A few years back, the AV Club investigated, asking monkey-owners "Why Did You Buy A Monkey?" http://www.avclub.com/artic…

"Well, there's nothing in the rulebook that says a dog can't be a WWII Navy vet, photographer, test subject and attack dog!"

"Also, I really wish that either 1) Zim got a new cartoon…"

Remember "You Were There" from the end of Ico? You ought to, you were there! https://youtu.be/0_nXMXOprAg

DON'T NEGATE THE PREMISE!

As I recall, that's even a character beat.
Harriet: Mother, am I pretty?
The Mother: [smiles, looks away, changes the subject]

I hate the one where Kid Rock tries paying homage to Lynyrd Skynyrd's Sweet Home Alabama by way of Warren Zevon's Werewolves of London (seen here at http://youtu.be/j941CWUC_gY ) I'm always disappointed when it isn't Werewolves of London. EDIT: But I guess Skynyrd and Zevon got writing credit, so that's closer to all…

Austin City Limits?! I'll set my channel to PBS!

You know how in every episode of Double Dare, Marc Summers would explain the rules to the obstacle course, and ask the contestants if they had any questions before they started, and the kids never had any questions?

His name is Buck, and he drives an ugly truck.

Their "Sometimes You Have To Work On Christmas" is one of my all time favorite holiday songs. For what that's worth.

THE AV CLUB

To the theme of "Those Were the Days", the title song from All in the Family:

Arcade Fire: The Musical. Act One begins with minimalist production (Our Town-like staging of two ladders represents two bedroom windows and a tunnel connecting them) where young lovers decide to wake up and leave their boring suburb for the sprawling city. By first intermission, they have collected a motley variety…

It was the worst thing ever. Here's a cut they did for the morning gossip shows: http://youtu.be/-93Ck62tsGQ

We're number eleven!

OJ Simpson as a passenger in a slow moving vehicle? History repeats itself!