"No, no George I get it, Hero's Journey, Hidden Fortress, all that bullshit…but how does the light saber know where to stop? Pass."

It could be well defended on those grounds, but it's never gonna be a slam dunk. These things tend to be taken on a case by case basis. Points for: it's not for profit and it rearranges the material (though this argument has failed in cases like music sampling) Points against: it uses the whole product (not minimual…

@avclub-d0cf409eb912cc0cc950b41b6d892d07:disqus I'm sure he thinks he's just being nice in his efforts to get ahead if that's what you mean, but isn't that what makes Mad Men's characterizations so great? Everyone thinks they had the best of intentions, it's what makes them so resonant.

Exactly, lotta other groups like this make me roll my eyes, but there's a lot of charm and creativity in their novelty.

Basia Bulat also rocks one, and my favorite discovery through Tiny Desk Concert was Spirit Family Reunion.

One of my favorite Black Panther stories/activities was about four of five of them (Fred Hampton in particular) fully and legally armed shadowing cop cars as they would pull black people over. They'd calmly get out of their car across the street and shout legal advice to the person being detained. Cops…

But that's precisely what the 2nd amendment is written for: Well regulated militias, aka groups of mother fuckers marching around in the woods with matching arm bands, not one guy hunting or protecting against intruders. It's quite explicitly not about the individual's right, but the collective people's right to be…

If Netflix were smart they'd encourage this sort of thing.

And everyone around you suffers from TMI.

If you shut off the light can you see Dan Harmon's face?

Yeah way off topic, but I could never understand this. Why is it tolerated that digital content would be incomplete. There's no way they couldn't easily just be part of the menu. I don't get the justification or lack there of.

The straight forward answer is that Bob's a manipulative opportunist. Sending food to a man's mother's funeral you barely know with your name on it is a gross and not at all genuine thing to do.

@avclub-0f0d67e214f9fef69b278e3d08114da9:disqus Probably, but we're not being so generous as to say that was Bob's intent as opposed to just being the usual kiss ass that he is, right?

@avclub-ee712b54ff92d404ff6cd6c8f6e41324:disqus "There's that wonderful sense of humor!"

Now I'm just picturing Pete doing the Charleston to The Grateful Dead.

I can't see him firing anyone from creative without at least giving Ted a heads up.

Yes, I'm a big fan of Greenwald. None of the political shenanigans surrounding his asylum changes the fact that Assange will and should be charged for sexual misconduct. Greenwald has said this just as I have.

Man, if any co-worker ever chirped in on my getting into it with a boss like that, I'd look for any opportunity to fuck that guy over twice as hard. What a dick move.

In which Pete finally does the thing everyone's been shouting at him to do for six seasons.

What @avclub-85d8ce590ad8981ca2c8286f79f59954:disqus said, but since you bring it up it's one of film's greatest achievements, no question, and mandatory viewing for any Kobayashi fan or just plain old cinephile for that matter. It is a big time investment, over 9 hours, and on top of that I'd say it took me a while…