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And Gizmoduck — seriously — is Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Drew Carey turned into Bill Cullen so gradually I barely even noticed.

The funny thing was, when I first saw the headline, before I actually saw the contents and categories, the first thing that popped into my head was not a dipping sauce but the Wendy's hot chili seasoning, which I love and which I wish they sold by the bottle.

Agreed on the McDonald's hot mustard. The best thing about Chicken McNuggets.

Have you looked at the packets of honey at KFC? It's not actually honey, it's "honey sauce," with honey down a ways on the ingredient list.

What happened to the series that Amy Poehler created for her? Did that just not get picked up?

Mel Gibson jokes aside, I highly recommend the book, which is known as "The Professor and the Madman" in the U.S. and Canada but by its original name, "The Surgeon of Crowthorne," in the UK. I'd heard a few details of this story from other sources in the past and really enjoyed reading about it in more detail. It's…

How could you not ask him about Bob Cratchit in the George C. Scott version of "A Christmas Carol"?! He was so perfect in that role.

It's also been pointed out that it's a timing issue. The lead time for a movie and the lead time for a TV show are quite different, and that throws a monkey wrench into efforts to coordinate the two.

I'm surprised at no mention that "Always" — for which I have a soft spot — is a remake. The original starred Spencer Tracy and Irene Dunne, directed by Victor Fleming (GWTW and Oz) and was called "A Guy Named Joe."

Actually, the "Hummus Made Easy" product that Bush's beans now puts out is pretty good — and, if you look at the ingredients, surprisingly additive-free. It's a pouch (sold in supermarkets near the canned beans) containing all of your hummus ingredients except the garbanzo beans (or, for one less authentic flavor,…

Where's the love for Yeoman Rand from classic Trek?

Thanks.

"Night Court" went through it *twice* — with Selma Diamond (a former comedy writer and the real-life inspiration for Rose Marie's character on "The Dick Van Dyke Show") dying and being replaced by Florence Halop, who died a few years later. Fortunately, Marsha Warfield, who replaced Halop, is still with us, although…

As many wonderful things as Schiavelli was in, I actually always think of a cooking show! There was a PBS cooking show which was originally called "Cucina Amore," hosted by an Italian chef named Nick Stellino. At some point, Stellino left the show, and the next season was "The Chefs of Cucina Amore." They brought in…

As I understand it from some of the documentaries, the Burnett show would — like SNL — record both the "dress rehearsal" and the official taping of the show. Then, unlike SNL, they could simply cherry-pick whichever version of a given skit worked better — the one from the first taping or the one from the second.…

"Buttery Southern drawl." No. Butter, unlike Kevin Spacey's accent, is a real thing, as opposed to a poor imitation. "Margarine-ey Southern drawl."

Just last night, Adult Swim showed the episode of "Space Ghost Coast To Coast" with John Henson, while he was hosting "Talk Soup."