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Tired and Wired …

… twired.

Either what a toddler is most of the time, or the result of drinking original 4-Loko and similar.

First we drink Manhattans

… then we eat Berliners.

Back in my day …

… we didn’t call it non-binary. We called it David Bowie.

Can Brad and Angelina …

… take a lesson from “Mrs. Doubtfire” (1993) and learn to get along for the sake of the kids? (Mainly: Brad — study this, become a nanny …)

Song 9

It’s where you re-edit Winterbottom’s “9 Songs”, all the musical cues are from Blur, and every sex scene is punctuated by “Woo-hoo!”

Wait, wait, hear me out …

Clearly Viggo Mortensen became David Cronenberg’s muse, but more importantly, it’s clearly the case that A History of Violence and Eastern Promises are Cronenberg’s takes on Raw Deal and Red Heat respectively, with Viggo in the Arnold roles. Right?

Law & Order: SVUtah …

Dateline is all about white women in Utah being killed by their boyfriends or husbands, so they should change the title of the show.

Move over, Jimothy …

… here comes Jonald.

Plaid Țepeș

As of mid-2021 (let’s say, May) there are few “hits” for “Plaid Țepeș” out there, though there are a few related to a role-playing game (session, or summary of session(s)). I do imagine Plaid as a hipster vampire. Plaid the Upcycling Tailor. As is often the case, I come up with something mildly witty, and then look for that string of words online, only to be — mildly — disappointed that such a combination already has a history. See also: Arson Welles (which we thought would be a great drag or roller derby name) … also an old musical artist (on Twitter since 2010), self-described on Facebook as a pop punk trio.

Face/Off

In February of 2021 it was reported that Adam Wingard (The Guest, Godzilla vs. Kong) would be remaking Face/Off; it was later updated that it would be a sequel, not a remake. I think we can all agree, however, that the only way to remake Face/Off is with the original cast, with the leads swapping roles …