I loved the 80's as much as anyone, but not everyone who was famous was super talented. Princess Diana was the most famous woman in the world then.

I was recently reading a book about Siskel & Ebert, and it reminded me of the odd array of movies I was convinced to see (and I convinced at least one friend to join me to see) in the movie theater in my teenage years because of their good reviews. This Is Spinal Tap was one of them. My friend’s mom came with us and I…

I think I lasted about 2 seasons before I decided that it was a poor man’s The Office and gave up.  Maybe I missed the better part.   

This sounds awful, but I might read the book.

That mustache is definitely old school, and not in a good way.  

I think every song off Born in the USA on this list is one I would not pick. Part of it’s probably that I’m a bit sick of the hits after all these years, but I wouldn’t have ever put “I’m on Fire” or “My Hometown” as my favorites off that album (which I bought it was pretty new). “No Surrender” and “Bobby Jean” still…

Trent sounds like the bad guy in an 80's movie who was played by someone James Spader-esque.

If one of your questions was, “Will a reality TV star ever be President?”, I would have been impressed with your powers of prediction.

I still don’t get the appeal of Garth Brooks, but Home Improvement had a couple of laughs per show, it was good for the whole family, and it had some cute teenage boys to bring in the teen girl demographic. The top-rated show doesn’t have to involve deep thinking.

The reboot worked for Full House, and I would say Home Improvement was a little better than that in the silly family sitcom department.

I doubt they would kick out a child who is with an adult with a membership.  

I enjoyed it for a while, but eventually the storylines wore thin. The aforementioned ghost sex was ridiculous, but I finally gave up when I decided I didn’t care at all if Cristina & Dr. Hunt got back together for the 35th time.  I really can’t believe it’s still on.

Dessert is my favorite there too, although cheese fondue is a close second. When my whole family goes, we usually get the 3 course menu and leave stuffed to the gills. One time, I took one kid there for only the cheese + chocolate courses, and it worked for me.  

I don’t think fish is a vegetable, and I wouldn’t expect a vegetarian to eat it, but I don’t think it counts as meat either. Meat and fish are two separate categories to me. They’re typically kept separately in grocery stores and often on menus. If someone told me that they wanted a dinner with meat, I wouldn’t say,…

A movie that you have to pay attention to in order to understand is not the same as half-assedly watching a reality show. Reasonable people can like both or prefer movies that are shorter.  

I think there is a lot of new stuff on streaming services where I think, “Maybe I would like that, but I’m not sure” or “I would watch that but I’m really not in the mood for something depressing/long/factual right now.” In those cases, I’d rather stick with the tried and true or something that doesn’t require me to…

Ariana Grande looked like she was carrying around a comforter off her bed. I can’t understand the trend of excessive fabric and giant poofy sleeves. The latter is giving me unpleasant 80's flashbacks.

I prefer Fountains of Wayne’s version.

He pled no contest.  

Maybe the length of these Scorsese films are part of the problem. Perhaps Oscar voters have a shorter attention span than he does.