I can agree with pretty much everything you listed. But I just can't picture Riptide being a transformative show. It was at best a palate cleanser at 9pm between A-Team at 8pm and Remington Steele at 10pm.

My freshman year of college, about twenty of us smashed together into our dorm's tiny TV common room (it was maybe 15'x15') to catch the second season premiere of Twin Peaks. Just as it was starting, every 20 seconds some breathless kid was popping their head in and asking if we were watching the The Simpsons. Our…

I always got Heather Thomas mixed up with Heather Locklear on T.J. Hooker. And when Heather Locklear's career skyrocketed after Melrose Place, I always wondered whatever happened to Heather Thomas.

It has to be Robotech for me. It was such a revelation when compared to all the repetitive dreck that was weekday afternoon cartoons. Looney Tunes and Tom & Jerry reruns were great, but I felt like I had seen all of them many times over. And the then-current '80s stuff was godawful. I'm looking at you, G.I. Joe…

"Farmer John, eastern most in quality, western most in flavor! And Union 76!" Yep, loved those Dodger broadcasts where Vin, Ross Porter, and Don Drysdale handed off broadcasting duties to each other every couple of innings.

OH MY GAWD! That episode where he finally gets the manual on how to use the suit, and uses it to shrink down to the size of an ant, and leaves the now miniaturized manual next to him and then grows back to normal size….AHHHH FUCK!

I have to agree, Jan Hooks is my favorite female SNL cast member, and I was a big Gilda Radner fan. So versatile, so damn sexy, she held best female unopposed for years until Julia Sweeney's brand of crazy came along. One of my favorite little moments of hers was a sketch about Donald Trump, where she breezed in as…

We don't yet have an Alamo in San Diego. We have an Arclight, which sounds like it's much the same except for the well-publicized Draconian policies that Alamo has for the cellphone use. I haven't found an unruly crowd to be a problem at the Arclight…I think spending the 3 extra dollars tends to keep the riff-raff…

Extra props for the Cialis Turnt commercial using the theme music to "Everybody Loves Raymond" for its intro.

How soon people forget that Cecily Strong's first appearance as a Weekend Update Anchor was also a nerve-wracking experience. She ended up fine. Give Che a couple more weeks.

He kissed Winnie Cooper. The rest of his life has to be downhill.

FUCK YEAH WILL HARRIS BYLINE! AND HOLY CRAP IT'S ANDREA MARTIN!

You are so right. When I introduce people to the series, I tell them just to skip the first two episodes, and go with the 30 second "Previously on" clip and start watching from the third episode.

Mmm, Oakum!

I envy you seeing Lawrence of Arabia for the first time. That movie is my stock answer when asked for my favorite movie.

Damnit, I made the mistake of seeing the Lego movie after an afternoon of wine tasting. I passed out for significant portions of the first half of the film. My memories are only coherent from the pirate ship onwards.

I found out about HERE'S THE KICKER because of AV Club, and it was an amazingly enjoyable read. Glad to hear that Paul Fieg will contribute to this one as well, his section in KICKER was one of my favorite parts of the book.

I remember seeing that "In Concert" episode about the deaths at the Cincinnati concert, although I think it was in syndication and not during the original run. I had never seen a sitcom drop all comedy and do wrenching drama like that before. It gave me new respect for a show where I usually just watched to see what…

Pace has an appealing look for this show, like a cross between Bryan Ferry and John Cusack.

I feel much like I did in high school, that everyone around here is high but me.