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On Hopscotch, Part 3 of 3
Matthau to Matthau, by way of Speed Buggy, Joe Mannix, Laurel & Hardy, Hunter Thompson, and the hair-tousling of young Jack McCoy
 • Michael Griffith
On Hopscotch, Part 2
Matthau to Matthau by way of Turk Thrust, Elton and Groucho, Nepo Babies, a Trump Joke in Questionable Taste, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sensurround, Mozart…
 • Michael Griffith
On Hopscotch (1980), Part 1
From Walter Matthau to Walter Matthau, by way of cartoon sheepdogs, Chris Rock, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Death Wish, Jeff Goldblum bumming…
 • Michael Griffith
"WTF, Brute"?
Render unto Csr what is Csrs
 • Michael Griffith
A Week on the Dead Beat: NYT Obituaries, pt. 3
From slide whistle to slide rule and back again, by way of Pete Seeger, factory-fresh pines, latkes, 58008, Billy Wilder, and Robby the Robot
 • Michael Griffith
A Week on the Dead Beat: NYT Obituaries, Pt. 2
From rock-and-roll actuarial tables to a revolutionary hot-dog stand, by way of What's My Line?, country-music proctology, the Ahab of the Links, and a…
 • Michael Griffith
A Week on the Dead Beat: NYT Obituaries, Pt. 1
From the Enemy of the Guillotine to the Sovereign of Slide Rules, by way of Carole King, Dungeons & Dragons, an ashtray bass, a handless golfer, a…
 • Michael Griffith
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