You can hate whatever you want. I don’t like Applebee’s either - their old(?) slogan “You belong at Applebee’s” always sounded like an insult.

Yeah

I think most of the “hate” doesn’t really engage with him as a TV host (or a chef, or a person), at this point fairly or (almost certainly) unfairly he’s a punchline because he’s a punchline and people love a safe target - something that “everyone” has said is okay to mock.

If they keep aging the story along with Ford, is this going to be like Indiana Jones and The Viet Cong?

If we need a young Indiana Jones, I think the only reasonable options are Sean Patrick Flanery and/or Corey Carrier.

And Sandy Duncan!

Gotta work that #PersonalBrand.

This is a really good story. Thanks for writing it.

They were probably recommendations for the delete button.

I remember this - it was pretty traumatic. Oddly none of my peers seemed to remember it (possibly their parents wisely kept them from seeing it), so it wasn’t the cultural touchstone that it seemed like it should have been.

Yeah, her axe-wielding shenanigans were the inspiration for the popular barroom sign “All Nations Welcome Except Carrie.”

I feel like this is something I should have an opinion about, but I can’t seem to manage to give a shit.

People have strong opinions about Taylor Swift.

I’ve been mostly away for several months. What’s the story with staff changes?

yes

I believe if one is a Gray, then anything you post is marked as “Pending Approval” until one of the quality folk stars it.

I suspect it was less keep what works or go with the lousy synergistic platform, and more go with the lousy synergistic platform or become The Dissolve.  

I linked it with my Twitter account. So I think I log in with Twitter. It probably asked you whether you wanted to link to one of those accounts, or use a burner.

That’s an excellent idea.