July 12, 2021

“… and Rex Hamilton as Abraham Lincoln”

The short-lived 1982 TV series Police Squad!, which parodied M Squad and other cop shows and was eventually reborn as the Naked Gun movies, isn’t officially available for streaming anywhere. It is on this one dude’s YouTube page, though!
A Substantial Gift (The Broken Promise) 🚨 Ring of Fear (A Dangerous Assignment) 🚨 The Butler Did It (A Bird In the Hand) 🚨 Revenge And Remorse (The Guilty Alibi) 🚨 Rendezvous at Big Gulch (Terror in the Neighborhood) 🚨 Testimony of Evil (Dead Men Don’t Laugh)
Dated in spots, but blessedly free of wife murderers.
posted by Going To Maine at 12:18 PM PST - 107 comments

Some Ingredients Simply Aren’t Meant to be Mixed Together. Ever.

The Epically Terrible Star Wars Holiday Special: An Oral History via LitHub
posted by chavenet at 9:46 AM PST - 83 comments

Vote for the Crook. It’s Important.

Edwin Edwards, the charismatic, famously corrupt four-term governor of Louisiana -- the man who soundly defeated David Duke, Grand Wizard of the KKK* -- has passed away at the age of 93. [more inside]
posted by brundlefly at 9:37 AM PST - 24 comments

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