Aaron Sorkin and I have a complicated relationship. Technically, all the complications are on my side, since he doesn’t know I exist. Regardless, he’s a tough guy to like. I enjoy a lot of his work, especially Sports Night, which ran on ABC for two seasons. I love Sports Night […]

It’s impossible to overstate the importance of The Simpsons in popular culture.Actually, that’s not strictly true:“If it weren’t for The Simpsons, innocent people throughout America would be stabbed to death.”There, I’ve overstated its importance.Let’s instead say that The Simpsons is one of the most important fictional works of our time. […]

I can’t exactly be objective with Juno, as the cast includes Sydney Bristow, Dwight Schrute, two Bluths, and Vern Schillinger. Also, it was written by a stripper. I don’t know what more you could ask for from a movie. (Historical sidenote: Academy Award-winning screenwriter Robert Towne worked as an exotic […]