Timothy Malcolm

@timothymalcolm.bsky.social

Writer, editor, podcaster. Food, travel, baseball, culture, music, beer.

I like how ESPN makes it sound like the Eagles have had just “recent” postseason success compared to the Cowboys. Since 1990 it was them for the first EIGHT YEARS and then us for the next TWENTY-EIGHT.

Getting irrationally angry at the Sirius XM 90s on 9 countdown for this week in 1999 because they’re playing “Back That Azz Up” instead of “Back That Thang Up,” the radio edited version THAT ACTUALLY CHARTED.

I also once was obsessed with this show. Sorkin’s world building is incredible, it’s his biggest strength. But I recently rewatched the pilot and man it’s reaching for a WHOLE LOT when it’s just about uh a late-night comedy show.

Alan Sepinwall@sepinwall.bsky.social · last wk.

Aaron Sorkin's infamous Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip debuted 20 years ago this fall. I talked with a group of contemporary comedy writers about why the show didn't work, but also why they're still obsessed with it: