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But... Kevin Spacey! Read more

Yes, but did Jefferson Airplane/Starship get any royalties from the title?

I was at a skydiving event several years ago that was offering jumps from a Bell 412 (which is great fun). The helicopter would load up, then take off and fly fast and low over the adjacent corn fields before climbing up to jump altitude. Read more

What happens when they go to get their annual inspection and the tech puts the exhaust probe in the fake pipe?
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Shoulda named it “The Compensator,” you know, because anyone who buys one is obviously trying to make up for some... shortcomings.

Yeah, was the backing plane at least making that BEEP-BEEP-BEEP sound?

I am shocked – SHOCKED – that this wasn’t somehow a slide show.

Ah, look at all the low-timers. Read more

Of course, once the supply chain issues / chip shortages / other reasons are resolved, the prices will plummet right back down as quickly as they skyrocketed up. Read more

Here’s the list, so you don’t have to watch the video because videos suck. This could’ve been a slideshow, but those suck too.
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He did sign such an agreement. He agreed that if he was going to walk away from the deal, it would cost him $1 billion.

You want some proper Austen? Sanditon on PBS was the better choice. Granted, it’s made from an unfinished novel, but Andrew Davies knows how to take an Austen framework and run with it.

I remember when Phoenix Sky Harbor airport had to shut down due to the heat. Not because the runways melted (they’re concrete) but because the charts with the planes’ required takeoff distance for each air temperature ran out at 120°. It was 122° that day. (they’ve since updated the charts)

“Most Frustrating Features In Jalopnik”
Videos instead of slide shows. Slide shows instead of just making a damned list, you click-hungry ad monkeys.

Hey, Steve Martin and Martin Short aren’t the first dinosaurs she’s worked with...

Recently voted “Most likely to accidentally shoot themselves with their bedside gun thinking it was the phone.”

I know that Lea Michele is all kinds of unpleasant, but she was genetically engineered to play this role and I think she’s going to kill it.

It’s criminal that Rhea Seehorn wasn’t recognized for Better Call Saul.
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“Once the production decided to take the show in a different direction, I made the extremely difficult decision to step away sooner than anticipated.” Read more

Yeah, when you said it one minute ago.