THE LAST WALTZ:  To say farewell to Late Night, Jimmy Fallon was joined by the Muppets to sing The Weight.  (I am interested in the prominence of Walter both in this and in the marketing for Muppets Most Wanted--maybe he tests really well with kids?)

BUILDING BLOCKS OF A FRANCHISE:  Based on response from the earlier thread and the probably 80% full screening I went to on the Upper West Side this afternoon, I think a spoiler thread for The LEGO Movie is in order.  I found it a delight, but three spoiler-y discussion points after the break:

SOWHAT?  The thing that's struck me about all the hype for the Sochi Games is that  it seems to be completely centered around the host city and the spectacle of the Olympic Games, and not nearly as much as usual about the athletes competing. Is it because of the dearth of American medal hopes in figure skating, and that I don't care about any of the flippity-flip "extreme" sports?

Are you excited for the Games?  If so, for what?  Or will you just turn on NBC every night, and whatever's on, that'll entertain you enough?

MATT, HOW DID YOU LIKE THEM APPLES?  The George Clooney-Matt Damon prank war ropes in Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.

ALL THESE BREWERIES ARE YOURS, EXCEPT ANCHOR.  ATTEMPT NO DRINKING THERE:  Given the East Coast focus of our audience, I thought I'd share with you folks the good news that Sierra Nevada is opening a brewery in Mills River, North Carolina and Lagunitas is opening one in Chicago.  Sierra Nevada's Porter is one of my all time favorite beers.

TRIPLE AXEL TRIPLE LOOP .... TRIPLEAXELTRIPLELOOP! During Olympic season, we always welcome Gretchen's ALOTT5MA Award-winning coverage of the figure skating competition. We may not receive her commentary as often this year, but we are delighted to run it when we can:

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Skating Fans, the day is finally here! Yes, it's time for spangles, nude stockings, triple axels, twizzles, judging scandals, and thrillingly, the Return of Plushenko. There's lots of good stuff to watch for these Olympics, including the new team competition, the ice dance rivalry between Virtue & Moir and Davis & White, Jason Brown and his charismatic Riverdance program, and the lingering questions about whether Ashley Wagner deserves her place on the Olympic team. (For the record, I think she does.)

But today, I'm writing not to celebrate ice skating, but to gripe. As everyone knows, the old 6.0 scoring system was replaced by a code of points after the Salt Lake City vote-trading debacle. Each skating program now earns points on a rubric. If you have the most points, you win. Simple, right?

HOW MANY CHINS? In honor of Jay Leno's second "last ever Tonight Show," let's look back at the Dancing Itos!  Share your favorite memories below (if you have any).