Kevin Bacon told this story on Graham Norton years ago. FWIW, it’s a pretty funny story the way he tells it:

We’re in it for the long haul with Fallon, I suppose. Four more years is nothing. He’s going to camp out in that chair for decades more. What else is he gonna do? He’s not in-demand as a writer or stand up or anything else. And he’s the kind of bland, anodyne presence that the corporate bigwigs just love. So he’s…

“Tom Brady does not do anything without doing his research and knowing exactly what he’s getting into. I think it’s kind of a thing you say after the fact, but it’s impossible to me that he didn’t consider what could’ve happened,” she added.

Yeah, I cannot conceive of how you would split Wicked into two parts, each with their own satisfying arc and payoffs. If, as suggested, part 1 ends with “Defying Gravity,” that’s not a particularly satisfying “end” to a movie. 

I enjoy musicals and I make a couple of trips to NY every year to see shows (both musicals and plays). I think Wicked is fine. I would probably go see it if it were one part. But I’ll probably pass on two, or wait for it to come to a streaming service. I just can’t imagine how they’re going to take a 2.5 hr stage show…

Nailed it. 

My dad loved his cars with coin holders. When his new car in 2017 came without one, it was his chief complaint. The car was great. But where oh where was he supposed to put his coins? Wither the coins?!

Right?! I read the headline and I was like, Of course he’s not in favor of them. He’s management!

And don’t sell it as a limited series and then not resolve a single fucking plot in the “series” finale. 

I can see why it’s on top. Not because the show is good, mind you. It’s dreadful. But on paper, the show looked like it was rocking a powerhouse cast. That’s why we tuned in initially. At this point, we were just hanging on until the end. I would have stopped watching it after about four episodes, but my family wanted…

I’m also in my 40s and a lifelong lover of all things theatrical—movies, plays, cabaret, even ballet. Opera has never captured my interest. I’ve been a handful of times and each time I want to love it, but I don’t. I think it’s a hard art form to connect to on an emotional level (at least for me, YMMV). In…

This was a swing and a miss for me, which I hate to say because I like Conan generally. But I got through the Norway episode and half of the Argentina episode before I threw in the towel. His schtick was so exaggerated, so over the top, that it wasn’t enjoyable for me. Gags went on too long, and there was too little…

Jesus, yes, absolutely this would be it. 

I ask this question about so many sitcoms where the wife was clearly a good and smart woman paired up with a schlubby loser husband: Home Improvement, Everybody Loves Raymond, King of Queens, According to Jim, etc.

I fear it’s a short-lived victory. With Paste buying AV Club, they’re going to do the same pay-to-comment scheme that they did with Jezebel, I fear. It’s a shame. I’ve liked being part of the discussions here, but the quality of writing for Jezebel and AV Club doesn’t justify a subscription fee. Maybe 10 years ago it…

A reboot wouldn’t need Richardson, because it’s obvious that at least some time in the intervening 25 years, Jill Taylor 100% would have wised up and left her asshat of a husband. Tim Taylor in 2024 is definitely a divorced sad dad living bitterly alone, unable to grasp how his current state of a affairs is a direct…

That class is, in fact, required for graduation at my school. It became part of the core curriculum about 3 years ago. 

I teach a class in information literacy and research skills at the college level. I have to do a whole series of readings and discussions that emphasize over and over again that your belief does not trump actual facts. Just because you believe in something does not make it real. I’ve had students get very hostile, and…

I just wanted to say I’m sorry for all you’re going through, from an anonymous internet stranger. That really sucks. 

This. Pre-pandemic, I would get sick three days after any flight. It was like clockwork. Because airports and planes are germ factories. I have flown plenty since the pandemic, and always with a mask on. I haven’t gotten sick once. Anecdotal? Sure. But it’s working for me.