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Can anyone link to an old cartoon — maybe twenty years ago, maybe in the New Yorker — where a guy tries to escape from the same grinning face which appears begging every door, window, closer and cabinet door too, and he opens another one to the face saying, “Sorry, I’m here too”?
posted by maddalo at 2:27 PM - 2 answers

My 80 yr old father is heading back into hospital for his 5th visit this year, and I'm asking for your help in finding him good entertainment for his recovery. [more inside]
posted by McNulty at 12:40 AM - 19 answers

OK, I've tried Google, Shazam and ChatGPT and can get no relief. So my last choice, which probably should've been my first choice, humans. [more inside]
posted by CollectiveMind at 8:53 PM - 16 answers

I've never watched Grey's Anatomy. Facebook reels has started feeding me clips. I'm enjoying them. I've enjoyed many medical shows, but it's a love-hate thing because I really can't stand it when people die. Like ok it's a medical show, people are going to die, but are they going to die in a cold clinical way I won't feel, a medium "oh no that's terrible. ok, next scene..." way, or are they really going to constantly wring out my heart like they're giving This is Us a run for its money? Also, are named characters I get to know over the course of multiple seasons going to die? Cause that's not cool.
posted by If only I had a penguin... at 6:56 PM - 22 answers

A friend really liked the aesthetic of the Tales from the Loop TV series (and pretty much everything about it). Which of Simon Stålenhag's books should I buy my friend? [more inside]
posted by kristi at 2:52 PM - 6 answers

I was thinking of getting my niece a subscription to an art magazine. She is serious about art but also 12, so nothing too esoteric and cool, something more focused on working artists and their practice and tools than on achingly hip people doing things in galleries. But not aimed at kids because kids art things are generally well beneath her level. [more inside]
posted by jacquilynne at 10:00 AM - 12 answers

I'm in search of a weekly new music podcast. With Bob Boilen leaving All Songs Considered, I've found myself not enjoying their new output as much. Help me find a podcast to replace it! [more inside]
posted by evadery at 9:58 AM - 1 answers

Hmm, I can't place this reference / cover. It's in "Bad Guy, but in the Major Key", and about 1:03 in, there's something I can't place, but feels maddeningly familiar. [more inside]
posted by Pronoiac at 8:44 PM - 7 answers

Would a vinyl banner make a good halloween costume? The idea is to cut a head hole in the middle, so half of the banner is the front of the costume and half is the back of the costume. Front and back would each be printed with a standardized test answer sheet. And where to buy? [more inside]
posted by Winnie the Proust at 6:41 AM - 4 answers

I love this song, Soldier, We Love You, by Rita Martinson, in the 1971 FTA Show tour, which included cast members such as Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Peter Boyle, Dick Gregory, Eliott Gould, Barbara Dane, Garry Goodrow, Swamp Dogg, Johnny Rivers, and others. I've also seen her last name spelled "Martenson". In IMDB, she's listed as an extra in 3 Henry Jaglom films. FTA highlights of her might appear in the 2005 anti-war documentary "Sir! No Sir!". Did she record or sing other songs, either before or after 1971? [more inside]
posted by at at 4:28 AM - 1 answers

Looking for information on starting up a non-profit for the purpose of filmmaking, as a fact-finding mission to see if this is biting off more than we can chew. [more inside]
posted by AzraelBrown at 8:45 AM - 8 answers

I sometimes end up leading discussions on fiction in a classroom-adjacent context. I often feel my natural approach (analytic, thinky) doesn't mesh well with what participants would find satisfying, but I don't quite understand how an alternative approach would work. If you've been in great book discussions, explain what kinds of questions/topics they contain? [more inside]
posted by sockroy at 3:50 AM - 4 answers

I'm looking for entertainment while I work from home. [more inside]
posted by winterportage at 7:14 AM - 23 answers

There is a very weird Instagram video making the rounds. I can't figure it out, and this bothers me. [more inside]
posted by Ursula Hitler at 12:25 AM - 9 answers

Attention Susan! Attention Humans! I remember two little rapping robots that were “by the bench!” THE BENCH BY THE FOUNTAIN! [more inside]
posted by varion at 9:19 PM - 4 answers

I could use a good cry, but it hasn't worked out. Can you suggest a good sad movie (in Netflix ONLY) or other sad media, either on Netflix or available for free somewhere. Or, what the hey, if you can make me cry otherwise. [more inside]
posted by NotLost at 7:31 PM - 50 answers

How do I turn off autotagging when using deadeye in RDR2 (on PC)? [more inside]
posted by Gorgik at 3:10 PM - 3 answers

I am not new to writing , and I've written a lot short fiction a couple drafts of a novel. I have burning idea for a cozy mystery that could become a series. There are many many guides around about cozy mysteries. Which ones are the best?
posted by mermaidcafe at 1:59 PM - 2 answers

I have a dj mix stuck in my brain, and I can't find it in my collection because the only things I can remember are useless for searching. Details inside! Thanks for yr. help with my dumb problem. [more inside]
posted by Going To Maine at 10:05 AM - 0 answers

I recently finished a book that was told by a first-person narrator who never tells the reader her actual name. She notes other characters using her name but without directly quoting them when they do. Are you aware of other books, short stories or movies that use this device? [more inside]
posted by ewok_academy at 8:10 AM - 58 answers