And if we're listing non-white hard rock and metal bands, how about King's X? They're pretty badass. I once saw them open for Dream Theater, and I liked KX better.

What's wrong with being sexy?

Dang it, I was wondering why my "Kulturekampf" playlist filled with Skrewdriver, Saga, and Prussian Blue* is now blank.

My brother and I went to 1997 and 1998 in Dallas. The two biggest things we took away:

Actually, on third viewing I realized that Rhonda is the one out by the road drawing the attention of people driving by. That is the best spot for her in the car wash.

Oh, yeah. I just know Ruth was going to say something about how it was fun working with Debbie, and that made it worth it even if the show failed. When she catches herself and stops, it's heartbreaking.

I thought he said "socialist welfare policy"? I laughed at that.

In a Vince Russo world, that sort of thing happens. And like Russo, Sam would think it was cool to not tell anyone else what he was going to do. He has zero knowledge or respect for wrestling.

I started thinking of him as Russo during the Kuntar episode. This is a guy who knows nothing about wrestling and doesn't care to know about it. That shitshow of an ending with the WQ run-in was pure Russo. Only Russo can take a gloriously crowdpleasing - and already overbooked - main event and ruin it with more…

I was surprised by it right up until the reveal. But on second watch-through, I paid more attention to Sam/Justine scenes. She could be a kid with a crush, and I was originally fooled by Rhonda's diagnosis.

Debbie and her Boobs were actually doing very important work. As the first girl that new customers see, she encourages them to want to pay more. Because teh hawtness.

Stu would have stretched Ruth TF out.

That's one of the few things that I disliked on my first viewing. On several occasions throughout the season, the girls break kayfabe in front of the marks. That's a serious no-no in the 80's.

*runs across the room and chokes you*

When I lived in Pasadena, the two closest stores to me where Ralphs and Gelsons. The Gelson was all upscale looking, in a shiny mall in Oldtown Pasadena, while the Ralphs was relatively grungy.

Even more so, how long has it been since we have seen Barbrady??!!

THIS.

It's a nice throwback, too, to the foster home episode - where she believes Mysterion to be her guardian angel.

Does the neighborhood on Colfax that has Twist & Shout and Tattered Cover have a cool name?

Chad might actually be my favorite character to come out of this first 2 hours. He's so nuts.