Your mom enjoyed a bit of the old pan n' scan.

Subtitles over the lower bar are fantastic.

My dad does this. I love him, but I spend the holidays demanding he switch it back.

Oh, trust me. Netflix does stream plenty of true pan and scan versions of major titles shot in widescreen.

Cable companies love to force pan and scan versions on you.

I can pretty much guarantee that Netflix doesn't get DVD rips from studios.

Yes, a very good one.

"The Primetime Emmys…"

@avclub-1281c02fa3b6de71a7896cda7f879c0d:disqus

I've seen commenters rage on how "greedy" firefighters are for wanting health insurance and pensions. Or medical treatment for injuries sustained on 9/11.

Whenever I feel like Nice Guys™ are cornering the market on creepy, possessive obsession and anger, rabid teen pop fans rise to the occasion and prove that it is a phenomenon that crosses gender lines.

Most of the commenters on news sites (LA Times, CNN, etc) seem to be very lonely, very angry people who reflexively post a collection of the following buzzwords and phrases in response to absolutely any external stimuli:

Harmon getting axed was the groan-inducing twist we all saw coming.

Struttin' Foster or Sasha's Sashay

Not sure about that one, but "ICB" is generally accepted to stand for "Ian Curtis Buried". It doesn't appear to explicitly reference him that much, but it's hard to say as it came during Barney's "I have no idea what I'm doing yet, so I'll just try to sound like Ian" phase.

Ah, The Mission Impossible Soundtrack… It was like getting handed a window to a parallel music universe. Almost none of that stuff could be found on US radio at the time. The overwhelming majority never was and most of the bands seemed to vanish after that. 

Shows like Bunheads make me appreciate how ABC Family is far more innovative than most people are willing to give it credit for being.

Go for the stealth edit. You can delete this thread, or we'll just edit in an entirely new conversation about how great that "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" bit was.

Elegia, New Order's 17+ minute instrumental tribute to Ian Curtis is a spooky and fitting tribute that recalls the band that they were in the style of the band they had become.

“No-One But You (Only The Good Die Young)” may not have been the best possible sendoff for Freddie Mercury, but it's not the only one the band recorded.