Wasn't the only case of that happening with Aaliyah; she also did the "Journey to the Past" single for "Anastasia" in 1997 — her version is frankly less cheesy than the one in the movie proper.

On the other side of the coin, there are some pretty likable love songs buried in mediocre/bad 1980s movies. Probably the biggest gap between quality of song and quality of movie is "Without You", the love theme from "Leonard Part 6" that wound up being a big hit on the R&B chart for Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle. …

Yes, it was — Maureen McGovern recorded a single version. (She's most famous for " The Morning After".) Having heard it, I'd just as well settle for the talky approach.

Most of the 1986 Best Song Oscar nominees were embarrassing given that David Bowie brought out the "Labyrinth " song score AND the title song from "Absolute Beginners". But at least "Mean Green Mother from Outer Space" was nominated!

Disney animated version. Belle's unhappiness in the village is often spoofed as her being a snob, but she's a kind person who would appreciate finding people who share her interests and talking with others about them instead of getting the brush-off, and the villagers turn out to be a lot more unpleasant and…

No, but ABC has one who's a brilliant surgeon this fall ("The Good Doctor ")…

It's even worse if said mom (or dad) focuses more on their "burden" of caring for the autistic child, especially when trying to advocate for "awareness", than letting the child have their say. This falls into, and encourages, the stereotype of autistics as "broken", and fits into the condescending approach of groups…

Ya burnt! :D

What a shame; I was diagnosed way back in 1994 and have been increasingly frustrated with the lack of autistic protagonists in fiction who aren't treated as "broken". Guess I'll stick with my head canon of the Doctor being autistic for now. (Seriously, the Twelfth Doctor's arc works really well as a depiction of…

"Note: Poochie died on the way back to his home planet" is one of the funniest Simpsons gags ever, though in hindsight "The Itchy and Scratchy and Poochie Show" is the first real expression of the growing contempt the people working on the show had for its audience as the quality slowly began to decline (I'd say…

It's not selling well without stars because it's unusually competitive on Broadway right now — just among recent openers, "Dear Evan Hansen" stole its thunder on the awards circuit, some people are still catching up with "Hamilton", it doesn't have tourist/family appeal like "Anastasia" or "Charlie and the Chocolate…

Yeah, whatever happened to importing foreign (re: U.K.) shows for prime time, or maybe borrowing the odd cable hit? Seems silly that shows like "Doctor Who", "Orphan Black", etc. are making do with cable when the networks think stuff like this is good enough.

(phew) Haven't been here for a while…

I would go with Seasons 2 through 6 for the prime years.

And from recent reviews it is running on fumes at this point…

Yeah — it was good-natured but much wittier for it.

Point(s) taken, and sometimes the first few clips are funny, but I grew tired of its mean-spiritedness and tendency to punch down.

Also, Jeff Buckley logically extending a want as for a driver for performing cats: "Hey, it's either this or we let the cats drive."

It was hard enough losing "The Nightly Show" and now this…

I'm a big fan of this show, so I'm disappointed by the news (though Hardwick's plenty busy and it does sound like a mutual decision) — especially after the very good episode Monday night with some Screen Junkies crew. They can keep the far inferior Tosh.0 but not this? (I always thought Web Soup was better than…