XII" is not a typo — that he's an elderly man screaming "You don't vote on kings" over and over from inside his cell in the dungeon after Friday XIII's sham election.

Bruce Wayne was a poor hunter, hungry without dough, until the day he saved a chunky elf from being eaten by a crow. The elf rewarded Bruce Wayne with a magic sack of corn; he gained strength and speed and shiny teeth, and as the Batman was reborn.

"Watt's up?" wasn't even the worst thing Billy Bush did at that Academy Awards red carpet show. Bush asked Keisha Castle-Hughes — the then-13-year-old New Zealander nominated for Whale Rider — whom she most wanted to meet during the Oscars, and she said Johnny Depp, who was nominated for the first Pirates of the

"The first major president to be elected after the War of 1812 was President Monroe Doctrine, who became famous by developing the policy for which he is named. This policy, which is still in effect today, states that:

"Good evening. Tonight is indeed a unique occasion in the history of television. We are very privileged and deeply honored to have with us in the studio, Karl Marx, founder of modern socialism, and author of the Communist Manifesto; Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known to the world as Lenin, leader of the Russian

And someone with the subtle allure of a woman in the full flower of early middle age.

Wholly unrelated, just because you made the common and understandable mistake of using the postal code for Alaska instead of Arkansas:

“Classic-rock FM stations: I am just so sick of this crap. Never mind that they’re strangling rock & roll in their steadfast refusal to play anything new by established artists. Never mind that they’re killing it by their steadfast refusal to introduce contemporary artists like James McMurtry or Jack Ingram to a

opposes the suggestion because a female McCormick robs us of the delightful nickname, “Skid” Mark McCormick

H-ill-ary has also become popular in my neck of the woods. Comedy!

Upvoted despite the failure to start the response with "It's that thing where a midget is dressed as a nerdy craftsman".

One of the best laughs I ever had: Back in college, some friends and I were MSTing Star Trek V on TV, and we got to the scene where Kirk, Spock and McCoy are being held in the room where the camera pans over to the wooden steering wheel from a tall ship and the "To Boldly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before" inscribed on

I'm going to give my own version as an Arkansan, where I'm surrounded by Trump fans, and this is among their key beliefs:

Thinking about the fundamentals of Pac-Man, it hit me: I consider the intermissions an important part of the games, but I don't think any Pac-Man game since 1983 (Jr. Pac-Man) has included them.

The Cartoon Planet bit with Zorak and Space Ghost that makes me smile to this day (after making me laugh so hard in the '90s that I wouldn’t shut up about it):

For the full 1980s experience, this play needs to be seen before the Cheers adaptation, but after…hmm. Let’s say it comes after a play called Trombone-Playing Grandpa Who Sounds Like Panthro From ‘Thundercats.’

“a nautical drama about an untested U.S. Navy officer given command of a destroyer in Word War II.”

I seem to have forgotten who goes where and does what, but I *know* Commander Keiran MacDuff is the executive officer.

I know that Mike Krahulik's anger has done him more harm than good, but I love the story where he and Ellison are guests of honor at some convention, and Ellison starts mocking him in front of the audience for not knowing that his paper is called foolscap, and "did you at least finish high school?"