After watching the entire run of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (thrice, historically speaking), I plugged in an episode of Scrubs called “My Unicorn.”
There’s a scene where Matthew Perry, as an air traffic controller, is watching an old episode of “Wings” on TV.
Then and only then did it hit me: the guy who plays Jack Rudolph on Studio 60 (i.e., Steven Weber) starred in Wings!
It took me over a year to connect an actor with… himself. I have no hope of ever winning the Kevin Bacon game.
I went looking for American Airlines’ route map, and stumbled upon their list of “Featured Destinations.” Here’s the exhaustive list:
“One of these things is not like the other things; one of these things doesn’t belong.”
I just had to know what about Dallas makes it a featured destination. What does American Airlines have to say about it? There’s no such page!
That’s right. While Dallas is listed as a featured destination, there’s so shockingly little to say about it, they don’t even give it a blank page.
At about 11pm yesterday I woke up to the sound of a slowly wailing emergency siren and the sound of a recorded voice murmuring instructions.
First thought: Great. The building is on fire. I jumped out of bed, but realized the sound was coming from outside. The voice was repeating:
“This is the Boston Police Department. At midnight tonight a snow emergency will be in full effect. All cars parked along the snow routes will be ticketed and towed. This is the Boston Police Department.”
Now that it’s morning, I can point out two things. First, it’s not snowing. Second, all the cars are still right there on Comm. Ave where they’ve always been.
So basically, the message could’ve said, “This is the Boston Police Department. Wake up! Okay, go back to sleep now.”