This is the most “The European mind can’t comprehend this” moment of my life. One of my friends said, “Punch me five times tomorrow and I’ll still think this isn’t real.”
Bill Simmons: In terms of teammates with consecutive numbers on their jerseys, where do we rank Wemby and Harper with the #1 and #2 jerseys? You have to put McHale and Bird at the top spot with #32 and #33 right?
Joe House: I can't do this anymore. There has to be more to life
With Netflix seemingly on the verge of canceling yet another show after one season, this scene from BARRY (2018–2023) feels more relevant than ever. Bill Hader absolutely nailed it.
Thanks for your critique, Janet. We actually tried a couple of episodes where House (Hugh Laurie) (please put the brackets in the right place) gets it right first time, but they were only 6 minutes long. NBC weren’t happy. Then we tried some where House never gets it right and the patient dies. The audience wasn’t happy.
One could apply your trenchant analysis to other art forms: JS Bach wrote 30 Goldberg variations on the same chord structure; Frida Kahlo painted 50 portraits of herself; Henry Moore, what??
The point is, or was, variations on a theme; if all you see is hospital, medical blah blah, then it wasn’t meant for you.
Nonetheless, I look forward to your first novel!
One of the all time great Jackass moments is Brad Pitt letting the crew fake kidnap him on a busy Hollywood street in 2002. Random pedestrians, real panic, Pitt genuinely screaming and fighting to get away. Completely unhinged.
Steven Spielberg: the cosmic heft of 2001: A Space Odyssey made me feel as insignificant as a speck of sand on the beach.
Bill Simmons: there’s like two types of guys. you’re either a beach guy, or a pool guy. I think I’m a pool guy?
McNulty: I will be the drunkest man who ever lived
Bunk: No. I will
Kima: I am breaking into male-dominated fields such as policing, being drunk, & cheating on your woman 24/7
Herc: [oafish grunting]
Lester: I Am Become The Wire.
Stephen Colbert got his band to play licensed music during his final show so CBS would be sued for using the music illegally.
“Oh no! I hope this doesn't cost CBS any money!”