Sparked by Juno (Tom's opinion)

[mostlymeat]

Me too! And rainbows. They are so pretty!

[pscan]

For the record, I never meant to suggest that he talk about stupid stuff purely for the sake of positivity. Knee-jerk positivity is just as annoying as knee-jerk cynicism. Maybe more so.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

Wait!  When did dogs and rainbows become stupid?  Rainbows are cool.  Once, when I was waiting tables at the Houlihans in Weehawken, I saw a rainbow that stretched from one end of Manhattan to the other.  It was awesome.

[mostlymeat]

The only time rainbows are not pretty is when there is an evil leprechaun at the bottom waiting to kill you with a bong.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

Luckily for me the rainbow was gone by the end of my shift.  I suppose the leprechaun would have been lurking in Staten Island.

[John Junk]

Wait!  When did dogs and rainbows become stupid? 

Since this:
http://www.upset-triangle.com/rainbow/

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

Wait!  When did dogs and rainbows become stupid? 

Since this:
http://www.upset-triangle.com/rainbow/

Who allowed this to happen?

[Stan]

 Hey!

Kristen Schaal is a friend of mine!*










*On Myspace. I've never met her.

[Sarah]

I imagine you're quite thrilled.

[jane]

Tom likes plenty of stuff, like, Oreo Mcflurries, arugula, pottery and, oh yeah, the movie The Day After Tomorrow - haha.  Tom devoted almost an entire show to how much he hates this movie.  He actually invented a new word to describe how bad it is.  I wish I could remember what it was, or what episode of The Best Show it was on.  Anyone?
It was pretty funny.

[yesno]

If there's one thing that needs to be spoiled, it's quirky indie movies.

"...quirk is everywhere because quirkiness is so easy to achieve: Just be odd … but endearing. It becomes a kind of psychographic marker, like wearing laceless Chuck Taylors or ironic facial hair—a self-satisfied pose that stands for nothing and doesn’t require you to take creative responsibility. Just because you can doesn’t mean you should."

Quirked Around
The unbearable lightness of Ira Glass, Wes Anderson, and other paragons of indie sensibility
BY MICHAEL HIRSCHORN
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200709/quirk

Tom was hardly alone in trashing Juno.  Most critics loved it, but a few, dear to my heart, ripped it to shreds.  Before Tom even mentioned it, I heard David Edelstein on Fresh Air give it one of the worst reviews I've ever heard.

(Tom has said that he likes the quirky indie movie godfather Wes Anderson. That's too bad.  Rushmore was good, and I haven't seen Darjeeling, but the Royal Tenenbaums and Life Aquatic were ter-herr-ible.  Don't get me wrong, they're masterpieces compared to Little Miss Sunshine or Garden State.)

[Sarah]

Any movie that is awfulsome is not bad.

[dania]

Are we just gonna talk about how crappy things are? Doesn't anyone else just get sick of it?

Nope.  The culture-bashing is what makes the show so great.  Don't you remember when Tom played "All You Need Is Love" right after his "I'm Not There" rant and tried to stay positive?  A HI-larious moment to say the least when he tore that whole structure down after 3 calls. 

You gotta cherish those moments, though, when Tom falls in love on the air.  Take, for example, when Eddie called in about keeping fantasy football to yourself.  Need I say more? 

[dave from knoxville]

Isn't difference of opinion a wonderful thing? The Royal Tenenbaums and Little Miss Sunshine are two favorites of mine, but I don't really mind if you hate them. Viva la difference!

[Laurie]

I finally watched the whole thing from start to finish. I had turned it off the first time when I Rainn Wilson's freakish visage spewed things like "homeskillet" and "your eggo is preggo."

Well, the dialogue sucked. That's what killed the movie for me. They put all of my favorite things in it: Unca Herschell Gordon Lewis (you haven't lived until you've watched The Gore Gore Girls with the man and his ex-wife, who is still best friends with HGL!), Kozyndan (I own an original and two limited edition prints), things that look like other things (cheeseburger phone!), Belle & Sebastian, Kimya Dawson (seeing her live a few years back Sweat Records was AMAZING -- I got a Kimya Dawson loves me tee shirt and a sweaty hug!), the Sonic Youth cover of "Superstar" (I've been putting that on mix tapes and CDs since 1998), Michael Cera (I've had a crush on him since ever since he said, "Go fish! ...Uno!") And still, I the movie's a turd.

Yikes.