I'm too big a fan of Beavis and Butthead to say they don't belong on the list, but there are times when Black Dynamite floors me. It's a fearless and endlessly clever show.
I'm too big a fan of Beavis and Butthead to say they don't belong on the list, but there are times when Black Dynamite floors me. It's a fearless and endlessly clever show.
I've often thought that the two greatest (or at least funniest) cartoons ever made are Looney Tunes, followed by SpongeBob. This list doesn't feature either one. While its hard to quibble with Simpsons as your "S" choice, I will quibble with South Park getting the honorable mention over SpongeBob. But the absence of…
I've been married for 27 years so this goes way back.
I took my first college girlfriend to Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, so I guess I'll say that. But I only ever liked the first Indy movie anyway so I think that's a cheat; I wouldn't have liked Indy II even if Kate Capshaw was sitting in my lap.
My ex was…
Kumail's portrayal of a cellphone sales person on Portlandia was high art.
I like this show but always go on the Internet while I'm watching, so I miss key stuff, and that forces me to ask dumb questions. So here goes: Why would the SSR agents think Carter is guilty of treason? It's not like they think she's selling secrets to the Soviets or even to her home nation, is it? I just saw it as…
Agreed. Tuco is probably my favorite TV character of the last 10 years.
Will we get a list of the worst post-SB shows? The networks have really tried to push some incredible dreck in that spot over the years.
Yes, how else can we explain the hate for these exquisite films?
For a brief time in Cleveland in the 70s, they showed a Canadian cartoon called Rocket Robin Hood in the afternoons. The mix of sci-fi and Robin Hood is still the greatest idea I've ever heard of. I was obsessed with it, but they cancelled it pretty quickly. Years later I'd mention that show to peers and they had no…
I have a VHS of the Christmas special. Magic Johnson, Cher, kd lang, and Dinah Shore. Good heavens.
This Week in the NFL. They showed it on Saturdays. It was a set of highlights of the games from the previous Sunday, produced by NFL Films. This is back before Sportscenter or the Internet, so watching sports highlights was a bit of a rare treat. I'm not sure NFL Films gets the credit they deserved as storytellers and…
My wife gets so devastated by Jessie's flashback in Toy Story 2 that she actually will leave the room until the scene is over.
Our whole country was founded by guys who "stuck it to the Man" in illegal ways, so I would answer a big fat Yes.
If I recall, the fine film "Rocketeer" came out about the same time (perhaps the same weekend), but because everyone was attending Robin Hood, Rocketeer never had a chance and bombed.
"Ball and Biscuit" by the White Stripes needs to be someone's entrance. It's the best blues song of the last 25 years.
This would actually make for a good discussion in a grad school seminar — is Rape Me artful enough to be taken as an anti-rape anthem, or is it too ham-fisted to be taken seriously? Unfortunately, Max Bemis isn't articulate enough to offer any insight either way. Yikes, what an interview.
I'm going to say "Capital," not because I've read it, but because I intend to. . . .
The Winter Soldier shows off a remarkable number of Cleveland streets and buildings. Still though, I think the city continues to cling to A Christmas Story as the ultimate Cleveland production.
I like VHS.
I'd rather watch every Rock and Roll HOF induction, back-to-back-to-back, than one of the country music award shows (there seem to be several, all with the same presenters).