Super Bowl XLIV edges Final Episode of M*A*S*H as most watched ever

File this under No Freakin Way. 

I figured someone would come along one day with a movie that took Titanic off the number one spot, but this is a record I had hoped would keep for a while.

In keeping with the habit of only writing on Mondays…

…here are a few random thoughts that have percolated over the last week:

–Been listening to the original cast recording of Les Miserables.  If Hollywood can produce big screen versions of Rent, Chicago and Nine, it’s time somebody brought Les Mis to the screen.  So long as they cast Timothy Spall as Thinardier. 

–ABC really ought to release The Path to 9/11 on DVD. 

—Amerika could use a decent DVD package as well.  I’ve never seen it, and I’d like a chance to.

–I really wanted to do a write-up on Avatar (the more I think about it, the more I think conservative film critics have missed something), however, some paying writing gigs have come up, and paying the bills comes first.  For the time being, read this. 

—Lost‘s final season begins tomorrow. 

—The Killer Angles is one helluva novel.