Ridiculous question. Lump all soloes from the many instruments other than guitar into one group and pick a favorite? Just meaningless! But hell. I'll throw away my vote in favor of Paul McCartney's kazoo solo on Ringo Starr's hit cover of "You're Sixteen."

Statues?

I'd never participate in a protest that would have someone like me as a member!

Little off track of the discussion but it's interesting how mores change - in the 60's Allen had a line in his stand up routine, something like that he had been asked by the press to comment on his ex-wife having been "violated" as he says it was reported at the time, and he responds, "Knowing my ex-wife, it probably…

WAIT A MINUTE, any cites for Woody Allen's "mental illness"? With Mia, yes, I buy it. (Probably contributed to her great performances in Purple Rose of Cairo and Hannah and Her Sisters, she was believably very shaky.)

Not only that but is there another great filmmaker who has also had such enduring achievements in literary humor and stand-up comedy? Allen will be remembered far into the future not just as a director but as one of America's all-time great writers and humorists.

Well, "Sleeper" is already on my list (where I said "Take the Money and Run" through Annie Hall"). I decided to exclude "Bananas" even though it has many classic hilarious moments ("cole slaw for 900 men"), I still view it as a bit of a warm-up with weak stretches, not up to the level of consistent hilarity as "Take…

I'm about to see Paul McCartney for my 15th time, in December (this time for the first time including the insanely priced VIP Sound Check tickets). I have seen Elton John probably 20 or more times, Steely Dan, the Stones, Ringo Starr and Yes probably all around a dozen times or so over the years. Kind of a boring…

It's his earlier run of work, his brilliant, hilarious 70's comedies, I think that cements his legendary status at least among comedy fans, the joy and pleasure those gave me anyway and I suspect many others just had never been matched and will never be forgotten. And his New Yorker essays collected in his books…

Sweet and Lowdown was an overlooked gem, and Take the Money and Run through Annie Hall is the best, funniest run of comedies ever imho. Hannah and Her Sisters, Crimes and Misdemeanors, and Zelig are nothing to sneeze at either, and Allen's classic New Yorker pieces and plays anthologized in his books are among the…

Hilarious episode, I was howling through much of it, Rachel Dratch is reliably insane. But this line was funnier than (wrongly) quoted in the article - Kimmy is proud of doing not crosswords, but word search puzzles in pen.

But the pixie stix stuff was great, and Titus coming up with "BrightLights BigSchmitty" was pretty clever, a nice reference.

I enjoy the series very much. Always kind of a sucker for 70's-related stuff.

That's odd to say, they're both hilarious

It was a joke.

Probably not a savior, but he's one of the very best standups working over the last ten years though imvho.

Hot dog or hamburger should have both ketchup and mustard imho.

The American public has only become familiar with the term "gaslighting" in the last two years, but Steely Dan fans have known about it since '00!

Have you ever heard the song? There is indeed brass and strings on it, a whole orchestra. Hughes is referring to the four-note figure played in unison by the whole orchestra (E, D, C, D) that immediately precedes the last verse (not the final chorus, so that part is a misstatement). The part YOU'RE talking about (I…

That was an interesting line!! Not up to Jimmy's usual rhetorical standards though, as it doesn't really rhyme.