I think it was Frond’s brushing her “Principal” status aside that inspired her to really make the most of it. It was picking the lock and having to consolidate her power by conspiring with Mrs. Schnurr that put her on the path of actually exploring what her administration might accomplish.

I recall from my own jr. high school days long ago that some kids managed to “borrow” the janitor’s 36" bolt cutters, and proceeded to loot whomever’s locker they wished. Of course, that’d kind of cross a destructive line for this episode, and I guess it’s not out of the question that a school as half-assed as…

I believe he uses “John Nada” in the movie, too. He’s definitely credited as “Nada”.

That, and the first episode’s opening sequence over BÖC’s “Don’t Fear The Reaper” were the best parts of that miniseries, IMHO.

I also found Roy Brown’s “Butcher Pete” rather... startling.

I think that’s part of the idea. The elderly couple were actually at each other’s throats all their lives. They made each other miserable, but stayed together because of codependency, children, societal expectations, etc. He’s got dementia too, just milder than hers, and he’s telling her the idealized romance of a…

My wife and I both had them as kids, and she still had some of the disks in her mother’s old attic stuff. I was delighted to be handed an actual viewer one day in Times Square as part of a marketing promotion, and our then toddler daughter was treated to some disk versions of old kids shows, and the latest model year…

Most certainly. And more 420-friendly.

Well, you don’t know for sure how they identify...

The Dutch Flash would clearly be able to skate faster than the speed of sound! And you could do a lot of damage with skate-based martial arts.

Well, I’m guessing the Bishop didn’t declare them kosher, but Francis has been making a lot of changes in church policy...

So long as Charles lives...

I don’t know if there’s any detailed description given anywhere. The most I’ve heard is that the velvet was “stiffened with whalebone” like a corset. So I don’t think it was so much like a ski mask as like a sort of cloth helmet.

Similarly, various aquatic mammals like the beaver, muskrat, and ever-chill capybara have long been considered “non-meat” for Friday and Lenten purposes. Claims that there are formal Papal declarations to that effect seem to remain undocumented.

Maybe one day we’ll get a movie like that: a pure Dazed And Confused-style hangout movie, one that doesn’t need a supervillain or an exploding city or maybe even a plot.

I’ll buy that, except for the implication that Lucas can write and punch up a script.

Not a bad “fansplain”, at least so far as the helmet/teasing stuff is concerned, but I think even the C-team would have had more enthusiasm for the project. Perhaps more, since they might recognize that they’re getting an opportunity that should by all rights have gone to real scientists.

In his day. He was apparently known as “The Canadian Olivier” at one time.

Which was part of what helped keep them from being obliterated in the early-’60s for the construction of an enormous supersonic jet airport.

The best way to “visit” the Pine Barrens is by following some of the sand roads, for which a four-wheel drive vehicle is highly recommended.