Huh, I didn’t realise the makers of ‘Catwoman’ had just stolen the plot of the original ‘Batman’. I guess that saves time.

I’ve always been creeped out by ‘You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby’, the concept of which is extrapolating backwards about how attractive someone was as an infant based on how good they look currently. Why is that something you would choose to do?

“God is real, and He is Baby, It’s Cold Outside.”

I’m of Cornish ancestry, and am aware that my people went pretty much anywhere there was a significant mining operation. This means that there are Cornish families throughout Brazil and Mexico - apparently Cornish pasties have their own Mexican variant that are quite popular - so I imagine there are probably a bunch…

I’m not saying this was a particularly worthwhile article, but at the same time, I’m not expecting pop culture blog The AV Club to fix the “shitshow” of our world. I’m not sure how they’d go about that.

Let’s switch it up a bit. My new take is: ‘Die Hard’ ... is a sandwich.

If there’s one thing songs about snowmen have taught me, it’s that they are all highly magical beings with a range of mysterious powers.

It turns out that she’s a keen amateur mixologist, and her asking “What’s in this drink?” is a genuine enquiry about the ingredients so she can try working on the recipe at home.

It took me a good long while to realise how essential Dreyfus was to the ‘Seinfeld’ ensemble. George and Kramer are louder characters so it’s easier for the actors to grab attention, but a lot of the joy of Elaine was that, even though she was just as crazy ad the others, she had to present herself as more…

I can see why it’s laid out as it is - and it sounds like the person interviewing Dreyfus made the Seinfeld connection explicit - but I certainly agree that this quote is the most important takeaway from all this.

I’ve never gotten around to watching ‘Veep’, but I saw a fair bit of ‘The Thick of It’, Ianucci’s take on British politicking, and what I always found both hilarious and deeply depressing was the pettiness of the characters. So many of these “moves” are made out of spite, small-mindedness and a desperate attempt to…

Those jokes aren’t funny. My dad was a pre-packaged airline meal, and he doesn’t deserve that kind of mockery.

The “not that there’s anything wrong with that” episode is an interesting artefact. It had an impact at the time because queerness was something that was gaining a level of mainstream acceptance, and so people often were unsure how they were meant to talk about a thing they were aware of but weren’t necessarily…

Herzog could cover the shit out of ‘Rocketman’.

Have you seen their pavers? Sublime.

“Incredible news guys! The ever-charming and wholesome Mel Gibson is available.”

That’s the biggest head-scratcher for me. Leaving aside his rancid bigotry, who today is thinking, “You know who crowds lose their shit for? The 9th guy on the call-sheet of Adam Sandler’s latest Netflix joint.”

To be fair, with Google going all in on AI, a search these days might return results about a robbery at Zack Snyder’s house.

“Why would you go out and shoot an establishing shot of a house in a television show when you could just create the establishing shot for $100? To go out and shoot it would cost you thousands of dollars”.

I’m not saying this woman has a case - I don’t know enough about the situation to weigh in either way - but I do think it’s worth having a serious discussion about how much effort needs to be put into making the subjects of “true story” entertainment anonymous. Should Gadd and people like him be able to tell their…