Yeah, I never liked the idea of those "Magic's Greatest Secrets Ruined!" specials. Why not just let people enjoy the show?

That's the premise of one of those Jay & Silent Bob bits from the short-lived Clerks cartoon… Jay takes an ordinary quarter or something, invokes the name of the dark lord Satan, and makes it disappear.

Pop was the first U2 album I ever heard. Not realizing that I was supposed to hate it, I really liked it.

The CD booklet for the album had several pages with text that something to the effect of "This material has been omitted for international copyright reasons. Go to the Chumbawamba website to find it." Probably not a lot of people did that… but I did! As I recall, it was mostly political stuff.

The dog's name is Verdell. I remember that, apparently.

It did seem to make the actual Titanic disaster feel more tragic, or perhaps tragic all over again. A few months after the movie came out, my high school Theater class watched the movie Noises Off, in which Michael Caine makes a joke to the effect that he feels like he's part of the band playing while the Titanic…

At the time, I argued vehemently that sure, she's *probably* dead, but she *might* not be. That's my vote.

"Shake It Off" is one of her songs.

I rented it out of morbid curiosity and was pleasantly surprised to find how not-bad it was.

That's one of my favorites. That's all I have to say about it.

Who are the heavy hitters? And how far back are you going? That could potentially be a huge, unwieldy cast.

Your mileage may vary!

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I've never seen 1941, but I just recently saw Always for the first time. Hook is a mess, but I'd probably rank it just above Always, if only because Hook is rarely boring. Always tries so hard to be old-fashioned that it's a challenge to feel invested in it. Whereas when I watch Hook, I'm invested in how weird it…

There was a whole series of Muppet parody shirts and posters. I think "Kermit Clein," with Kermit in his underwear like Marky Mark, was the one that kicked it off.

Do you have Phil van Neuter? That was a bold choice for an action figure.

I'd recommend giving it a try. I know this isn't a unanimous opinion, but I think it's better than 2011's The Muppets.

Have you seen Muppets Most Wanted? It might be the best thing they've done in the 21st century.

Do you also work for the ACLU?

There is no "shakeup at the Jim Henson Henson Company." The Muppets are owned by Disney. The Jim Henson Company sold the characters to Disney in 2004, and they're a separate entity. They make Sid the Science Kid and Dinosaur Train and stuff.