Panic, written and directed by Henry Bromel, is a black-comedy gem about a middle-class husband and father (William H. Macy) who seeks the help of a shrink (John Ritter) when he decides he wants out of the family business. His father (Donald Sutherland) and mother (Barbara Bain) are killers for hire. At the Sundance Film Festival last year, Panic drew raves for the actors, including Neve Campbell as a twenty-something who gets between Macy's character and his wife (Tracey Ullman, cast deftly against type), and for Bromel's acutely funny vision, but you'd need a detective to find a theater where it's playing since the rights were quickly sold to Showtime.

“Everyday People”

"Everyday People" managed to trailblaze in two different ways -- it was one of the first pop hits to deal with the subject of racial harmony, and it utilized Larry Graham's "slap" technique on the bass guitar, which would soon be copied by countless other bassists. Graham once said about his pulsating style, "I'd never done that before … that's where the freedom of creativity came in for the band, that we'd be allowed to do that." In 1978, the song's line "Different strokes for different folks" would be borrowed for the title of the hit television show Diff'rent Strokes.