Nov 29, 2025 · Playwright Tom Stoppard has passed at 88.

Jan 4, 2026 · I had no idea Tom Bodett was still alive until I saw this thread today… He still shows up on the panel of Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me fairly regularly. My Tom Bodett surprise was …

Jul 27, 2025 · Mathematician and musician Tom Lehrer, who rose to fame in the late 1950s and early 1960s with his witty, satirical, often political songs, passed away yesterday at age 97. …

Dec 31, 2025 · “As we all know, Asclepius is the son of Apollo.” I honestly can’t find a reliable source telling me moon cricket is a slur. As much as I love Black Dynamite, I just don’t …

Dec 26, 2025 · In 2016 we had The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do the Time Warp Again It had Victoria Justice as * Janet Weiss Tim Curry returned, but now as * The Criminologist - An …

Dec 11, 2025 · Tom Sawyer famously once delivered an explanation of French to his bemused pal Huck Finn. This thread reminds me of that exchange. I don’t recall that. I DO remember …

Sep 23, 2025 · What’s your favorite ‘two types’ ? Or funniest, or something you just now made up? Here’s some of mine: “There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who believe …

Dec 2, 2025 · It’s the most wonderful time of the year!!! The Rules: You pick 13 celebrities (that’s thirteen, not ten) whom you predict will die within the calendar year 2026. If any of your …

Dec 27, 2023 · Tom Smothers, Comic Half of the Smothers Brothers, Dies at 86 Though he played a naïve buffoon onstage, he was the driving force behind the folk-singing duo’s …

Dec 4, 2025 · Steve Cropper, Legendary Guitarist for Booker T. & the MG’s, Otis Redding... Steve Cropper, guitarist for Booker T. & the MG's, Otis Redding, the Blues Brothers and many more, …