I probably have twenty P.J. O’Rourke books on my shelves. Truly one of the greats. I’ll miss him.
Posts in the category “media”
Irrationally excited about the return of Law & Order.
It’s unfair that Someone Like You (from the 1989 Bang Tango album Psycho Café) isn’t more popular.
For ages the only copy I had of the Kon Kan 1989 hit I Beg Your Pardon was a cassette recording I captured from local FM radio, so any time I hear it I am reminded of Casey Kasem explaining how cool it was that they sampled the theme song from The Magnificent Seven.
Phase One: In Which Doris Gets Her Oats
My superpower is not being able to stop thinking about an apostrophe error in one of the fake newspaper headlines in the 1994 Nicolas Cage/Bridget Fonda rom-com It Could Happen to You.
Good God. Don’t Look Up was excellent.
<bangs head on desk>
The Portuguese garbage scow captain from Overboard (1987, Goldie Hawn) went on to become the Beverly Hills hotel manager in Pretty Woman (1990, Julia Roberts).
Funny Farm (Chevy Chase, 1988) is the best Christmas-adjacent movie.