“Come Down in Time” should be on the list.

There’s no escaping the fact that Bernie Taupin is an almost absurdly shitty lyricist. The thing you remember from a hit Elton John song is the melody, and that’s Elton’s doing. (“Philadelphia Freedom” gets my vote for the best, partially because Taupin manages to keep himself in check. But it’s really catchy and the…

I’ve never understood what the fuck he was trying to do. Was he serious?? Did the moment call for a way out-there hipster joke?? It’s totally nuts.

Do they still make license plates in prison?

Holmes went to a college professor with the initial idea, and the professor told her it was 100% impossible because of the sample size. But that didn’t stop our Liz!!

He’d probably just think it was the bodies from the secret Christmas bombings.

She’s not an idiot. She displayed some degree of brilliance in the past. I fully believe she started out trying to actually accomplish what she said she was going to accomplish. But when it became obvious that she couldn’t do it, she had grown so addicted to everybody calling her a genius and throwing money at her -…

Oh. That’s too bad.

Well, how often does she get to work on anything?

Oh, I think they’ve had a lock on surrealism for several years now. They just don’t know it.

Does Landis mention how he made Vic Morrow stop dancing?

Why was it filmed in one take, other than to draw attention to the director? There was zero reason for it. None. Shit like that is why he bugs me.

Wow. I’ve never seen another famous director make a movie that’s like “his ‘8 1/2!’” What a unique idea!

Fine with me. I’ve thought he’s boring for about 30 years now.

Well, she signed up to be an actress. That’s not quite the same as signing up for stardom. She’s utilizing her passion and talent with other talented people. There’s satisfaction in THAT, too.

I never realized Sylvester Stallone has no free will.

Okay. Do something else.

Same here.

Yeah! The target audience “gets” anti-Semitism, so fuck off if you don’t think it’s funny!

Boy, it sucks.