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Re: Cult Of Criterion: Pee-wee’s Big Adventure

kelvarnsen — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:37:39 -0000

This is my favourite movie. When I was a kid there was a bunch of stuff I never picked up on. Like the look that escaped convict Mickey gives Pee Wee when he is in a dress, which is really funny.

Re: How to kill your best TV character

kelvarnsen — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 12:53:22 -0000

It also showed how crappy news reporting in Baltimore had gotten.

Re: The layoffs have come for Sesame Street

kelvarnsen — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 10:38:40 -0000

Sesame workshop bought the rights to the Sesame Street Muppets (except Kermit) back in 2001. And Sesame Workshop is just what Children's Television Workshop changed their name to, it's not a different company.

Re: The layoffs have come for Sesame Street

kelvarnsen — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 09:50:32 -0000

Yea I am a little surprised that the Tickle Me Elmo craze in the 90's didn't set them up forever.

Re: The layoffs have come for Sesame Street

kelvarnsen — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 08:39:00 -0000

It's crazy that Sesame Street is having money troubles, since they must make an insane amount of money on merchandise licensing. I know when my kids were little their closets were full of sesame Street shirts. Plus they had stuffed toys, little people, music CDs and a bunch of other stuff. We even went to the Sesame Street amusement park outside of Philadelphia once.

Re: Who’s the boss?: How the workplace will-they/won’t-they became a TV staple

kelvarnsen — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 10:52:56 -0000

Jim and Pam would also apply for The Office. He was assistant regional manager when he came back from Stamford. So he was a manager when he asked out the receptionist.

Re: Chappell Roan didn’t mean to crowdsource funds for musicians, but it’s happening anyway

kelvarnsen — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 14:35:30 -0000

Wait, if Krist Novoselic can join SAG/AFTRA why can't Chapell Roan or any other musical artist? For that matter why isn't there a musicians union? Actors figured that kind of thing out almost 100 years ago.

Re: The Grammys tried to make it better

kelvarnsen — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 10:13:25 -0000

My kids love pop music so I watched the Grammys this year for the first time in forever. My kids also listen to a lot of hits 1 on Sirius. And after watching the Grammys and how many awards went to hit artists it seems like it has to be the most basic of all the major awards shows. It would be like if the Emmys gave the best drama award to NCIS or the best picture Oscar went to a Despicable Me movie.

Re: Read this: Hank Azaria worries AI trained on The Simpsons will replace him

kelvarnsen — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:38:28 -0000

If they aren't going to use AI, I hope Fox has some sort of succession plan in place for the voice cast. Harry Shearer is 81 and can't really do Mr. Burns anymore. And Julie Kavner is 76 and when she does Marge you can almost hear her throat hurting.

Re: Bob Odenkirk recalls Chris Farley getting “mind-fucked” by Lorne Michaels

kelvarnsen — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 22:47:02 -0000

Even weirder is that Myers's Dr. Evil voice is supposedly a copy of Dana Carvey's Lorne impression. Carvey would even do the pinky to the mouth thing that Lorne doesn't actually do.

Re: AVQ&A: What’s your prized pop culture-related possession?

kelvarnsen — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 22:42:26 -0000

I have a sealed copy of Deep Six. It was a compilation record from C/Z records (from Seattle) put out in 1986. Only 2000 were made and among other things it contains the first Soundgarden songs ever released.

Re: Alec Baldwin alleges malicious prosecution in new Rust lawsuit

kelvarnsen — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 10:31:13 -0000

Hard to say. Maybe if Baldwin takes Mr. Mayor then Ted Danson does Rust.

Re: Alec Baldwin alleges malicious prosecution in new Rust lawsuit

kelvarnsen — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 10:23:04 -0000

The irony is that if Baldwin had accepted the offer to do Mr. Mayor the show Tina Fey created that eventually starred Ted Danson, he probably never would have even done Rust.

Re: Alec Baldwin alleges malicious prosecution in new Rust lawsuit

kelvarnsen — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 10:21:48 -0000

I don't know about free. The legal fees to defend a manslaughter charge, even one that goes nowhere can't be cheap.

Re: Anita Bryant, anti-gay rights activist and singer, has died

kelvarnsen — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 10:12:37 -0000

Wow I am shocked and kind of impressed that enough people cared about gay rights in the US in 1977 that a celebrity being anti-gay would tank their career.

Re: The Sony Spider-Villain series goes out on top (sort of) with Kraven The Hunter

kelvarnsen — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 16:51:53 -0000

And yet people seemed to love him showing up in No Way Home. Just make his sequel to no way home where he goes back to his universe. It would probably make double what Madame Web made.

Re: The Sony Spider-Villain series goes out on top (sort of) with Kraven The Hunter

kelvarnsen — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 19:43:27 -0000

Stupid Sony. Just make Spider-Man 4 starring Tobey and watch the cash roll in.

Re: AVQ&A: What unsolved mystery haunts you?

kelvarnsen — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 08:16:00 -0000

I thought he was Doobie Keebler? And possibly Deep Throat.

Re: Daniel Craig is the shaggy saint of not giving a damn about the next James Bond

kelvarnsen — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 11:13:44 -0000

The guy made $80 million plus for playing Bond and is married to Rachel Weisz. I probably wouldn't spend much time thinking about future Bond movies if I were him either.

Re: The original Universal Frankenstein series became an unkillable horror model

kelvarnsen — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 11:43:44 -0000

The monster and the doctor can both be called Frankenstein. Just like Ford is the name of the guy and the cars he built.

Also if Frankenstein isn't the name of the monster who exactly was the Bride of Frankenstein supposed to marry?

Re: Apple is developing a comedic Oregon Trail movie

kelvarnsen — Sun, 27 Oct 2024 08:30:00 -0000

Step one the should be casting Terry Crews.

Re: Disney World is ready to take even more of your money

kelvarnsen — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 10:54:03 -0000

But that is partially a Disney thing though too I think. Since we found one bottle filler in Galaxy's Edge that had normal tasting water.

Also is it a seasonal thing? Because the first time we went it was in November and I don't remember it being bad. But in August a few years later just standing near a water ride you could smell it and it was gross.

Re: Disney World is ready to take even more of your money

kelvarnsen — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 10:50:23 -0000

Never been to Ohio but where I live in Canada the difference is worth it I think. I saw Spoon last month in a 1000 person venue and my ticket cost $53. My wife likes bigger acts that play the NHL arena in the city. She saw Tim Mcgraw in May and the tickets were close to $200 a piece.

Re: Disney World is ready to take even more of your money

kelvarnsen — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 08:05:27 -0000

For the shows/performance aspect it might be a cheaper version. But for the rides I am not sure there is like a "minor league" or "indie band" version that is anything close. When we were there in 2022 we managed to get on Rise of the Resistance, and it was unbelievable. I can't imagine experiencing anything like that that doesn't cost a fortune.

Re: Disney World is ready to take even more of your money

kelvarnsen — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 14:44:18 -0000

I have been twice with my kids l, last time we went was in August 2022. It was fun but that nasty sulphur smelling water really turned me off.