There was an early-1980s controversy about placing nuclear missiles in Western Europe, where they were so close to Russia that the Soviets would in turn be forced to change their nuclear policy to launch their own missiles before a NATO attack could be properly confirmed, which seemed like it would inevitably lead to…

In "The Last Convertible", Bruce Boxleitner's character, a writer, is asked something like this under the typical circumstances during WWII.  His answer is "I don't follow sports, LOTS of people don't follow sports, so let ME ask YOU: who won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature last year, huh?"

And that farm…is called Netflix.

There ya go.

I never thought of her as being so very young. The actress is almost 36 — Rashida Jones is 35, both of them look about their ages, and Chris didn't think Ann was too young for him.

For howlers, you can't beat the news person who referred to the House Speaker's "apparent suicide".  You know, when hundreds of millions of people saw him apologize to the world and then shoot himself in the head?  But let's not jump to conclusions!

You can tell because Liza Lapira was in it.  (She's Buckethead.)

Yes; also Andrea Anders, who wasn't bad in it and has proven herself since in other shows.

Just dwell on this: CBS had a sitcom "The Class" a few years ago, which featured
 
1. Lucy Punch being completely unfunny
2. Jesse Tyler Ferguson as a heterosexual
3. Jason Ritter as a sitcom lead
 
Imagine what it takes to put that on the air.

You know something? I now think the writers also got the chains mixed up.  Trader Joe's, at least the ones around Boston, are notorious for aisles that aren't quite big enough, which Ted mentioned.

Do 20-year-olds love Whole Foods?  I thought it was middle-aged hippies.

That's what you pick on in that, typograhically?  I had to read it three times to realize that "Alphalpha" was "Alfalfa", and not some kind of double-macho "alpha alpha" male.

I call them "She's chained up in the basement shows".

Not especially. The first season of 9 was the strike season; the second was a full 22.

A note to the reviewer: it wasn't a closet full of oranges.  That's the office door — they filled the entire TGS space, floor to ceiling, with oranges.

This is why creators don't read TV blogs: when that shows up next month you'll probably sue them.

"Funny" ring tones get old fast in real life, but I'd love to have that one.

@avclub-6c8349cc7260ae62e3b1396831a8398f:disqus Liked for reference to EJ B-sides: hell yeah. They're all in the CD-era reissues, happily.

THAT SHE KNOWS OF!

I feel like this episode was Hannigan's first adult role.