Jeez, set your sights a little higher. My personal hero is that crackling fireplace.

Jeez, set your sights a little higher. My personal hero is that crackling fireplace.

Man, Rip Torn as Benjamin Franklin would have been the perfect foil to Nick Nolte as Thomas Jefferson in Jefferson in Paris. Most grizzled founding fathers ever!

Man, Rip Torn as Benjamin Franklin would have been the perfect foil to Nick Nolte as Thomas Jefferson in Jefferson in Paris. Most grizzled founding fathers ever!

He didn't go into it. It may be because he's choosy about his projects? Or it may be because he has had very few genuine hits? I think Gremlins is probably his only bona fide blockbuster.

He didn't go into it. It may be because he's choosy about his projects? Or it may be because he has had very few genuine hits? I think Gremlins is probably his only bona fide blockbuster.

That movie has a lot of great moments obviously, but none can top when Michael Caine puts on that crazy screaming electronica music.

That movie has a lot of great moments obviously, but none can top when Michael Caine puts on that crazy screaming electronica music.

That movie was kind of a masterpiece of bad casting choices.

That movie was kind of a masterpiece of bad casting choices.

It was uplifting, but it was also a little sad, don't you think? This guy was so obsessed with Elmo that he let it destroy his marriage and kept him largely absent from his daughter's childhood. Not to mention that creepy video of him filming himself as Elmo as his wife is going into labor. Hey Kevin, maybe you could…

It was uplifting, but it was also a little sad, don't you think? This guy was so obsessed with Elmo that he let it destroy his marriage and kept him largely absent from his daughter's childhood. Not to mention that creepy video of him filming himself as Elmo as his wife is going into labor. Hey Kevin, maybe you could…

Verily, the man who puts his hand up Elmo's ass must be as Caesar's wife.

Verily, the man who puts his hand up Elmo's ass must be as Caesar's wife.

I'm glad you asked him about John Adams. Huston really captured the big personality I always associate with Samuel Adams. But, speaking of period pieces, he looked ridiculous in Marie Antoinette.

I'm glad you asked him about John Adams. Huston really captured the big personality I always associate with Samuel Adams. But, speaking of period pieces, he looked ridiculous in Marie Antoinette.

And good head!

And good head!

I love the muppets as much as the next guy, but I remember being really disappointed by Muppets Take Manhattan. I haven't seen it in years, though.

I love the muppets as much as the next guy, but I remember being really disappointed by Muppets Take Manhattan. I haven't seen it in years, though.