For some reason, whenever I think of a scene wherein Everything Is Manifestly Okay, there’s a happy dog sleeping somewhere in it, tail gently wagging as dreams of endless tummy rubs dance through its adorably dense head. Then, I realized […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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It is a sweet feeling, moving back into the top chatter box. Sure, there’s the period of adjustment – cleaning up all the empty Bud Light bottles and 19th century British opera libretti Geoff left lying around up here when […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ah, the shadow-shrouded villain cut scene. Who are we to gainsay its charms? There are also robots in this episode. Steampunk robots. Really, it is almost an over-indulgence.
One of my fondest memories as a kid was playing the first Dragon Warrior on my NES, heading into the ruined city where my Nintendo Power map told me that one of Erdrick’s legendary items was waiting to boost my […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I have nothing but respect for items. The deus exes of tomorrow come packaged in the items of today. The phrase “Greetings from the Mystery Box” has its origins in a late night of programming about three years ago. I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Wally Schirra has died, it seems. *removal of tophat in dignified mourning* – The Count
I do not know if Otto von Bismarck was, in fact, a tenor. I would deeply like to believe that, holding the Ems Telegram tightly in his hand, he looked out through his window at the setting sun and launched […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I think what amuses me most about this episode is that Voltaire has two whole lines of dialogue even though he is off-panel the entire time.
Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits, was certainly not at the Diet of Worms where Martin Luther defended his stance against the abuses of Catholicism in 1521. No, he began 1521as a Spanish soldier who spent his time […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I feel like we totally missed a joke in this episode involving some play on John Layfield and John Layfield. Perhaps in the future.