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I was briefly not working full-time, but working from home blah blah blah back in 2010, and got sucked into watching Kathy Lee and Hoda and their daily wine binge. I was pretty depressed at the time, and there was definitely some day drinking. I probably enjoyed it more than it deserved.

Yeah, I'm OK with getting the history wrong here—sometimes getting the history "right" doesn't make for the most compelling film making.

He may not have liked it, but The Right Stuff is one of those films I just get sucked into if it's on. I absolutely love that movie—that and Apollo 13.

Philadelphia looks at the map, shrugs, says "Not how we wanted it, but… We're No. 2! We're No. 2!"

Oh damn, you're right. Still, I was so happy someone did a "Bad Company".

Oh, that's a great one. My coworkers look at my like I'm crazy, and I can't even explain why I'm laughing.

When that caller during Tom Can't Complain played "Bad Company" at him, I absolutely lost it, I was so happy.

1. Congratulations!
2. Definitely go back and listen—knowing how it turns out doesn't diminish it.

I think that was actually Dudio and it was fantastic.

And yet you've completely missed the brilliant Best Show election night episode, which masqueraded as an archive show from 2006, only to reveal it was live, and they were rewriting the show as Donald Trump's election became apparent, turning it from a silly concept of a time-traveling guest into a meditation on what a

Yeah, she'all smack ya.

Yeah! I was last caller of the night! I told a story about going to Canada that went nowhere!

Last year around this time I think, one of the cable channels had a day-long Rocky marathon, and man, was I happy, because I got to show my husband one of my favorite franchises.

"history-repeating-itself-as-farce stage"

You're looking for logical consistency, and that will get you nowhere.

Man, I need to get The Jerk for my husband for Christmas.

That, the founding of the Italian fascist party, and the Beer Hall Puscht.

Technically I'm in Montgomery County, and looking at voting patterns and where people are employed, I assume we're going to be part of the glorious new republic.

Yep.

Sure—but they're not gonna help us now.