The even more likely probability (and most likely probability any time anyone ever comments on The AV Club) is that he was appropriating a Simpsons quote.

Just blatant distortions: Dmytryk, like many, was a member of the American Communist Party. How ever did you dig that up out of his forthright memoir? Would you now like to show me collusion against the United States? Would you like to show me how being a member of a local political party makes one a sworn enemy…

Just blatant distortions: Dmytryk, like many, was a member of the American Communist Party. How ever did you dig that up out of his forthright memoir? Would you now like to show me collusion against the United States? Would you like to show me how being a member of a local political party makes one a sworn enemy…

@avclub-8f87d4b94113d31b79513839ae5dbc3f:disqus  "From what I understand, someone who both owns and works their own means of production (small-holding farmer, artisan, shopkeeper) is petit-bourgeois, even if they hire a few workers, as long as the surplus value* isn't enough to let the owner just sit back and live off…

@avclub-8f87d4b94113d31b79513839ae5dbc3f:disqus  "From what I understand, someone who both owns and works their own means of production (small-holding farmer, artisan, shopkeeper) is petit-bourgeois, even if they hire a few workers, as long as the surplus value* isn't enough to let the owner just sit back and live off…

"Kazan certainly wasn't 100% steadfast in his actions"
Ha! No, that's putting it mildly. The fucker did a 180 on his convictions to suit whatever would soothe his guilty conscious.

"Kazan certainly wasn't 100% steadfast in his actions"
Ha! No, that's putting it mildly. The fucker did a 180 on his convictions to suit whatever would soothe his guilty conscious.

How can a show that has the finish line in it's sights be so fucking aimless? I really thought they had something credible of an ending building and some nice subversive commentary with the family going "legit," but they just tore that down. You had 13 episodes to figure out something even passingly summarize what…

How can a show that has the finish line in it's sights be so fucking aimless? I really thought they had something credible of an ending building and some nice subversive commentary with the family going "legit," but they just tore that down. You had 13 episodes to figure out something even passingly summarize what…

@avclub-0ae1dd3954ee840075de1395771b6c9c:disqus You think Marx's definition of a capitalist was a farmer who owns his own means of production? This is communism 101, guys, if you sell stuff you make yourself, you're a socialist. Worker-owned. If you own property and exploit workers with your capital, you're a…

@avclub-0ae1dd3954ee840075de1395771b6c9c:disqus You think Marx's definition of a capitalist was a farmer who owns his own means of production? This is communism 101, guys, if you sell stuff you make yourself, you're a socialist. Worker-owned. If you own property and exploit workers with your capital, you're a…

Strange given that right after he named names he cravenly insisted he didn't give them anyone they didn't already know. Isn't it funny how snitches self-rationalize at first (see also: Brandon Darby, Adrian Lamo) until it becomes clear the left isn't going to forgive and forget, then all of a sudden they were totally…

Strange given that right after he named names he cravenly insisted he didn't give them anyone they didn't already know. Isn't it funny how snitches self-rationalize at first (see also: Brandon Darby, Adrian Lamo) until it becomes clear the left isn't going to forgive and forget, then all of a sudden they were totally…

Yeah we know he will have it then, but it's not a given he has it now. It could make all the difference if getting cancer is the thing that drives him to return to Albuquerque.

Yeah we know he will have it then, but it's not a given he has it now. It could make all the difference if getting cancer is the thing that drives him to return to Albuquerque.

Not to detract from the well-timedness of the joke, but some of that praise belongs to Noah Baumbach and his shaming of 19 year olds everywhere.

Not to detract from the well-timedness of the joke, but some of that praise belongs to Noah Baumbach and his shaming of 19 year olds everywhere.

@avclub-e95a45d0b1f5afdf0ab9cde82b4b1d06:disqus Completely disagree on the former, agreed on the latter, but Lydia appearing desperate doesn't make Walt appear weak.

@avclub-e95a45d0b1f5afdf0ab9cde82b4b1d06:disqus Completely disagree on the former, agreed on the latter, but Lydia appearing desperate doesn't make Walt appear weak.

I noticed that too, nice little joke. Still absurdly paranoid about appearances to the wait staff, though. I'd like to see a scene explaining Lydia learning everything she knows about criminal enterprise from episodes of Law and Order where detectives interrogate bartenders and waitresses with ridiculously good…