The Rusty show was animated. It's stated pretty definitively in "O.R.B." where the secret code Billy is looking for is drawn into a muzzle flash in an episode of Rusty's show.

just wanted you to know that someone got your Grimes reference.

But of course, it's not his normal accent, it's the southern English accent he used on Doctor Who. Tennant's actual accent is Scottish.

"And the populace hated The Simpsons back in the 90s."

I'm really liking TYLS so far. The guitars at the end of "One Thing" are sublime, I wish they went on about five minutes longer.

Teen Dream is their best alum, IMO. Bloom and Depression Cherry are solid continuations. I need a couple more listens to process the new one.

I loved "Alive from Off Center," especially when Laurie Anderson was the host. My PBS station (WGBH) showed it late Friday nights after Monty Python, and ran a Doctor Who episode every weeknight at 7. We also got New Hampshire PBS (WENH) which ran the movie-style blocks of Doctor Who on Saturday afternoons.

The Timely-era Human Torch was an android, not a human. IMMERSION IN PEDANTRY!

Yes indeed.

I worked in a Boston record store when this soundtrack came out, and Low Barlow was a semi-regular customer. He was pretty friendly, if a bit reserved. One day I was manning the phones at the top of the escalator on the second floor (where the pop/rock CDs were). We had a bank of monitors there playing current videos…

Ne neither. That said, Omar singing "I Am the Fly" would be somehow appropriate.

I think The Wire is possibly the best TV show ever. But Wire (the band) will always be #1 in my heart. I'm even wearing their 2013 tour shirt right now, coincidentally.

I just replied to another comment that the device Eobard uses to take Wells' identity reminded me a lot of the similar device used by the shapeshifters on Fringe.

I got a strong Fringe vibe from the Jumper Cables of Doom.

If they're doing the 80s, they really have to have Storm in her mohawk punk phase.

Whenever I don't quite understand what a person has said, I reply "Bees are on the what now?" So I guess it'd be that one.

Dee Dee wrote "Chinese Rocks" with Richard Hell, not Johnny Thunders.
No Punk Points for you either. :)

No, not an escalator. He means a stair lift.

I'll nominate The Birthday Party playing "Release the Bats" for musical guest. Nick Cave's first band would have fit right in with the squalor.

Murmur is great, but they're still kind of figuring out who they are. LRichP would be my second choice for best R.E.M. of the 80s.
…although, one could argue that Chronic Town has the best ratio of good songs, since that one is All Killer-No Filler IMO.