Wish I could think of something witty and elegant to say, as befits Peter O'Toole, but I've got nothing except a quote from the man himself: 'Life turned out much better than I thought.' And what a life it was. RIP, Mr. O'Toole.

Yes, it is depressing. If you exclude hockey and news, the only two Canadian shows I can spot are Murdoch Mysteries and Rick Mercer, which are both from the CBC, and make me wonder why Mother Corp. can't produce more solidly good shows like those (and why it didn't step in to take over Bomb Girls the way it did with Mu…

Erik Nielsen was also Deputy Prime Minister for a time (being the DP of Canada is like being VP of the U.S., only without such a high profile and with less power).

The trouble with remaking And Then There Were None is that the 1945 version, directed by Rene Clair, is so very good; a perfect blend of eerie mystery story and black comedy (that 'who's following whom' sequence is brilliant, and the opening scene in the boat is a master class in introducing a large cast of characters…

Curtis Armstrong's real-life nerd credentials include being a member of the Baker Street Irregulars, the oldest Sherlock Holmes society in the U.S. (Truman and FDR were honorary members). When you're invited to join the society it's referred to as being investitured, and you're given a name from the canon (the 60…

Blame Alistair Cooke.

When Holmes returned in 'The Empty House' in 1903, he told Watson that he called in his own person at Baker Street and threw Mrs. Hudson into violent hysterics, so it looks like the series is staying true to the canon in that regard. Here's hoping that it strays from canonical fidelity with Watson's reaction, and that…

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'Mad, silly, and wonderful' pretty much sums up Doctor Who, and maybe answers the question from upthread about why people who love it, love it so much.