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I would have thought this was a song that transcended the limits of the genre.

Singular in every reference, but close enough. Not a lot of showtunes are universally known, but I genuinely thought this was one of them.

Sorry. Forgot. Gimme an hour or four.

Really? I'm the only one? Midnight, not a sound from the pavement Has the moon lost her xxxxxxxx? She is smiling alone In the lamplight, the withered leaves collect at my feet And the wind begins to moan xxxxxxx, all alone in the moonlight I can dream of the old days Life was beautiful then I remember the time I knew what happiness was Let the xxxxxxx live again Every street lamp seems to beat A fatalistic warning Someone mutters and the street lamp sputters And soon it will be morning Daylight, I must wait for the sunrise I must think of a new life And I mustn't give in When the dawn comes, tonight will be a xxxxxxxx too And a new day will begin Burnt out ends of smoky days The stale, cold smell of morning A street lamp dies, another night is over Another day is dawning Touch me, it's so easy to leave me All alone with the xxxxxxxx Of my days in the sun If you touch me, you'll understand what happiness is Look, a new day has begun

But don't worry: Kathy Bates Misery James Caan

After a couple of days it's ok

North Florida and southeast US friends: let GSC know if you need help on the other side of the storm

Don't you blaspheme in here! The Blues Brothers. *** "You're a wizard, Harry."

yeah, uh, likewise!

looking less like a cone and more like a straight arrow path.

Clearly RRnB missed my clever Hitchhiker's Guide reference to zarking froods, which is something like a freaking doofus if my babelfish is working correctly. In any event you don't have to Vote for Stupid to realize that HUMMA KAVULA!!!! is the political opponent and nemesis of Zaphod Beeblebrox, or that HUMMA KAVULA!!!! is played by the great John Malkovich.

I think OW!

Bull Durham Kevin Costner No Way Out See if we can do this without Gene Hackman or Will Patton. Shouldn't be THAT difficult.

Crimson Tide Denzel Washington Remember the Titans

Was anyone NOT in Don't Look Up? Cate Blanchett Lord of the Rings (Does it matter?) Sean Astin

Human Kavula!!! Zarking Frood.

You are reading it right. I'm outside the cone as it is. We don't believe we will be having much effect at all. Which is good, because I have plans Thursday. Big plans. Big. HUGE.

Who?

Daylight, I must wait for the sunrise I must think of a new life And I mustn't give in When the dawn comes, tonight will be a...

Who are you talking to? [that's your hint]

And Ethan Phillips played Neelix. WW is up.

Riverdale

Good guess. No. Wrong franchise. Like Ed Asner and Sherman Hemsley, this actor played a supporting role in the parent series and the main role in the spinoff. His character did not have a last name in the parent series (and it was implied that the name we knew him by WAS his surname). But in the spinoff it was revealed he had a different last name. Unlike Good Times and Family Matters, there are explicit connections between the spinoff series and the parent series. Not many, but enough (including a major guest appearance in the spinoff by one of the main characters in the parent series). Two actors in the spinoff series became regular characters on Star Trek series.

Not a lot of people win Emmy Awards for playing the same character on two different shows. In fact, it's only been done three times. Ed Asner did it for The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Lou Grant. Jackie Gleason did it for the Jackie Gleason Show and The Honeymooners. And this one other guy... the only Black performer to accomplish this achievement.

It was one of his lines in his Odd Couple role.