Revolting, swillish fad. I'm a Bud Ice man myself.

I like Bourdain. He's a left-of-center guy who still believes in personal freedom, which I note with a heavy heart puts him in exceedingly rare company these days. He's a guy from a wealthy background who's got kind of a rough edge about him and a regular-guy ability to relate to everyone that all seems to proceed…

Toyotathon, son!

I love what you do for me, Brooke Baldwin.

Meh, we're pretty deep into the realm of the generally inconsequential here, talking about some comedians' ages at various times. But within that general context, I'd say Davidson's age is more relevant than most. Free-associate his name with a word, and, after "9/11," "weed," "who now?" and "holy shit that kid is…

Fuck being a double; the real Paul conspiracy theory should be how the two super-handsome Beatles conveniently happened to make way for Mr. McCartney to be "the cute one."

That's an angle I didn't think of! The Watanabe character is a composite of various real people (the actual story of the political modernization of Japan is far more complex and fascinating than the movie!), one of whom has often been called, from even back then, "The Last Samurai." Of course, his companions might…

Mmm, that is indeed enough. Not as rare as I'd thought! But probably still a bit less common than people would probably estimate at first stab.

The Invincibles made a big, self-satisfied in its wit and insight deal about denouncing capes as impractical—but how prominent has the cape really been among comic-book heroes? I think because the "Big Two" superheroes, Batman and Superman, both wear them (probably influenced by a common dramatic-looking trope in the…

I think the basic thing is that the trope of a character whose warnings are dismissed by a more socially respected and "powerful" person who might be able to rally help is a generally common one for driving a story plot. Beggar, drunk, old person, foreigner, child, notorious 'fraidy-cat, notorious liar, whatever—any…

Your point is good, and general. First of all, people are indeed too sensitive nowadays, even as a not insignificant number of people remain insufficiently sensitive (and plenty of people one and the other, depending on the circumstance!). The fact that some people, including some who take an infuriating "that's OK,…

Absolutely not. He is not a samurai at all. Although Steven Seagal rashly thought so, just based upon hearing the title, and thought it an outrage that if there was to be a white samurai he himself was not cast in the part! His rant is a read to behold.

Bombarding curium
Gets you two five one
In the hands of Stan Thompson.
Californium, here we come,
Right under dysprosium.

Yes. That's the ticket! You get to call them whatever conventionally accepted way you want to call them, as usual under the rules of Jeopardy! The fact that this particular clue talks about being mentioned in a "title," and therefore necessarily so in a particular manner, is completely beside the point.

You are far smarter than me when it comes to Jeopardy!; I would never have gotten that in less than five minutes if even then.

The whole arc of his character with respect to that subject is hilarious. SPOILERS He starts off as an old-generation-style Jewish guy who won't own anything German, and then they come face-to-face with actual Nazis; but possession of the hotwired Benz and the luxurious stuff they find in it makes such short work of…

Any hipster cred you would have gotten out of that status, and any other you would have ever been entitled to for the rest of your life, has just been nullified by your making a Smash Mouth reference in a public forum.

Fuck him and fuck Hillary. Trebek 2016. Under him, our premiums will never go up for any reason, we can never be turned down because of our health, and our coverage can never be cancelled.

Hey, Three Dog Night never did either, so they're in good company. 3DN, greatest cover band of all time.

For me it's that (I always liked MM despite knowing it wasn't "good"), and Rat Race. That ends with our gang of misfits crashing into the middle of a Smash Mouth concert, and they play this song. I always recall Breckin Meyer's aspiring politican, constantly worried about his reputation the whole time, having a…