The best part about almost all of the Simpsons episodes online is finally being able to see 7F19, Lisa's Substitute--considered o ne of the best episodes ever, guest starring Dustin Hoffman (alias "Sam Etic", as in 'Semitic')--which almost never gets re-run. I haven't seen it since it was originally aired in 1991, so it's like a new quality episode to me. See it now, before Fox se nds its goons to France.
James Lileks rants about that crappy X-Files episode. I shoulda known it was another William Gibson X-Files; the first one (about the Internet beast that, once again, doesn't need any specific computer or po wer source to survive, and has control of government destructo-laser satelites) wasn't nearly as bad, but I was still quite disappointed.
Women in science fiction: any recommendations?
Roger Ebert and Martin Scorsese discussed their top 10 films of the '90s on Ebert & the Movies, with some good discussion. Ebert's picks were pretty much all the films he'd been going on ab
out for the last 10 years (his #1 being Hoop Dreams), talked a little too much about Scorsese's work (Ebert's #3 is Goodfellas). Scorsese had more interesting p
icks, picking as his #1 film a film actually made in 1986 but only popular in the U.S. in the '90s, Horse Thief. Supposedly the full show will soon be here and maybe some coverage here (?), but until then, here's their lists:
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TV shows pay tribute to David Letterman. Must see.
"Ultimate TV" interview with SportsNight creator Aaron Sorkin. (Supposedly full video of the interview is available, not to mention dozens of other SportsNight-related interview clips, but I'm having problems accessing.) I didn't realize this was the same Aaron Sorkin who wrote A Few Good Men (both on stage and screen). (Many thanks SportsNight weblog.)
Hey neat! NewsRadio cast members on King of the Hill! Maura Tierney, Andy Dick, and even Vicki Lewis (Beth). Almost made up for the sucky X-Files (for me, anyway).
