1) People are fickle;
2) People hate spending incomprehensible amounts of money, no matter how lofty the goal. Or maybe because they hate spending it on lofty goals.

"Congratulations, Omaze prize winner! Your walk-on role has been upgraded to…um…director."

One of the biggest honest-to-god miracles of all human history is how we went from Robert Goddard's first tiny liquid-fuelled rocket to a fucking Saturn V that shot men to the moon, in 42 years. Saturday Night Live's been on for as long as that gap, for chrissake.

Mueller? …. Mueller? …. Mueller?

Well, you know… learned behaviour (plus a relevant culinary angle):

I thought Rammstein had controlling interest.

Here's a handy list of nationalized generalizations!

I'm going to win so much, I'm going to get tired of winning.

With Rip Taylor as Harcourt Fenton Mudd Sr.

Yes, I've heard that online. It's…something.

Also, Napoleon XIV had a evocative use of sirens. Point.

Well, as everyone who truly loves music knows, the pivotal year was 1966 and not 1968, and the pivotal debate was, Napoleon XIV or The Royal Guardsmen?

Template, as per the memo:

And replace Robert De Niro with an oxygen tank.

Nope, but I understand the confusion: From the Earth to the Moon was Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Tom Hanks, and Michael Bostick; Band of Brothers was Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks; both series were for HBO, and with a few years of each other.

My crowning creative achievement was creating a Top Secret operation that started perfectly normally, but gradually revealed itself to be taking place alongside CONTROL, KAOS and the world of Maxwell Smart. I'll see if I can dig that out.

How the hell are you supposed to make a cinnamon bun martini without a bowl of raisins?

So, not the "Love Conquers All" ending?

My brief pendantry is probably as insightful as I'm going to get for today, so thank you for humouring me.

Apollo 13 was Ron Howard.