Reading a review like this, and I can't help but wonder what AV Club would have been like during the days of the Beverly Hillbillies:"The b-plot concerns Jethro attempting to pass himself off as a 'double-knot' spy. This is apparently some reference to the James Bond series of pictures, though the writers never…

She was amazing on Pushing Daisies. And she even got to sing.

It became apparent early on that Lisa is not reviewing the show for what it is. She is reviewing it by comparing it to an ideal she created. It's a shame because what it is, is pretty good.

The show lost me permanently during a scene where Perry's character read Paulson's the riot act. (As I recall it was over her religious beliefs, but it could have been anything.) It strongly came across as Sorkin using the scene as a surrogate for a dressing down he had either given, or wanted to give, his significant…

The running gag on half the shows in the 60s was that there's a trap door in the roof of the elevator. I'm amazed Gail hasn't even looked there. Now that she's got the doors open, she could just crawl out the top.

I would be fine if he wore the thing from now on. Completely pointless and I couldn't stop laughing at it.

Though it would (probably) would have derailed the movie, I've always wanted to see the end of the short story (which I won't spoil here). Maybe a post-credit teaser, which would have made the movie even more of an all-timer than it is.

And Lauren Holly has never looked better.

Anything by the early titans of rock: "Heartbreak Hotel," "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On," "Ain't It a Shame," "Tutti Fruiti," "Maybelline." I want to be where the British Invasion and Bob Dylan were in 1955- listening at the moment when the whole world changed.

So, I see they didn't learn squat from Dracula Untold (aside from building the film around Tom Cruise instead of Luke Evans).

I've had a couple Mac Jr.s. Taste the same but you save about 100 calories. And they're less messy.

And now Florida McDonald's are experimenting with three sizes: the Mac Jr., the regular Big Mac, and the Grand Mac, which uses larger beef patties.

My favorite thing about the Big Mac is that it has become the universal measurement unit used by the food police to show how unhealthy something is. "The Super Supreme All-American Burger has five times as many calories/grams of fat/grams of sodium as a Big Mac!"

But Dippin' Dots are still around. So when they told you all those years ago they were the ice cream of the future, they were spot-on.

Yeah, like the trillions of dollars it will take to lift enough shielding into space to keep the astronauts from being barbecued alive by cosmic rays. But Elon Musk has to get on TV somehow.

Sadly, I think they make the ex-astronauts pay for that stuff. Though they may get a 10% employee discount.

I always thought Swinton was an interesting actress, but I never gave her much thought until Constantine. I was blown away. Malevolent, bored, condescending, as sexy as hell. She's been one of my favorites ever since.

Majors also had a fun cameo in an IBM ad a few years ago. IBM was touting their new biometric log-in system, and one of the doofuses in the commercial showed off his "bionic finger." He got the sound effect wrong, and Majors corrected him in the way only Majors can.

I can still recall when Thomas v. Locklear was a thing. I think Locklear's first breakthrough was T.J. Hooker, which would have been on at the same time as Fall Guy.

Unlike many celebrity battles, though, there were no losers in this one for a 13 year old boy.

Marinated mushrooms: Clean and quarter at least a pound of button mushrooms, keeping the stems. Put mushrooms in a small saucepan and just cover with an Italian vinaigrette (Kraft Zesty Italian works fine). Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer until mushrooms have softened and shrunk a bit. Remove from heat,…