My parents lived for a while in the same Indiana town as her. One day they went to the grocery store and she was sitting at a card table outside with a stack of her hew cookbook (credited only to 'Dave's Mom'), so they bought me a signed copy of her book. It's exactly what you'd expect, post-war midwest Mom food.…

Forget about the pizza; can we talk for a minute about the magic elixir that is the Pizza Hut creamy italian salad dressing?

Boy, I wish that we had the old Continental back.

Reporting back: maybe a generational thing in Central NJ. Daughter - no article, my wife (who also grew up here in town) insists that it must have the article and that my daughter must be joking because WE'RE NOT THAT KIND OF PEOPLE

Do you even own a table? The gig is BYOT, I'm afraid.

Hmm, also in Central NJ and with a daughter in 11th grade, so this is something that's discussed in my house frequently. I'll pay attention next time the topic comes up instead of silently praying for a quick death like I usually do.

I think that Cuba Gooding should star in all of these, as Katrina, Versace, and Monica, etc etc etc.

Nope, Peter Gallagher and his eyebrows.

Rickles, Carrot Top, and Yakov Smirnoff?

I thought that Imaginary Mary was just a rip off of Drop Dead Fred, but with a twee annoying CGI imaginary friend instead of the disgustingly awesome Rik Mayall (RIP).

"I got beat down, got my gun took." — that's acting.

And is she related to Tony! Toni! Toné! ?

Also Michael Michelle was on ER and Homicide: LOTS

I agree — this was the best ep of the season so far as they start putting more strands together.

Yes! (and also Asia)

In the days of his deal with Orion pictures, Woody Allen had it in his contract that he could reshoot anything up to and including the entire picture. He did this with 'September' — re-cast it and reshot the entire thing. He also re-started 'Purple Rose of Cairo', replacing Michael Keaton with Jeff Daniels after a few…

Well, start with the premise itself: Rich Texans want to drink Coors so badly that they pay a trucker to illegally smuggle some to them from Colorado, and this gets the attention of the authorities.

..I'll just make sure to watch it when Mrs Stockwell is out — back in the day the 1st two movies I took her to see were 'Wild at Heart' and 'Barton Fink' and almost ended the relationship before it started.

Wow, thanks for the essay! I totally missed Inland Empire, you've convinced me that I need to prioritize it.

…or is it like trying to make something idiot-proof, except that nature keeps evolving better and better idiots?