To be fair, in Paths of Glory and Spartacus, and quite possibly even in Clockwork Orange, Kubrick wasn't at the point where he could indulge in such shenanigans without being fired.

You say "got made" like they needed anything more than Final Cut, a Blu Ray of The Shining and a Skype connection to put this thing together.

Not only is he an Irish cop, but Wiig has two British roommates. This is a mathematical impossibility in the Milwaukee I know.

Also Charlie Hunnam on Sons of Anarchy. I don't know what the hell is going on with that accent, especially if he yells, but that ain't Northern California.

"When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things."

I never found any version of metal to be "genuinely evil." It's certainly the sound of adolescent/outcast male frustration and aggression, but it always just seems like theater— it's dudes singing about demons and shit, not the actual music of dark souls and evil powers etc.

Long haired goon?

I have a lot of affection for European Vacation, but it is kinda cheezy-dumb Mad Magazine level humor as opposed to the National Lampoon-in-its-heydey quality of the first one. 

The Best Show this week may have rated "rest" (though I'd say, you should at least skip to the Wurster call, you don't *have* to listen to all 3 hours), but the Best Show Gems is a pretty amazing bit of Billy Joel humor going way back to 2001— and featuring an appearance by none other than H Jon Benjamin, including…

I think long-term summer camps are a Northeastern US type thing? Like NYC, Long Island, Massachusetts, etc..

I have no ability whatsoever to separate The Ice Harvest from A Simple Plan.

Stripes is really weird, because it starts super-realistic and kind of depressing and then gradually turns into a full-on cartoon.

I won't deny that all of this stuff feels pretty uncomfortable with modern eyes and wouldn't dare tell anyone they're with what they perceive as racism, BUT… All of this is pretty standard for 70s/early 80s comedy, especially with National Lampoon alums (and ex-SNL, which often overlaps.) I mean I can't argue that…

I agree with this… I read this review with a lot of interest in the beginning, but one the whole movie's plot was laid out I had considerably less enthusiasm.

That's a good point, 3hares. From what I know, which is admittedly only gleaned from movies and books and TV, a single woman in 1980 probably wouldn't have condoms lying around- it's more likely she'd either be on the pill, or broach the birth control issue by telling him she's not.

I like and respect Ebert tremendously and don't want to besmirch him either.

Sometimes those sayings will surprise you. I was reading a book from the 30s and the author used the phrase "you have to keep on keeping on." How can that possible have existed before the 80s?

It was a very sad moment when I showed my 10 year old nephew a Calvin and Hobbes book and he'd never even heard of it before. I consider that to be criminal negligence on my brother's part.

Antenna TV is a reasonable facsimile of the Nick at Night experience, if you can get that where you live.

It's funny you should bring up Summer Glau and whether she's attractive or not, because Summer Glau was actually in my bed last night.