David Letterman was a genius for retiring when he did. Perfect timing.

great news! you're not actually seeing karl rove, john yoo, and david frum criticize the administration's lawlessness more stridently than dem leadership. you, reader, were infected with rabies by a brown bat 36 hours ago and this is all just the virus working its way through your nervous system

I won’t pretend to have any Big Thoughts about Robert Redford, but his last movie, The Old Man & The Gun, was really cute. I felt good when I left the theater, and that almost never happens. (Plus, Tom Waits in a supporting role.)

It’s okay, I’m sure you can watch it on DVD someday.

It bothers me all the time. For twenty years now.

The Clash - Somebody Got Murdered (Remastered) [Official Audio] YouTube video by theclashVEVO

Most underrated Clash song? youtu.be/NrODxCsR4og?...

A moment of silence now to commemorate the tragic loss of John Ritter, who died this day in 2003 and should have won the Oscar for Sling Blade.

I’m almost positive that the new Spinal Tap will be terrible and it bums me out so bad. Reminds me of the Zoolander sequel that was just a string of celebrity cameos.

If you don’t watch this, you do not support me and you are officially a hater.

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Crawling Back to You (Official Dogs With Wings Rehearsal Video) YouTube video by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Sad and beautiful. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Md0Q...

‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ Review: Cate Blanchett and Adam Driver in Jim Jarmusch’s Funny, Tender, Astutely Observed Jewel of a Family Triptych Tom Waits, Indya Moore and Charlotte Rampling are also part of the ensemble in three minor-key stories about adult siblings and their parents, set in the Northeast U.S., Dublin and Paris.

The only movie I care about seeing. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Also: one of those movies that shows the weaknesses of streaming. That movie was a huge deal but it’s almost impossible to find.

Rewatched Sling Blade. What a picture. John Ritter and Dwight Yoakam are so damn good in it.

Wanna go?

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Just learned that Jackie Robinson’s widow Rachel, founder of the Jackie Robinson Foundation, is somehow still kicking at 103.

Yes. I’ll have nothing, but the TV is good. It’s like Dick Cavett is jumping right out at you.

Any woman who stays with me needs to know that I have Dick Cavett reruns on twenty. four. hours. a. day. And I'm gonna try and talk about every single episode, even if I was in the other room.

Hey, I was at that huge Bernie (Neil Young) rally downtown.

Hey, just to be clear, if anybody wants me to write something with them for money, I'm actually not bad at collaborating. I'm not some weird recluse.

Sidebar: I was recently offered a sit-down with Robert Plant--how about you guys just hang out!!--but I could not sell it. I think editors thought "this is gonna be about that bluegrass shit, isn't it. They're gonna talk about Blind Willie Johnson aren't they."

I know this is old man stuff, but it's so funny that Robert Plant does one reunion show with Led Zeppelin, it works great, they threaten a tour that would make a billion dollars, he says nah, then he promptly runs away to make slowcore bluegrass for the rest of his life.

My review of the very good King of the Hill revival is that it needlessly makes me miss Tom Petty again. I was right there at the Hollywood Bowl and then snap. It was like ten minutes ago and it’s always gonna be ten minutes ago. Probably how people felt about Elvis. I get that now.

A screenshot from King of the Hill stylized as Game Boy Color graphics using the rusty brown color palette. Hank Hill is reading a note in his living room. Text at the bottom of the screen says "Mr. Hill, I just got my first period."

A screenshot from King of the Hill stylized as Game Boy Color graphics using the rusty brown color palette. Hank Hill looks terrified with his mouth agape. Text on the bottom reads "BWAAAAAAH!"

Game Boy Color Fridays

Sidebar: it’s amazing how many of critic John Simon’s negative reviews were just writing around “this has Jews in it.”

I see the point definitely. Get Smart is funnier than most 80s comedy. (I know this is kind of an extension of The Producers sort of, but never mind.)

Wow, great cast.

I have not. I’ll investigate.

I know I’m the second or third person to say this, but the script to The Producers is one of the funniest I’ve ever seen, and it boggles the mind that it came out in the 60s, an unfunny decade.