Disgrace Distract and Bother Me Archives - Pop Culture References https://popculturereferences.com/category/disgrace-distract-and-bother-me/ Brian Cronin takes a look at interesting pieces of pop culture history from the worlds of TV, film, music and more. Thu, 15 Jan 2026 09:26:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://popculturereferences.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/cropped-thumbnail-1-32x32.png Disgrace Distract and Bother Me Archives - Pop Culture References https://popculturereferences.com/category/disgrace-distract-and-bother-me/ 32 32 The Rookie Oddly Nerfed a Mass Shooting Event https://popculturereferences.com/the-rookie-oddly-nerfed-a-mass-shooting-event/ https://popculturereferences.com/the-rookie-oddly-nerfed-a-mass-shooting-event/#comments Thu, 15 Jan 2026 09:25:23 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=7703 Brian explains why he takes issue with how The Rookie oddly "nerfed" a mass shooting event.

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]]> https://popculturereferences.com/the-messed-up-history-of-lifesavers-current-five-flavors/feed/ 0 TV Needs to Drop the Whole ‘You’re Right Every Time, But This Time We Doubt You’ Deal https://popculturereferences.com/tv-needs-to-drop-the-whole-youre-right-every-time-but-this-time-we-doubt-you-deal/ https://popculturereferences.com/tv-needs-to-drop-the-whole-youre-right-every-time-but-this-time-we-doubt-you-deal/#comments Thu, 18 Sep 2025 22:24:42 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=7423 Brian pokes some fun at shows where the police all continue to doubt the detective who is always right about their cases.

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]]> https://popculturereferences.com/tv-needs-to-drop-the-whole-youre-right-every-time-but-this-time-we-doubt-you-deal/feed/ 1 Don’t Tell Me a Celebrity Was ‘Cut Off’ When She Wasn’t Cut Off https://popculturereferences.com/dont-tell-me-a-celebrity-was-cut-off-when-she-wasnt-cut-off/ https://popculturereferences.com/dont-tell-me-a-celebrity-was-cut-off-when-she-wasnt-cut-off/#respond Mon, 19 May 2025 09:30:55 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=7355 Brian complains about how a series of articles online are pushing an inaccurate story about Dakota Johnson being cut off financially by her family

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]]> https://popculturereferences.com/dont-tell-me-a-celebrity-was-cut-off-when-she-wasnt-cut-off/feed/ 0 Walton Goggins Adds Fuel to the Fire of the Aimee Lou Wood Feud By Not Adding Any Fuel to the Fire, You Losers https://popculturereferences.com/walton-goggins-adds-fuel-to-the-fire-of-the-aimee-lou-wood-feud-by-not-adding-any-fuel-to-the-fire-you-losers/ https://popculturereferences.com/walton-goggins-adds-fuel-to-the-fire-of-the-aimee-lou-wood-feud-by-not-adding-any-fuel-to-the-fire-you-losers/#respond Sun, 11 May 2025 07:25:32 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=7331 Brian explains how the alleged feud between Walton Goggins and Aimee Lou Wood was not addressed on SNL...or was it? It wasn't. At all. Or was it? No, it wasn't

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]]> https://popculturereferences.com/walton-goggins-adds-fuel-to-the-fire-of-the-aimee-lou-wood-feud-by-not-adding-any-fuel-to-the-fire-you-losers/feed/ 0 The Major Problem With Magnum, p.i.’s Most Iconic Moment https://popculturereferences.com/the-major-problem-with-magnum-p-i-s-most-iconic-moment/ https://popculturereferences.com/the-major-problem-with-magnum-p-i-s-most-iconic-moment/#comments Sun, 22 Oct 2023 21:45:16 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=5854 Brian explains why there was a major problem with the most iconic moment from the original Magnum, p.i. TV series

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]]> https://popculturereferences.com/william-had-nothing-to-apologize-for-at-the-end-of-notting-hill/feed/ 0 Jon Seda’s Casting as John Basilone in The Pacific Spotlights A Problem With the Depiction of the Military https://popculturereferences.com/jon-sedas-casting-as-john-basilone-in-the-pacific-spotlights-a-problem-with-the-depiction-of-the-military/ https://popculturereferences.com/jon-sedas-casting-as-john-basilone-in-the-pacific-spotlights-a-problem-with-the-depiction-of-the-military/#comments Sat, 16 Sep 2023 19:29:17 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=5546 Brian takes a bit of an issue with how casting for people in the military seems to believe you need to be older to carry the gravitas that younger people clearly DID possess in the actual wars

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]]> https://popculturereferences.com/jon-sedas-casting-as-john-basilone-in-the-pacific-spotlights-a-problem-with-the-depiction-of-the-military/feed/ 4 The Incomprehensible Politics of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny https://popculturereferences.com/the-incomprehensible-politics-of-indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny/ https://popculturereferences.com/the-incomprehensible-politics-of-indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny/#comments Wed, 19 Jul 2023 10:22:59 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=5226 Brian takes a bit of an issue with how little sense any of the politics in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny made.

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