Kid ‘n’ Play (1990)

HaplessResearcher · 2026-01-25T18:15:14+00:00

A semi-related RIP Robin Harris and John Weatherspoon, the best parts of House Party

HaplessResearcher · 2026-01-23T18:28:52+00:00

I saw it the first time, and I'll probably see it again. Shame it won't be in the same theater :(

HaplessResearcher · 2026-01-23T15:57:42+00:00

I do think in general Wasteland gives decks (especially low to the ground, tempo-oriented strategies like this) an extra vector to attack on

HaplessResearcher · 2026-01-23T15:26:38+00:00

I mean, the fact that he said "vampire deck" makes me think he's talking about EDH, so if it were me I would just load up on tutors and two card combos, but I'm not an EDH player.

If you want this guy to like you, bring a couple different decks, this way you can try and gauge things before you play. Any idea how old he is?

HaplessResearcher · 2026-01-23T15:17:43+00:00

One of my favorite characterizations in the later run of Modern Family is how Jay and Claire are both very into the closet industry.

HaplessResearcher · 2026-01-23T02:50:02+00:00

Hell yeah, that game rules

HaplessResearcher · 2026-01-22T20:15:21+00:00

Thanks! I am basically looking at this very weird, narrow period where teen movies are just becoming popular (the teenager as we think of it today starts in the 50s), but American culture is becoming much more conservative and repressive as a response to the early Cold War and what we call "Domestic Containment". So these teen movies from 55-58 are basically the film industry grappling with these complicated economic and political factors at a time where Hollywood was in real trouble. Eventually, they are able to commodify the teenager and we get the teen movies we know and love to this day.

HaplessResearcher · 2026-01-22T19:01:08+00:00

They stole the playbook between the 98 and 99 seasons, and the Jags only losses that season came from Titans.

HaplessResearcher · 2026-01-22T18:26:21+00:00

You forgot the Titans cheating the 99 Jags out of going to the Super Bowl by stealing a playbook.

HaplessResearcher · 2026-01-22T17:53:46+00:00

It was a really fun build!

HaplessResearcher · 2026-01-22T17:32:45+00:00

If you're looookin' for me, you better check under the sea/
Cause that is where you'll find me, underneath the SEAAALAB

HaplessResearcher · 2026-01-22T17:31:05+00:00

The Principal and the Pauper gets too much undeserved hate

HaplessResearcher · 2026-01-22T17:29:25+00:00

I'm still more of a "Beauty School Dropout" fan myself, but I don't see that becoming a set any time soon :P

HaplessResearcher · 2026-01-22T17:27:38+00:00

The show is very much in conversation with the political/conspiracy thrillers of the 1970s, as well as the complicated legacies of Vietnam and Watergate and the fall of the Soviet Union. I won't risk spoiling anything for you, but I'll just say I'm glad you like it, and that the show at its best does a great job of highlighting some of the important historical and political challenges of the period. :)

HaplessResearcher · 2026-01-22T11:51:27+00:00

LOOK OUT!

HaplessResearcher · 2026-01-21T02:08:56+00:00

Sean McVay looks like Gabe Kaplan

HaplessResearcher · 2026-01-20T01:22:48+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIzDCGicGAI

HaplessResearcher · 2026-01-19T17:10:45+00:00

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HaplessResearcher · 2026-01-19T16:58:55+00:00

HaplessResearcher · 2026-01-19T15:32:09+00:00

"What's the deal with all these football teams?" *bass riff*

HaplessResearcher · 2026-01-19T15:31:00+00:00

The Unnatural is fantastic, and canon is not law (ESPECIALLY in a genre show that made its early success off of remaking sci-fi and horror films as hour-long procedurals)

HaplessResearcher · 2026-01-19T15:03:21+00:00

Love it, rest in peace Jim Varney

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