This is the same reasoning as people who complain about paying Capital Gains Taxes.  It is amazing how often I have to remind people that taxes on gains are better than tax breaks on losses.

Fire some never working ‘executives’ and really start saving money.

In a recent press release (via CNN), AMC Theaters announced that July 21-27 marked its single highest admission revenue week of all time. As in, the most tickets sold in the world’s largest theater chain’s entire 103 year history.

“As in, the most tickets sold in the world’s largest theater chain’s entire 103 year history.”

They really don’t want to screw up their spotless record of treating writers like shit for a fucking century

“Celebrating every story...but refusing to pay the people who came up with them.”

“Let’s just hope streamers don’t start looking to audience-driven narrative as yet another excuse to not pay their writers.”

This feels especially egregious given that his current show is about pro wrestling, which is notoriously anti-labor.

Yes, the most effective labor negotiating tactic in history, that gave us things like the 8-hour workday and countless other things that improved the lives of workers (and did not destroy the economy the way capital always claims it will), is “myopic.” What the fuck?

Children’s stuff has always been able to make absurdity into the sublime, and he did it better than anyone. Most of adult animated television these days (or stuff like Tim and Eric) owe him close to everything.

Hard to leave Henson out of that discussion, but I wouldn’t argue against you.

I have to think every clip from Top Secret! has “funny scene” in the description.  

We were so spoiled to have Pee-Wee’s Playhouse as kids.

conan o’brien always said he wanted his late night show to feel like pee wee’s playhouse. like anything could happen at any moment.

We used to call my great-aunt on the other side of the state — this is when long distance calls cost money — during Playhouse or his prime time specials, just to say the secret word and hear her scream, because we knew she’d be watching too.

Every once in a while, a work of art comes along that’s so influential you’re able to divide popular culture into before and after that work. That’s what Reuben’s created with Pee-wee.

Without Pee-wee’s Playhouse there’d be no Simpsons to Nicktoons. Even today, you can still feel the kind of energy and postmodern humor…

Pee Wee’s Playhouse is officially closed. 😢

“Well, I guess its back to jail for me!” (grunting noises)

He has 7 kids and is a wife beater? Just leave him in jail, please. 

I can’t help thinking of the chicken wire in front of the stage when the Blues Brothers played a C&W venue.