I remember they were mentioned in an episode of Degrassi: The Next Generation, possibly by the main blond girl (not the one who cut herself, the one with chlamydia from anonymous car sex). “Very Slipknot,” she says of a band that wears masks on stage. (I take it Slipknot were into masks.)

In this case, at least, I assume some studio exec had to explain to his wife who this “Rebecca” was she kept overhearing him talk about, and this is the mere by-product of verisimilitude.

I watched Raimi’s Spider-Man with my little sister when it came out on DVD, sitting on the carpet in my parents’ basement in Queens, Thanksgiving weekend. I didn’t know what to expect, in part because I’d never read comic books, but I was blown away. Later, I couldn’t imagine how Raimi could improve on it with the…

I don’t remember Monster Hunter; is it at all like Monster Rancher? I vaguely remember that. He should adapt that series, too — then he can do the inevitable Monster Hunter vs. Monster Rancher. “Whoever wins, we”...yeah, I’m actually not clear on how either scenario might play out. OK, shut it down.

Sold!

Yeah, well, try saying “Wham, bam, thank ya, Spielberg,” a few times — then tell me who you’d rather have involved.

A true ally would know that the number of R’s in Lrrr is equal to the number of L’s in Melllvar.

Huh— I assumed they were very popular. They were on SNL; they did a video for Funny or Die; they’ve been referenced on prime-time network TV (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend); and their songs get played on radio stations in stores as mundane as Pret a Manger and CVS. In fact, I’ve long thought of them as one of the few…

Incidentally, I’d give the diversity of Single Female Lawyer a C+. OK...not great.

I suppose corporate cruelty (however absurd) just doesn’t play as well in 2020 as it did in 2010. But yeah, I can’t believe I ever enjoyed it.

Is that why people call the Queen of Pop “The Material Girl”, when she’s been known to answer to “Madge”, or even “M”?

I read it as “Charlotte Rae,” and...I mean, fuck it, that’s good enough for me.

Who’d have guessed? When the series started, I was struck by how fresh, how up-to-date it felt — no surprise that Bloom had cut her teeth on YouTube. (Incidentally, if it does feel dated after only these few years, I wonder if that won’t just add to its curious charm. It operated on its own plane to begin with —…

And whose show originated on WQED Pittsburgh? Mister Rogers. And what did Lady Elaine Fairchilde carry around with her when she was feeling especially saucy? A fucking boomerang-toomerang-soomerang...

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I’ve been thinking about rewatching it, and, if I do, whether I’ll go back and reread Handlen’s “TV Club Classic” reviews from a few years ago. If you haven’t read any of them, there’s one gimmick commenter in particular that might make it worthwhile.

Sometimes when people mention Tosh, I think, “Oh, I liked his show, it’s too bad they cancelled it.” Then I say the word “panel” a few times and realize I’m thinking of Anthony Jeselnik.

That explains the failure of my two bands, The Walkstanders and The Standwalkers. (Such a shame — I really thought we had legs.)

I saw her at the bank last week — she looked like shit!

Carpenter = Romero — you got me there.