I just don't want to drop an extra $8 for it.

"Manufactured urea (not harvested from actual urine) is used as...a flavor enhancer in cigarettes..."

Mmm...heavenly shortbread...

Yeah but in fairness that spoiler's almost 50 years old.

This doesn't surprise. The difference apparently is that women don't get caught as much as men. Which just goes to show what I've always suspected, they are smarter than us.

Yes, the original 13-part serial was aired in 1981, a joint effort between Lucasfilm and KUSC (radio station from Lucas's alma mater). I remember listening to it live, and my dad recorded the episodes on audio cassette (which is what we used before we had CDs, I'm guessing you're a bit younger than I ;-). I listened…

One of my favorite exchanges from the Star Wars radio play (NPR):

Better lay down your deposit now, that place ain't cheap!

Probably better than the DCNew they'll be giving us in September. More whimsical, at any rate.

re: Clark Kent's unreliability: That's as may be, but the man still turns in great stories. Not to mention he was the first person to snag an interview with the Man of Steel (that's how he got his job at the Daily Planet). His hardhitting investigative journalism broke open the Intergang story, and as foreign…

+1

That would be BRILLIANT. GOD I hope you're right...

Why?

The music is from Muppet Christmas Carol. "Marley & Marley." Took me a few minutes to think of where I'd heard that hook before.

Great stuff, thanks Esther!

By which you mean "All Star Superman"? That was a very solid story, I won't dispute that; but since then he's slowly gone insane. Batman: RIP and Final Crisis were nonsensical on a variety of levels; and his FC Superman tie-in was even less coherent.

Funny.

No, I pretty much didn't. Sorry. ;-)

Superman doesn't smoke! That guy was clearly an impostor!

Kind of looks like the post-marathon shuffle, to me.