They wrote the scripts for all three films together, and they even took material Coppola had left from the novel when they worked on the second film.

They went $30m over budget for the first season despite scrapping a couple of episodes. Then they got a $9m budget per episode for season 2, with a ten episodes order, and Fuller and Green still asked for more. If true, it’s perfectly understandable that the production company would fire them.

When Henry Selick was working on Coraline, Gaiman turned out to be quite cooperative, and supported many changes and additions to his story. If Fuller and Green lost his support, it’s indeed a strong possibility that they went off the rails, either by introducing stuff that Gaiman was not comfortable with or by…

One of them actually tried to teach you how to be a gentleman.

And the artwork even shows the plug side!

It happens quite often that even if a show is renewed, they’ll wait for a few weeks or even months to make an announcement, so it also promotes an event, like a season finale.

PTA was there because the insurance had required a back-up director, in case something happened to Altman (who was in poor health, and he also had a heart transplant a decade before), and because Rudolph was already quite pregnant, but he served mostly as an assistant and a go-between with the cast and crew, because…

Meanwhile, in alternate universe’s What’s on Tonight, they may have mentioned that Star Trek: Discovery releases another episode tonight, and they would have heard about a new show called Counterpart.

A sphincter describes any circular muscle. For instance, the lips were (improperly) categorized as being a sphincter for a while, before their description evolved, but common phrasing hasn’t taken that into consideration.

CBS first tried to adapt the SNL short “Fats and Dyke” into a proper TV show, then they realized they couldn’t get the original police captain.

It makes much more sense in the original German.

You’d prefer Kate Micucci in the part?

The original Roman monarchy (starting with Romulus and Numa, before the Republic and the Empire) was supposed to consist of elected kings

In some drafts for Revenge of the Sith, Padmé was supposed to be the one who discovered the truth about Anakin turning to the Dark Side, and laid the groundwork for the future Rebellion by putting together a secret organization of trusted friends. She was also the one who had the possibility to kill Anakin with a…

There wasn’t also any mention of the new Starz show, Counterpart, which is getting strong reviews elsewhere. Even the tech sites are writing about it...

Tonight also marks the season premiere for both Drunk History and Another Period. Even if you don’t review them anymore, some of your remaining readers may have appreciated a mention of sorts.

I had a similar idea, but like with two eras, à la Once Upon a Time in America, one in which younger Indiana Jones fails to solve the mystery which would have been his first big quest, and one in which current Harrison Ford goes back to the same places and finally cracks the case, due to the wisdom he accumulated over…

Hey, these are the opening bars to “Higher and Higher” from Wet Hot American Summer. I had never noticed that.

Christopher Meloni himself voiced Goose the Toad, the one that’s nailed to the wall and vanishes after Happy frees him. Captain Pancake and Sock Puppet were also other actors.