However, angry spouses demanding to know where you were until 3am were not thrilled to be made part of an impromptu comedy routine.

All topped with our famous Joan Crawford Has Risen From the Gravy.

I’m not sure I’m really the core Takeout audience* — I like to eat, but don’t like to cook, and prefer familiar flavors to Unexpected Taste Adventures. It’s in that spirit that I really appreciate how the site finds space to celebrate my environment of fast-food and simple-prep eating, where the difference between a…

Absolutely, that was a great portrayal and it looked like Sykes had a blast doing it.

Late to the party, but just to offer up my own quickie definitions: A hero defends the weak; an anti-hero attacks the powerful.

Snakebraham Lincoln, of course.

Indeed. That’s the difference between “existing” and “being a thing.”

I’ll go with La Croix and similar seltzer-with-barely-any-flavor drinks. Coke and Pepsi had been on a century-long climb in sales before our culture decided to turn their backs on them in favor of “healthier” thirst quenchers. When Diet Coke has to resort to marketing gimmicks to fight declining market share, that’s a…

I have this exact reaction, moreso to Kristen Schaal. The Michelle Wolf I’ve seen has been limited to Daily Show bits and The Break (which was broken up into segments where other people were talking) and has always been very amusing, but voices in that register really hit the panic reflex in my monkey-brain and make…

How many people reading this remember why this feature is called “Reasonable Discussions?”

If we have to have this sort of thing, this is the only way it makes any sense. Out of nowhere, some mild-mannered account languishes in obscurity until the opportunity arises to make a MASSIVE burn, the echoes of which resonate for hours. Then the account goes back into obscurity and ignores everyone’s childish pleas…

Me three, and me three. I long for the day Twitter goes away forever and “[person] Tweets [thing] and everybody [loves|hates] it!” is no longer considered a story.

I think Rose’s line from before Midge leaves for the tour is really meant to be her mission statement this season. She says that Midge’s refusal to chase after the life of quiet domesticity that was taken from her, even after she got another shot at it, and instead fight for her identity as a person living her own…

If it’s a choice between half-clever but somewhat empty genre parodies or Dan Harmon working through all the insights his many (and clearly desperately needed) therapy sessions have bestowed upon him, I eagerly await Rick & Morty’s take on cowboy movies and/or sparkly vampire teens.

I had not heard that about Brian Tarantina!  What a tragedy, he was so great in the role.

You’re doing God’s work, friend. Stuff sucks. People need to know.

I’m guessing you got a good slap at the moment in Season 2's finale where Johnny defends Roland and the town from the contempt of one of his former rich-guy peers when they’re out together for an anniversary dinner. “That town you drove past -- it’s not called Shitsville.  It’s called Schitt’s Creek.  And it’s where…

Glad to see someone else agrees with me that the ensemble lets this show really shine, rather than with (what seems to be) the general consensus that Susie and Midge are the only characters worth following. I’m invested in all of them, even Jackie, who has made the most of his limited screen time so far.

(off-topic) Ah, the Pete Rozelle era — when the NFL felt it had to maintain an arms-length distance from the abominable specter of SPORTS GAMBLING lest innocent children be corrupted. As opposed to today, where everybody knows you’ve got $100 riding on your fantasy team so we might as well give you the stat line…