Now I want to know the other prototypes.

I remember Lois & Clark…

A network TV version of Preacher would be the best thing ever.

Tangentially related, I recently watched 1949's The Man on the Eiffel Tower with Laughton and Burgess Meredith. Apparently Laughton got the original director fired after three days of filming and insisted that Meredith, who'd never directed before, take the reins for the rest of the film, except for Meredith's…

LITTLE ARCHIE: Before they were America's favorite teens, they were America's favorite grade schoolers.

Perhaps they could make him the sheriff of a wacky county in early '80s Georgia…

For a long time IMDB claimed David Bowie was in UHF, as opposed to actual supporting player David Bowe. I bet that guy gets that a lot.

And apparently believes leaving a creepy post on said celebrity's IMDb comments page is a good way to get back in touch.

… at least not where you'd think.

Those lists are the saddest thing ever. I just imagine some weirdo hunched over his laptop meticulously assembling his 500-strong list of "Most sexy actress" or "39 All-time Favourite 'Romance' Films" and I get depressed.

Hone, or Home?

That bit in "Please Don't Call Them Twinkies" where he snarls "Ron Gant was clearly out"? Chills up my spine every time. (And he's right - clearly out!)

I've refused to even put up any pictures of my kid, even though I'd sometimes like to. My thing is, I don't want my work space to be a comfortable, welcoming environment. That would just encourage me to settle in and accept my lot. Unless I'm working a job I genuinely love, I want my surroundings to stay uncomfortable…

I will never in all my living years understand the notion of “I don’t like this thing, so people who say they do must be faking it.” What possible motivation would someone have for “trying way too hard to come up with reasons to love this show”?

"Yeeeaah, I don't need another 'we're not so different' speech. I get those a lot."

That's right, it was at the gym! I really adore the idea that the members of The Four Tops were all workout buddies in the mid-1980s.

That's right, it was at the gym! I really adore the idea that the members of The Four Tops were all workout buddies in the mid-1980s.

I recall a 'Webster' episode in which Alex Karras was determined to book a private performance by The Four Tops as an anniversary surprise for his wife. Webster also took it up as a personal mission but couldn't find them anywhere. Just as he finally gave up, he of course ran into a bunch of old guys who asked him…

I recall a 'Webster' episode in which Alex Karras was determined to book a private performance by The Four Tops as an anniversary surprise for his wife. Webster also took it up as a personal mission but couldn't find them anywhere. Just as he finally gave up, he of course ran into a bunch of old guys who asked him…

One forty-five caliber automatic; two boxes of ammunition; four days' concentrated emergency rations; one drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills; one miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible; one hundred dollars in rubles; one hundred…