MASH had a laugh track that the creators hated, but the network insisted on. As a compromise, they agreed not to use the track during surgical scenes.

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/56777/why-did-mash-have-laugh-track

What went wrong: The US government allowed studios to own streaming and broadcast channels. This resulted in extreme fragmentation of the market where programs were no longer sold on the open market and every studio felt like they had to open their own streaming channel to compete.

It didn’t work when studios owned movie theaters and so that was outlawed. Now we’ve come full circle and studios can buy movie theaters. That’s not going to save the theaters because the studio is going to put their product out for a week before shuffling it off to their streaming channel. Or worse, cancel it for a write off rather than let it air on competing networks.

Icelandese.

Nope. They are annoying but they don’t sting humans.

Cutie patootie!

The Cylons named it.

Because it’s edible food. And people will eat anything rather than starve.

Just what we needed, more fucking mergers. 

I’d say the reboot falls apart about 2/3 of the way through. The last cylon reveals felt very Lost/Lindelof where they’d painted themselves into a corner and hadn’t planned out the ending.

His character (and species) was the best part of Discovery.

Bring back Hemmer!!!

That looks amazing. Makes me wonder why they didn’t sell a monitor like this back in the day.

Never say never. Disney owns this now and can do whatever the hell they please with it.

Portal! Wish I’d remembered that one for my list. Such an inventive game.

• Yars revenge on Atari 2600.
• Kaboom on 2600.
• Pitfall on 2600.
• Myst on classic Mac.
• Dark Castle classic Mac.
• Diablo 1.
• Star Wars Dark Forces.
• That weird Ayn Rand utopia in the sky Bioshock sequel on any platform.
• The Star Wars Battlefront game that came out around rogue one on Xbox until the developer started tweaking with it and it became a griefer’s paradise.
• Gauntlet arcade and home versions. So fun to play as co-op.
• Ms Pac Man arcade.
• Tempest arcade.

And a shout out to Arashi, which was a great classic mac homage to Tempest.

Fantastic actress. She kicked ass as Rosalynd Sheas on L. A. Law among other great roles. Did a great job as Pulaski as well. I really wish Trek would give Pulaski a shout out on one of the other series currently in production.

Ideas like “midichlorians”? Good riddance then.

Why is Google determined to kill one of its cash cows? Cramming AI into search results feels like “New Coke”.

Chamberlain has an almost monopoly in this market.

Keep in mind that their “smart” openers do not integrate well with Siri, HomeKit, Homebridge, or similar platforms. They want you to use their app, so they can show you ads.

Sounds like “that one place” is put together by the lowest bidder.