mrsandman29

There weren't social media platforms like now, but there was quite a bit about celebrities in the media: TV shows, including interviews with Barbara Walters; magazines like "People" that profiled tons of celebs, from A-listers to flavor-of-the-month types; teen magazines (more prolific… Read More

Why do I feel I just wandered into a virtual episode of "The Jerry Springer Show"?

Almost always, the book/story is better, but there are two that I think are much better than the source material. The book "Shrek" is a delightful picture book by William Steig ("Sylvester and the Magic Pebble", "The Amazing Bone", etc.). DreamWorks hit it out of the park with their… Read More

The book and the movie are almost exactly the same. Both the book and script were written by the author, William Goldman, who had extensive scriptwriting experience (he did the screenplay for "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", for example).

"Some Like It Hot" had an excellent ending. "Chinatown" should also be on any list like this.

Coming in late to the comments, but my contribution: Unless you are actually with me/related to me, stay at least 2-3 feet away from me when we're in line, whether it's a grocery store, waiting to board a plane, or anything else. I do not need to feel your breath on the back of my… Read More

As long as we're cribbing from Reddit, would have been nice to add the "Everyone Sucks" option. A couple of these, I think both sides failed (and a lot of it is due to poor communication).

The speed limit was 65 back then. From Tahoe to Sacramento would be about 2-3 hours, and from Sacramento to L.A. would be about 7 hours, without stops. However, gas mileage wasn't as great back then as it is now, they probably would not have sped too much (didn't want to get pulled… Read More

Extremely flimsy theory without solid circumstantial/direct evidence wrapped up in a very sad, true tale of a domineering child molester. There's enough truth in there you want to believe it, but no solid evidence Hodel was the murderer. His son (who wrote the book that the girls… Read More

I'd say at least half of these are recognizable to those of us who are early or mid-Gen Xers.