I think they're dropping the ball on an obvious source of tension in the Jim/Pam relationship - that Jim's pursuing his dream and Pam isn't. That seems like the natural conflict to me, but for some reason all they go to is Jim didn't tell her right away, which, eh, it's not really going to make me question the…

"Whatever, I'll speak at your funeral" is definitely a line I'll be appropriating in everyday life.

"Whatever, I'll speak at your funeral" is definitely a line I'll be appropriating in everyday life.

Oh you misunderstand me. I specifically want this show to baffle people new to it wondering when that disturbing clown is going to show up. That close up shot of his face was so ubiquitous in their ad campaign, which makes it all the more hilarious that they killed him off.

Oh you misunderstand me. I specifically want this show to baffle people new to it wondering when that disturbing clown is going to show up. That close up shot of his face was so ubiquitous in their ad campaign, which makes it all the more hilarious that they killed him off.

Honestly, as good as this was, probably the weakest Newreaders episode they've done. Check out past seasons.

Honestly, as good as this was, probably the weakest Newreaders episode they've done. Check out past seasons.

I hope Corddry comes back as someone else, but they inexplicably keep up with the bloody clown doctor as the central visual motif of the show's billboards and dvd covers.

I hope Corddry comes back as someone else, but they inexplicably keep up with the bloody clown doctor as the central visual motif of the show's billboards and dvd covers.

So apparently I should move to Pawnee, where you can't go 5 minutes without someone offering you a job.

So apparently I should move to Pawnee, where you can't go 5 minutes without someone offering you a job.

@avclub-b3d29f8f22c60a4b2c5fc2b1691c1d62:disqus "But if you build TVs for a living, no, you can't retroactively charge Bill more for the TV he bought from you, but you can and quite possibly will charge more for the next one."

@avclub-b3d29f8f22c60a4b2c5fc2b1691c1d62:disqus "But if you build TVs for a living, no, you can't retroactively charge Bill more for the TV he bought from you, but you can and quite possibly will charge more for the next one."

"I don't think you can really say the artist compensation model was basically sorted for millenia when the modern mass audience - even one you can divide into tiny niche slices - is less than 300 years old (I'm guessing) for books and less than 100 years old for anything else."

"I don't think you can really say the artist compensation model was basically sorted for millenia when the modern mass audience - even one you can divide into tiny niche slices - is less than 300 years old (I'm guessing) for books and less than 100 years old for anything else."

Apparently, it's not gay if one guy's not into it. Also, pitching is fine, catching not. Learn all these and more in the new Mickey and Goofy adventure, "No Homouse."

Apparently, it's not gay if one guy's not into it. Also, pitching is fine, catching not. Learn all these and more in the new Mickey and Goofy adventure, "No Homouse."

Yeah, that absolutely was the end of the Phil story, and good on the show for not playing it as a gay panic joke. Everything about the familiar beats were played to the moment a high-larious misunderstanding happened and Phil freaked out. Instead, it's just "Oh, I guess he thought this was a date. I can see that."

Yeah, that absolutely was the end of the Phil story, and good on the show for not playing it as a gay panic joke. Everything about the familiar beats were played to the moment a high-larious misunderstanding happened and Phil freaked out. Instead, it's just "Oh, I guess he thought this was a date. I can see that."

Oh, well allow me to retract my flippant "who gives a fuck?" remark. I haven't actually heard the reformed band, where does it fall on the AC/DC to The Doors scale?