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A young man discovers the original Star Trek . . .

. . . and learns it was really good.

. . . I find myself in the unfortunate spot of having to admit I was wrong. Star Trek is a very good show and, at its best, is easily the equal of Star Wars, if not its better.

"The 10 Best SNL Crack-Ups"

Some nights, they do seem to be having a really good time. Number eight is the best. 

Two on Seinfeld

"Seinfeld turns ‘nothing’ into rerun gold". That "nothing" would be $3.1 billion. 

"Seinfeld Gets to Drive the Most Beautiful Car Ever Made". That would be the 1969 Lamborghini Miura S. Meh. You can have my rights to one. 

"Saturday Night Live's 25 Most Repeated Characters"

The all-time greats are on this list: Wayne, Church Lady, Hans and Franz, the Samurai, and more. 

"Fame is fleeting, but cool apparently lasts forever"

Well, at least Fonzie-cool., 

"10 Ordinary Things That Always Conjure Seinfeld"

"Not that there's anything wrong with that," babka, Jujyfruits, and seven others. 

All the Star Trek you can watch

Slate informs us that "This week Hulu is offering free access to every episode of every series of Star Trek that’s ever aired". They've got ten suggestions. 

Here's mine: "The Trouble with Tribbles". An ending as good as I've ever seen on TV.

Another, visual reason why Conservatism is better

"I Want a Girl Like the Girls on Fox News”.

"Cable is taking the fast train to oblivion"

I don't know if the argument is correct, but it does seem that cable's days of bundling are numbered. (Remember when you liked a song or two from an artist and had to shell out $10 for a whole album?)

For the Baby Boomer, a good weekend read

I enjoyed Kenneth Tynan's 35-year-old piece on Johnny Carson, "Fifteen Years of the Salto Mortale".