Wiendish Fitch

Re: the aforementioned pet commercials Lord knows I sometimes prefer animals to people... but the problem with that attitude is that, like it or not, we do share the world with other people. If we don't attempt to connect and be civil with one another, humanity will only get worse, not better. I get those commercials are going for a snidely comedic tone, but they just feel needlessly mean-spirited.

I've never watched M.A.S.H., have zero interest in starting. As much as I love Kathryn Hahn, I have ceased to care about that damn Agatha Harkness series (assuming if it ever actually sees the light of day). It's been too long, and some us are over the MCU.

Love Me Tonight is absolutely delightful, and so innovative. I truly believe it, along with 42nd Street the following year, revolutionized film musicals.

Re: Mandisa How sad. Her time on American Idol feels like it was only yesterday.

You know what? I'll take being a sheep to being a cruel, heartless psychopath any day of the week. Baaaaaaa, bitches!

Re: All in the Family and Roseanne I don't expect all TV shows to be all sunshine and pleasantness (I'm currently enjoying the heck out of Fallout), but I find TV shows and movies that just consist of people screaming at each other and seemingly nothing else to be utterly exhausting.

Rest in peace... Ron and Nicole. It took a while, but now you finally can.

Exactly. I have no idea what the children of Jennifer Lawrence, Anne Hathaway, or Adele look like... and that's just fine and dandy with me.

Gilmore Girls Hell, I'll just post the clip. This judge is a goddess.

I love Simone Simon's shimmering dress in All That Money Can Buy (a.k.a The Devil and Daniel Webster).

I hope, if nothing else, at least a few people took away these lessons: Having an opinion does not make you special or heroic. You have the right to your opinion, but your opinion assuredly does not give you the right to bully others with impunity. Being interested in true crime does not make you a detective or a forensics expert. Take a damn seat and shut your noisemaker. Dare to question the people you watch or listen to. Admitting you're wrong is not a weakness... it is, in fact, an admirable strength and the ultimate show of character.

He was so good in An Officer and a Gentleman.

In 1995, the reliably awesome Dan Hedaya played not one, but two great movie dads: Mel Horowitz in Clueless, and Joe Maretto in To Die For. Mel may love and indulge his daughter, but he's no fool or pushover, and doesn't hesitate to lay down the law with Cher when needed. I honestly think that without the presence of Mel, Cher would be a thoroughly loathsome character. Then there's Joe, who gives his blessing to his son Larry's marriage to Suzanne (despite everyone's very justified misgivings), and

No, Gina, Ingrid Bergman getting shunned by Hollywood after her affair with Roberto Rossellini was an "unnecessary cancellation"*. People getting blacklisted by McCarthyism counts as an "unnecessary cancellation". You were a crappy employee who screwed up, so you got fired. And surely you of all people would agree that "no one is owed a job"? *Yeah, they took her back 7 years later, but I think my point stands.

I'm peeved that we don't live in a world where you can just be happy with your weight. We are bombarded by fat shamers, the diet industry, every facet of society telling us that we must, must, must be thinner. Too many people think hating yourself is some kind of virtue.

Mr. Fitch and I loved watching The Tudors back in the day, but in retrospect... it was really a stupid show. The ludicrous miscasting left and right (Joss Stone as Anne of Cleves? Are you kidding me??), the nonsensical timeline (that one lady in waiting who didn't age a day in the course of literal decades), the obvious stupidity of not showing Henry VIII's physical deterioration until the very last episode (why?!?!), I now wonder why we bothered. I'm glad we now have shows like The Great, which loudly and proudly revel in how historically inaccurate they are, and don't take themselves so seriously.

I marvel at people who do that. I seriously want to scream when I hear people (even those who aren't even old) say they "come from a small town where there's no crime, everyone knows everyone, and you never lock your doors!" The willful naïveté of these people. Crime has literally always existed, and it exists everywhere. As @TattleTeeny said, just lock your damn door, even if you are positive that nothing will happen. I promise you will never regret it.

That would drive me bats, too. I have no pets, but I'm mostly concerned with letting in insects. I live in the South, spring is upon us, and we get the indestructible bugs from Hell as soon as the weather stays warm.

Yeah, garbage is stuff that once served a purpose. What meaningful purpose has Alex Jones ever served? I know I shouldn't watch this documentary, "outrage porn" isn't good for me, and yet, I just don't know how to quit...

Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933... wait, that went without saying) 42nd Street is one of my all time favorite movie musicals, and I've only ever seen clips from Gold Diggers. The two films were released the same year, and reuse a lot of the same actors, even the same Pekingese! It's a cute movie (doesn't quite have the energy or momentum of the former, but that's okay), a bit more slight in plot than 42nd Street, but it's worth it for the star power and Busby Berkeley at his zenith. "The Shadow Waltz" is my favorite Berkeley number, it's just so beautiful. I couldn't help but laugh when a character mentions "the Astaires"... and Ginger Rogers is in this movie! Yes, she and Fred Astaire made their first film the year this was released, but they wouldn't truly become "a thing" until the following year.

Joan Bennett's Christmas dinner dress in We're No Angels (1955) is just lovely. She wears 1890s fashions well!!

Caution: Unmarked spoilers Soul (2020): When Dez the barber admits to 22-in-Joe's-Body (and by Joe-in-Cat's-Body) that he once dreamed of being a veterinarian, but couldn't afford to go to vet school (true to life, vet school is gruesomely expensive), so he found more stable work as a barber. And Dez... is fine with this! He didn't get his dream job, but he loves his life! Yes, I realize that's ultimately the theme of the movie, but I don't think we can overstate how important it is to teach young people that while it's okay to have dreams, it's also okay if they don't end up coming to fruition. Do you have any idea how much stress and unhappiness would diminish if we teach people that we should enjoy life, regardless of what we end up doing? Another thing? When Dez thanks 22/Joe for asking about his life for a change instead of always talking about jazz. We can be so self-involved sometimes, it's easy to never venture outside our bubble and get to know someone. Everyone has an interesting story to tell. Listen to people... and be sure to retain what they tell you.

Hey, I agree Kathryn Grayson is a delight in Kiss Me, Kate! It's nice not to see her play the boring ingenue for a change. The moment in "Too Darn Hot" where Ann Miller tosses off her bracelet, and Grayson catches it and hands it to Howard Keel, without missing a beat or altering her expression? *chef's kiss* As for 1940's Pride and Prejudice, I'll say two things in its favor: I like Greer Garson as Elizabeth (even if she is too old) and the archery scene.

I understand. I try to be friendly, and sometimes I am, but I now eat in my car during my break*, because reading while having airpods in my ears still don't serve as a deterrent from co-workers talking to me. Mind you, I have nothing against the vast majority of my co-workers, but I really like some peace and quiet during my break. And if it's an especially nice co-worker, I feel like such an anti-social monster if I don't feel like talking. It's really, really nothing against them, I just like to decompress when I'm off the clock. We all do the best we can, I guess. *Yes, I do often worry I'm going to attract ants. You take calculated risks in this life.