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Always reliable. 5. “He doesn’t know it’s a damn show. He thinks it’s a damn fight!” — Tony Burton as Apollo Creed’s trainer/Rocky: Just watched the Oscar winner for the 100th time. Wow, that was some fight — and Burton’s character summarizes the whole plot here. 4. “There’s no crying in baseball!” — Tom [...] Because I just read the 10th article in as many days as to why Disney = Teh Evul. Counterpoint #1: That studio turned out some of the most charming & unforgettable supporting performances in film over the years. And most of them were drawn that way.* *Jessica Rabbit reference. 5. Dory (Ellen DeGeneres, Finding Nemo, 2003): [...] Championship games tomorrow; BCS come and gone; March Madness looms… Yeah, sports are on the brain. And almost as fun (and certainly less nerve-wracking) as rooting for your favorites is rooting AGAINST the ones you scorn, despise, curse, etc. Without getting nasty! name the sporting ones you love to hate. 5. Yankees: Of course. 4. [...] Here’s a list I know nothing about. Lately, however, the Nephew du Wank has embraced the Wii. I have been forced to sit through Lego Star Wars and, since Christmas, Super Mario Cars. Guilt has plagued me ever since, and I feel as if I’ve abandoned you GameBoys. So, gimme your Top Five video games. [...] A thanks to Eric & Outlaw, who keep that decade fresh for all of us. What was the dumbest fashion? coolest trend? greatest video game? TV show? film? group? album? music video? book? 5. dumbest fashion: women’s hair – Not mine, of course! but every female lead singer of the era. 4. tie: song: Shout (Tears for [...] Closing thoughts on the Year That Was: 2011. Fabulous new TV shows/movies/books/music you discovered? joys? irritations? anyone leave us this year you’ll especially miss? resolutions? regrets? 5. Downton Abbey (TV show): It’s soapy goodness in Edwardian England, pre- and during WWI. 4. TCM’s Robert Osborne: His time away was too long, but it made me appreciate [...] Sparked by watching the Happy Days one from 1974 (“Guess Who’s Coming to Christmas?”) where Richie discovers Fonzie’s been lying about going to visit family for the holidays, and with his father’s help, persuades the Fonz to spend the 24th with the Cunninghams. Just as retailers trot out their finest & shiniest at this time of [...] Thanks to Kriskey, who inspired today’s list with his Calvin & Hobbes video. 5. Wizard of Id (Johnny Hart & Brant Parker, 1964): The first ten years had some funny stuff. (Rodney: “Tax returns from a Western Province!” King: “How far West?” Rodney: “I’m not sure, but the zip code is EIEIO.”) 4. Peanuts (Charles Schulz, [...] (Apologies for last week..I was in the first 24 hours of what is now the 168-hour flu…) AM-radio fan that I was, I could probably spin a Five for every year since 1971. And a special section just for disco! 5. Tighter & Tighter, Alive ‘N Kickin’ (1970): One of those bouncy pop love songs [...] Since food’s on our collective minds… What are your faves from Thanksgiving, and what Dagwood variations do you indulge in during the Weekend of Leftovers? 5. Turkey: Because you have to start somewhere. I far prefer the season’s sliced-off-the-bone to the read-a-newspaper-thin from the deli section. 4. Stuffing: The “Snowflake Dish” — no two are [...] What are your favorite songs/artists/albums of the Oughties? (thanks, Jimmy C!) 5. Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day, 2005): They run off at the mouth too much, but I love this song. 4. Train (Drops of Jupiter, 2001/Calling All Angels, 2003/Cab, 2005): I suppose because they’re a bit of a throwback to the 80s hair bands [...] In honor of Veteran’s Day, and Outlaw, and Kevin (two of my favorite veterans!)… Best war films, best performances in war films, best scenes/sequences from same: 5. D-Day (opening sequence from Saving Private Ryan, 1998): If only he’d stopped at twenty minutes in! this would’ve been the most gripping, shocking, original war film ever. I credit [...] This was a little “fun with trending hashtags” (ahhhh, the wonders of the New Vocabulary!) that I spotted last week. While it’s true that all of my list is swiped from the brilliant (& brilliantly goateed) Jonah Goldberg, I have faith that you can do better. Or, you know — as well. 5. African-Americans With [...] Ugh…how hard it is to say goodbye to a fictional character! Here’s a handful of moments that wrecked me. (Yessss…we’ll do movie ones. Soon, I promise.) 5. The Thorn Birds/Father Ralph: Actually I cried more at this moment in the book, but the climax of the miniseries works almost as well. Rachel Ward’s Meggie forgives [...] When I was 17, my ambition was to become a member of the Not Ready for Primetime Players (hard proof still exists: it’s in the local paper’s archives). It’s different now. Last time I even sat through a whole ep? Jon Hamm’s debut as guest host. But I have fond memories of many, many “Laugh?I [...] Which sites do you bookmark, to revisit hourly/daily/weekly/break-open-in-case-of-emergency… 5. conservative pron: Such as Rubio & Ryan speeches. And my personal mood enhancer, the Glen Beck “Happy Days Are Here Again” singathon after last year’s Congressional housecleaning. 4. Television Without Pity: Where I snark under another name. 3. fan fiction: Yes, I know where the stories [...] What’s the process for killing American citizens with minimal due process? Reuters has a piece on the process – though the White House is a bit fuzzy — understandably so. There is no public record of the operations or decisions of the panel, which is a subset of the White House’s National Security [...] Here’s some rock/pop* for that time of the evening when they dim the lights… 5. Faithfully (Journey/1983): Weirdly, not even my favorite of theirs, but that intro is so very compelling. 4. More Than Words (Extreme/1990): And conversely here, the only song of *this* group’s I ever liked. 3. Wonderful Tonight (Eric Clapton/1978): My “college [...] What with the 20th anniversary of Nirvana’s Nevermind (I owe a debt to Cobain for making college students everywhere believe this to be one word) and R.E.M.’s demise, seemed like the right time to celebrate all things early-90s. Name your grunge/alt-rock jukebox hero tunes from back then: 5. Runaway Train, Soul Asylum (1994): I thought [...] Together or yearning to be so: Best TV romances. 5. Gene & Alex (Ashes to Ashes): The British sequel to Life on Mars. This time it was 1981, and Keeley Hawes was the time-displaced cop to Philip Glenister’s gruff, sexist Gov. Every ep was a mystery in a mystery, wrapped in a cocoon of their [...] |
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