Watch This: David Letterman at the Oscars

David Letterman

After an impressive 33 years, late night talk show host David Letterman will be retiring from his job as the host of The Late Show. For many, it is the end of an era that was full of anarchy and very odd comedy choices. Unlike his competition, specifically that of Jay Leno (The Tonight Show), he was influential in making pranks and lists into an art form for hilarity. With all of this in mind, it is interesting to note that his Academy Awards hosting gig has gone down as one of the worst, yet is it considering the countless names that have come since (Ellen Degeneres, James Franco, etc.)? Along with celebrating the 20th anniversary of that frightful gig this year, it is as good of a time as any to revisit it as we lose one of the most inimitable and ornery talk show hosts in American history.

Is "Pulp Fiction" Overrated?

John Travolta

On this day in history, director Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction hit American theaters nationwide and in the process, altering how many conceived of cinema. It played fast and loose and gave a profane-laced, pop culture behemoth that earned the 30-year-old director the Palme d'Or and a Best Original Screenplay award with co-writer Roger Avary. For many, it was a renaissance of film innovation equivalent to Citizen Kane or The Godfather, changing the way that independent film would be judged and consumed. With all of the praise coming out to commemorate this anniversary, there's one hypothetical that never gets explored: what if Pulp Fiction was overrated?