If you're under 45, it's hard to remember a time when Andy Richter wasn't a TV fixture. Rising to prominence in 1993 as part of Late Night With Conan O'Brien, Richter has seemed an omnipresent affable Everyman ever since, both on the talk-show circuit and in his own work, such as the criminally underrated sitcoms Andy Richter Controls the Universe and Andy Barker, P.I.
They say three is a trend, the rate of occurrence upon which one moves past the threshold of randomness and into the realm of fixed preference that we often identify as "taste." Levi seemed to like older movies and TV. Levi seemed to dislike newer movies and TV. I sat down to watch an episode of Pee-wee's Playhouse with him, and a hypothesis about why this is the case took shape.
I love a checklist of reminders for my kids, but these overly complicated chore charts? They've got to go. There are apps, there are magnetic charts, there are giant customizable dry-erase boards - it's all too much. And it makes giving your kids chores and encouraging them to be a part of the team at home way more overwhelming than it needs to be.
