The bonus pilot episode of Spontaneanation was marvelous. The show was pretty well formed right from the start, although this was maybe a little looser than most outings. You got some classic Gourley and Tallman characters straight out of the gate. (I lost it at "We're gonna watch her take that bath, right?") I also…

Dino works in mysterious ways.

I believe they put out three albums before splitting up. Desi did some singing later, but focused mostly on acting. Dean had a pretty successful acting career before dying in an air crash while piloting a National Guard plane. Billy Hinsche has had a solid musical career, working as a backing vocalist and musician for…

I honestly love their stuff. It's completely generic bubblegum boy-band pop, of course, but the actual music is done by The Wrecking Crew with Lee Hazelwood producing and writing a lot of the songs, so it's all on point. They had a couple of minor hits that are pretty catchy, but for my money they were at their best…

Did anyone ask Desi, Jr. about his immortal run with Dino, Desi and Billy, the prefab pop group fronted by the teenage sons of Dean Martin, Desi Arnaz and their real estate agent?

I must be, the Bahamas are islands.

I hear he drove it up from the Bahamas.

Chip Gardner doesn't have nearly enough skeletons in his closet to be part of this administration.

The episode of the Dead Author's Podcast where Ben Schwartz plays Roald Dahl and grows increasingly horrified to the point of barely staying in character as the questions turn to anti-Semitism is incredible. Apparently the quite Semitic Schwartz had no idea his childhood hero felt that way until that very moment. All…

"Let me introduce you to my two friends, Beezus [holds up left fist] and Ramona! [holds up right fist]"

His stint on America's Got Talent made me think warmly toward Howie Mandel. Howie Mandel!

My childhood died the day I watched Alice and Martin Provensen snatch my dad's cap off his head and play keep-away with it until he fell down and cried.

I would say Sanctuary strongly suggests otherwise.

"Bounce your ass out of here in that rubber suit, with your punk ass! The police probably gonna arrest you for attempted leather!"

I once heard Ringo Starr tell the crowd at Taste of Minnesota that it was "great to be back in Milwaukee." I wandered away to watch Freedy Johnston after that. He got in a fistfight with some hecklers. It was a weird day.

An impotent rapist and killer at that.

This special actually strikes a pretty good balance. Clearly it's spoofing on the cheeseball Michael Bolton image, but it also provides a good showcase for Michael Bolton the singer. I've never been inclined to do anything but scoff at him, but watching this was the first time in my life that I've ever realized, "Huh,…

Kenny G is in this special. Two of him, kind of.

I ducked back into it this week too specifically because they were talking to a real person and I thought I might have an easier time with that than I would listening to impressions of Ivanka or Alex Jones. It was good to be back in the Nation, but yeah, Mike Still was barely even being Mark Hard this week. I'm…

I loved how Hodgman was right on top of the Top Five Stripped-to-the-Waist Moments bit and kept it rolling through the episode.