because it's the day Christ was born.

I don't like "Make Your Own Kind of Music" because I feel it represents a profound laziness on the part of the singer.

Grapevine
say what you will about the message/politics/theme. etc behind "The Big Chill"… that is some effective damn film making. I get sucked into it every time it comes on, and then I feel used.

I like bad jokes
"The Zombies didn't have a lot of life left in them"

no no you see that's the problem - it's not evocative. There's nothing you could do with string cheese that could be so illicit or scandalous. if I was in Vegas with nothing but a finske and a fist full of string cheese, I couldn't get into a whole lot of trouble, and most likely if anything DID happen the cheese…

Y'know I'm sure the String Cheese Incident are very good musicians (I've never heard them) and play terrific music of whatever genre they are, but GODDAMNIT what a stupid name for a band! I mean, honestly! It's just so annoying! I can't believe there haven't been complaints from the fans.

Barnes & Noble and Billy Crystal
I worked at the Barnes & Noble formerly at 48th and 5th (this was in 1986, before B & N was rebranded and repurposed and included coffee and people lying on the floor with beach blankets). I was fired after about two weeks, for various reasons, most of which can be summed up with "I…

there's a pretty good wikipedia entry for the stuff

yeah I was just thinking about OK Cola ("Get it? It's Coke minus the C and E!").

has Ventura now retired, or has he gone back to being a pet detective?

Franken Comes Alive
Dooooo you - you…/Feeeeel like me, Al Franken?

driving may be awesome, but it's never looked like much fun to me, unless it's like in the Monkeemobile or the Munster Koach or some cool car like that.

well, it's kind of implied that the things on this list are deficiencies, and he might theoretically be a better filmmaker if he did "get" them. I don't agree on all of the points, but the driving one irks me because he never uses driving in his films, so who cares if he "gets" it or not.

I'm so sorry you're back. I truly hate you. Please die.

so having sex with a girl over the age of 18 makes one a pederast now?

Driving
I would like to register my defense of Mr Allen on point #7.

Driving
I would like to register my defense of Mr Allen on point #7.

I was watching SNL live when that Elvis thing happened. I was shocked by it. I remember thinking "Wow- this guy is a serious character! He's hardcore. He takes this stuff seriously… I never want to listen to him!"

Devo on SNL 1978
Fred Willard was the host and he announced the musical guest was something called "Devo" or "De-Voe", I couldn't really understand. They did Satisfaction with their yellow suits and weird movements and Monday at school it was all any of us could talk about.

Greatest Alpo Spokesman Ever!