I would rather be alone than pretend I feel all right
Talking with friends at Cambridge Common last week, someone brought up It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. I delivered my stock review of the show: a fantastic Grand Guignol of morality in the first two seasons that went off the rails in the third. In S1 and S2, the protagonists are conniving, their selfish schemes doomed [...]
hey, baby; are we losing touch?
The subject of Andy Kaufman came up in my Livejournal on Friday. Kaufman frustrates me beyond words, partly because I can’t stand his schtick and partly because I can’t articulate why I can’t stand his schtick. It’s like waterboarding: it’s so obvious to me that it’s evil that it precedes reason. I have a hard [...]
we'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when
President Merkin Muffley: General Turgidson, I find this very difficult to understand. I was under the impression that I was the only one in authority to order the use of nuclear weapons. General “Buck” Turgidson: That’s right, sir, you are the only person authorized to do so. And although I, uh, hate to judge before [...]
