My point exactly. Up until now, I didn't really think much about Lincoln as he was responsible for the deaths of a million Americans, he suspended habeus corpus, he instituted the first draft, and he instituted the first income tax. And now I learn he was also willing to sacrifice the lives of millions more enslaved…

Thank you for that. Until today, I hadn't heard of the Corwin Amendment. Now, I'm absolutely certain that measured against a yardstick of liberty, Lincoln was perhaps the worst president we ever had.

Works with my kid every time.

I'm more curious about the scenario if the Civil War had never been fought. In college, my history professor postulated that slavery was economically unsustainable, and left alone, it would have just withered away anyway. Given the advancements in agricultural technology at the time, this isn't so far-fetched. But…

Next, can you tell us where the word "shampoo" comes from? Is there a word in the language that's sillier?

Fieri doesn't pick the places he visits. The producers do that. He's just a mouthpiece, and a super annoying one at that. There's no genius involved, except like "Broadcast News", he knows how to play to the camera. THAT's his "genius." How do I know? I was a paid consultant during the first season. That car he drove…

Urp. I just threw up a little in my mouth.

okay, okay. Just something that less polished. The movies are just space westerns and the TV shows are so shiny and polished, they now make my eyes hurt. Plus a 12-episode anthology would allow the show to go deeper with its plot lines.

I really wanted this show to get the HBO treatment. Just do about 12 episodes that resist the urge to turn it into another space cowboy opera. Something darker and grittier, please.

This was the one big downside of Animal House's popularity. Up until that time, frats were dying out.