Stopping by Blockbuster to pick up a couple of movies. Movies in hand, I get in line to pay. A cashier calls me up to the register and off we go:

CASHIER: And did you find everything you were looking for today?

ME: Yup.

CASHIER: [Opening the DVD cases] So we have “Brick” and the movie that we are not allowed to say the title of.

ME: Yup… What?

CASHIER: We aren’t allowed to say the name of that movie.

ME: What?

SECOND CASHIER: Yup. Had to take down the poster and everything.

ME: You’re not allowed to say “Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story”?

FIRST CASHIER: Nope.

ME: Ahem… “Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story”.

[Anticipatory pause.]

FIRST CASHIER: Oh, YOU can shout it to the rooftops. We just can’t. Had a customer complain.

ME: That’s stupid.

SECOND CASHIER: Yup.

ME: Really stupid.

FIRST CASHIER: Yup.

ME: Wow.

[Pay for movies. Walk to exit. Pause. Turn around and face the store.]

ME: Tristram Shandy. [Pause.] A COCK and BULL Story.

[Pause. World does not end. Exit.]

• Starz: “Superman the Movie in 30 seconds (and re-enacted by bunnies)” (via Screenhead)

You’ve been waiting for it. I’ve been waiting for it. We’ve all been waiting for it.

AAAAAAUUUUUUGH!!!!!

(Pant pant pant.)

Ok, I’m fi-

AAAAAAUUUUUUGH!!!!!

Wait wait wait let me just say-

AAAAAAUUUUUUGH!!!!!

(Tears of geekish heartbreak splattering on the floor.)

I can’t go on. It’s like someone hawked a loogie on my comic collection.

“What the hell is an Aluminium Falcon?!”

- Emperor Palpatine, Darth Vader Calls the Emperor

OooooOOOoooo… video… snazzy, huh?

I’m so tech-savvy, I’m posting this while eating a cookie.

Who rocks? Why, that’s me! I rock.

• ComingSoon.net: “Original Unaltered Star Wars Trilogy on DVD!” (via The Movie Blog)

In response to overwhelming demand, Lucasfilm Ltd. and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will release attractively priced individual two-disc releases of “Star Wars,” “The Empire Strikes Back” and “Return of the Jedi.” Each release includes the 2004 digitally remastered version of the movie, as well as the original theatrical edition of the film. That means you’ll be able to enjoy “Star Wars” as it first appeared in 1977, “Empire” in 1980, and “Jedi” in 1983.

Cookies for everyone!