Can’t believe you didn’t mention this:

You may have been referring to this already, but Lord was approached at one point about the role of James T. Kirk, when they were shooting the second pilot for “Star Trek” and Jeffrey Hunter was no longer available to play Pike. Supposedly, Lord asked for half the profits, and Roddenberry was not interested. https://ww…

I would disagree that the 1940's serials depict a “palatial manor.” In fact, the RiffTrax deconstruction of one of the serials — which is hilarious, and highly-recommended—jokes about Batman living “with the Bundys.” https://www.rifftrax.com/1940s-batman-bundle

I had an AARP membership for a year or two right after turning 50. I seldom if ever used any of the discounts, and let it lapse. I *would* have used the Denny’s one, or used it more often, but there were none anywhere near me (and the nearest one now is further away than then). I used the discount twice while…

Even worse: Eric Cartman will have already pulled the skin off the chicken before you are served.

https://www.atlantamagazine.com/southbound-articles/tabasco/

I live about 20 minutes from Jack Daniel’s, and my understanding is that some of their spent barrels are sold to McIlhenny & Co., makers of Tabasco sauce, for aging that product.

Every craft and profession is entitled to recognize excellence and give out awards, and most of them do. But the Oscars are also a TV show — a TV show for which Disney/ABC pays a boatload of money. Best Costume Designer doesn’t deserve a national TV audience any more (or less) than Best Certified Public Accountant or…

I used to get so frustrated at the TV commercials for Philadelphia cream cheese that boasted that ounce-for-ounce, cream cheese had less fat than butter or margarine — which is a ridiculous comparison, because even at the 3:1 radio “schmeer” mentioned above, you’re spreading cream cheese more thickly than you would…

None whatsoever. I play with the little ball and then eventually throw it away. I am about to turn 60, and yet I’m just that juvenile.

Does this have the little nitrogen widget rattling around inside the can like Guinness does? I have to admit I sometimes cut or tear the empty can open just to get that little ball out

The TCM podcast was really excellent, and contained a lot of stuff I’d never heard. I highly recommend it.

Ever heard of Robert Morgenthau? He was 90 -- 90 -- when he left the position of New York district attorney. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Morgenthau

No “Demolition Man”? It would seem like an obvious choice....

What’s the status of selling the CW? That may be the holdup for a lot of the renewal notices, since the speculation was that the buyer would want a lot less original scripted programming.

They left the “Fr” back in Chicago. The movers forgot to pick up that box.

Yep. And at my supermarket, there’s usually some variation of frozen shrimp (across the matrix of sizes, raw vs. cooked, peeled vs. unpeeled) on sale at any given time. If I buy the raw ones (and I usually do), I can cook them, straight from frozen, in my Instant Pot in just a few minutes, and then cool them off in…

Cook Out has some locations here in Tennessee, and I really liked it when I went to one a couple of years ago (I remember it well, because I ate at a Cook Out right before the last live concert I saw before the pandemic hit). I live in a little rural county, so it’s not near me, but it’s in a larger city about a…

Yep, I watch the MST3K and RiffTrax channels as well!

This show is one of the best reasons to check out that sort of best-of-IFC channel on Pluto TV. They run old “Documentary Now,” “Comedy Bang Bang,” and so on.