After "Showgirls," I was firmly on the bash-Elizabeth Berkley bandwagon—and she deserved it, she was godawful in that film. (Though in retrospect, EVERYONE was bad in "Showgirls," except Gina Gershon, who wisely played her scenes as diamond-hard camp and thus escaped with some decent notices and shreds of dignity.) …

I freely admit that I loved "Friends"—the writing was good, but the casting was even better, and watching the actors do their thing was like watching a spectacular game of pool, where you can almost hear each satisfying "click" as they ricochet off of each other (or just gently nestle up for a cuddle).

Oh, yeah, that was an interesting one. Not entirely successful in the execution of a great premise, but thought-provoking. Unfortunately, I remember the ideas and themes more vividly than the actual movie. (Same with "World's Greatest Dad.")

OK, the personal story and then the career comments…

I knew a guy in college who was ROTC (and gay no less), who actually met Quayle. He said he may have been dumb, but that he was also "a f*cking Nazi" and not a nice person. Palin may be dumb as a box of hair, but I still have the feeling that if we were just kicking back and having margaritas and potato skins, she'd…

If Peter's 8 in 1988, we can assume she was born around 1960, so it makes perfect sense for the mid-70's-early 80's being her formative music years as a teen to a new mom. "Oohh Child" (1970) gets a pass because again it's so thematically appropriate for a mom to pass that on to her little boy as a child, but I stand…

"Love Will Keep Us Together" is thematically and time appropriate. Say what you will about the rest of their catalog, that's a terrific single. ("Get Over It" used it wonderfully during its opening.)

This is very true, but "Dogs" is over 20+ years old now (AACCKK!!!), so I think that track is ripe for rediscovery/recontextualization. (If Kubrick could destroy "Singin' In the Rain" for millions of people 20 years later…)

They have medication now, you realize.

I'm going to go out on a limb here: the two songs that for me didn't work well with the rest of the soundtrack were the last two, Marvin Gaye and Tammy Terrell's "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and the Jackson 5's "I Want You Back." Chronologically, these songs would've been released too early (late 60's) to have…

Friend of a friend worked with her on Broadway, and apparently she was hell on Earth for the first few days. One dancer turned the wrong way or bumped into her during rehearsal and said, "Oh, I'm so sorry, Ms. Bacall"—he was fired before the end of the day. So one of the other dancers and a friend went up to her…

Billy Mays the pitchman? God, I was depressed for days. (Seriously, I was; he was hot hot hot hooooottttttt.)

And a lyric from "Evita," and Madonna's "Vogue." All that film, stage and TV work, and at least three song mentions; not bad.

DON'T MENTION DORIS DAY!! DEATH IS LISTENING!!!!!

I drove up the California/Oregon coast one summer in the early 90's with "By Myself" on the stereo, as read aloud by Bacall herself. Bliss.

God, if I saw that footage on NBC one more time of Paris Jackson breaking up at the memorial, and Janet pulling her into her chest…

I should've also mentioned the coolest Bradford from "Eight is Enough," Joanie the actress. Warm, funny, luminous portrayal.

Need for what? Training to be the next Gandhi, so you don't strangle her in her sleep? ("Mama, she BROKE MY BRAIN!")

Yes, and I'd nominate Dee as the worst sibling ever on TV who didn't murder somone—she provoked such visceral loathing in me, it was kind of frightening. (Did she ever do ANYTHING that was ever kind, thoughtful, generous, etc? She seemed like a complete sociopath—and not in a funny way, like Wednesday Addams. Dee…

Ack, you're right, I am. I pureed both movies in my mind. Linney is terrific in both, as are Ruffalo and Hoffman though in completely different ways. (It's a testament to Linney's talent that you can completely buy her as the sibling to either of them.)