I just found this nifty youtube compilation of the 100 greatest quotes from The Wire. Whether or not they’re actually the greatest quotes from a series as good as The Wire is certainly debatable. What’s important, though, is that it’s made me want to watch the whole thing again from start to finish. If you’ve already seen it, I’m sure it’ll make you want to as well. If you haven’t, I envy you–I wish I was gearing up to watch the show for the first time.
The JFK motorcade, frames before shots are fired.
I’ve been watching Mad Men’s current season with wide eyes, waiting for Hildy to burst into tears and snot all over Pete Cambell, screaming, “They killed the President!” Sunday night, it happened — and if there was anything surprising about how Weiner and Co. handled the event, it was how straightforward it was: just a bunch of people watching television, like on 9/11. (more…)
