I appreciate your thoughtful take. I felt the same about his apology letter - that it was self-reflective, contrite, remorseful, etc. His wasn’t a small mistake, but he seemed to genuinely realize that, and how it affected his peers, and that at least counts for something. (I also acknowledge that this contrition came…

Humour is subjective of course, but I am one of those who finds Kenan Thompson’s comedic chops to be pretty one-note. (To me, he’s always the same game show host/singing the same medley/mugging the same expression, but I digress). However, that’s not to knock him. I’m sure he’s made me laugh, he clearly he has his…

That excitement of the experience outweighs whatever sour aftertaste, in my opinion. Our cinema was apparently the very first showing in town, and it being as hyped as it was, everyone figured it would be sold out, so no one tried, and as a result we were practically the only ones in the theatre.* Had Indy been cast…

“The Hole” by Glen Philips to close out S1Ep2 of Breaking Bad (body melts through floor) was when I realized I was watching something great. Not only did it make the unusual decision to cut to credits slightly off-beat before the coda, but in doing so helped cement the impression that these problems the show was…

Last season, but not last episode. I forget which, but it was when they were highlighting the operation in full sans Gus, but with Lydia/Madrigal. 

A nice counterpoint to that is the theatrical element of it. Crystal Skull was a flawed/okay movie, but being in a movie theatre and seeing the silhouette, the music, the cheering, is worth the price of admission alone. (Separately, when we watched it, the film reel caught fire shortly after the end credits started rol…

I thought it was hilarious, and in my case because I only understood the basic reference of Welcome Back, Kotter being a TV show in the ‘70s(?) that had John Travolta(? I think that’s the show?)

And he’s about to find out ..

I watched the commentary for Super-Size Me (at some point, for some reason), where he corrected himself on emphasizing a McDonald’s being in a hospital. “That’s right. Hospitals.” Someone had come up to him at some point in post-production and explained that some of the kids have terminal cancer, and seeing a McDonalds…

From Canada, my Texas political geography is not the best, but although I think Austin is viewed as the most liberal city in Texas nowadays, I seem to recall Houston as the city he’s most disappointed in, personally. (I could be wrong on both counts.)

I was a kid, and still remember Bobby holding the egg up against a brick wall to test the theory, and the egg blowing back to explode in his face, in the same second.

Or even worse for Hank: Houston.

I came here to comment on that line, specifically, and that’s a much better take on it.

The Office (and The Simpsons, in a different veneer) are fair examples, though I completely agree with you.

Chad Kroeger wishes he had a doppelganger.

It helped me to distinguish him from Paul McCartney, the one-time sound editor for MiraMax. It was a shock when I heard that he died.

I was confusing them, indeed. Thanks for the correction, and I knew that was Apple, but thanks for the further information. Oops on my part.

Literally squishing its eyes out in pain as it tried to escape. “People will love this.”

LG was at least less rumoured to have suicide nets for their workers in 2008, and also less successful overall?

They were in serious-enough consideration for an NHL team at one point, if I remember correctly.