I read that last line too fast as “Michael Cera” and was sincerely flummoxed trying to figure out what that meant. But now I want to live in that world where Cera is oddly protective of Pete Davidson. 

Change it to Lazy A, reflecting how much work and thought they put into first picking the original name, and also in changing the name

Now that my two year old watches I’ve been obsessed with some of the new muppets. My theory is Elmo’s dad was totally a deadbeat dad until Elmo became famous and now is glomming onto him. He’s such a weird burnout choice on Sesame Street’s part, kinda Lebowski crossed with a Neil Young roadie who got fired in 87.

Or sing, really. But his genius partly lies in writing to his limited strengths as a performer, while having no problem giving his costars/collaborators the best material to show off their strengths. He very smartly surrounds himself with immense talents and knows how best to use them.

Yeah, to jump in on this pettiness, I was thinking the same about Seth Meyers this week. It was like “woah this is wearing on him, he looks worse than before he took a week off.” Then he said he was now using an HD camera that NBC sent so he knows he looks terrible. Probably the same with Fallon.

I was in middle school during the first Gulf War when that shitty song was first popular. God it is terrible, like, really terrible. Setting aside the jingoism (which is a lot to set aside) it’s an offensive song just on the musical attributes alone. It’s just an awful, pandering, boring, banal piece of writing.…

“Listen, there wasn’t shit in my pants and if there was, it was because Obama shit in my pants. You know it. A lot of people are saying it, believe me. So unfair!”

Much like AD’s later seasons, it also seemed to spring more from “well, I guess people really want this” rather than an actual idea or reason to continue, like with Fury Road. 

Brad Bird animated Remy doing that Black Angus bit to convince the studio muckety mucks. He told them to ignore the swears and listen to the voice. I would kill to see that released somewhere. Come on, Disney+!

He must have written that before Jon Favreau’s realistic depiction of both Scarlett Johansson and Sophia Vegara wanting to bang him

Oh, you’ll get a fucking steak!!

Braggart 

That’s a great short story. Had me in its grips right up to the twist ending. “Born in February?” Didn’t  see that coming

Hell, didn’t Billy do that Sammy Davis blackface shit the last time he hosted the Oscars? Like in 2012?

Between the recycled 3-d glasses, the confined space, and the water spray/mist, it’ll probably be down for a while even after the parks reopen. But I do like that one, too.

It’s even more unfortunate because his issues were well known for a few years when he was cast. In a kids film, no less. Ew. Spacey and Lassiter at least weren’t yet publicly known creeps at the time. Still unfortunate all around. 

Lassiter’s “aw shucks I’m just a big harmless nerd in silly Hawaiian shirts” persona always grated anyway, and is even creepier knowing what we know now.

To be fair, it did end up being about a giant dick who did a major dick move.  Allegedly. 

Yeah that stood out to me, too. Sure, Louis CK is persona non grata now and a giant fuck up, but in a piece talking in part about FX’s strong reputation for quality, leaving off Louie is a pretty big omission. Arguably that and The Shield put FX on the map in terms of critical acclaim. Plus the line seems pretty direct…

Not to mention how much of the success of those songs were the personalities and charm of the Beatles themselves coming through. None of the cover versions surpass the originals - the only ones that come close are by other singular talents like Stevie Wonder or David Bowie. And the guy in the movie brought nothing…