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Thank you Claire! For a long time I thought I was the only person who got totally freaked out by this movie, but I already had a long standing phobia about alien abduction thanks to Unsolved Mystery, and was convinced that I HAD been abducted while in 6th grade. Later, I figured out it was all just sleep paralysis,…

Seems Like A Lot Of People Got Dan Brown
Maybe you fuckers just cant write? (I keeeed)

Didnt you wonder why you were getting checks for doing absolutely nothing?

I like Conan in one of the commentaries describing Swartzwelder as the handsomist turn of the century police officer you'll ever see. "I can just imagine him beating an immigrant to death."

@cul-de-zak- The truth behind that legend is that in season 6 (1994?), smoking was banned in the writing room, so the producers allowed Swartzwelder to be the only writer who did not have to attend rewrite session. He would just drop off his scripts to be worked over further by the other writers. But I dont know if he…

Whatever happened to Grandpa's fez? I miss that.

I'm a huge fan of Hartman, and it just happens that his time with the show coincides with its best years, but its a little out there to say that Swartzwelder's influence is no greater than Hartman. Hartman was certainly a brilliant voice actor, but not as essential as the shows most prolific writer. I well grant that…

I aint sayin that any episode this season are bad, hell, none of them deserve any less than a B/B+, and that the characters were still finding their footing should be taken with a grain of salt, but this episode perfectly nails not just Grandpa, but also Nelson, Bart and Lisa's relationship, and even the parenting…

Sure, we cant bust heads like we used to, but we have our ways. One trick is to tell them stories that dont go anywhere. Like the time I caught the ferry over to Shelbyville. Ya see, I needed a new heel for my shoe, so I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they used to call Shelbyville in those days. So I tied…

Burn in Hell you old bastard!

I Dont Get It
How is this episode worst than "Homer's Odyssey?" I mean, I know that its a slight discrepancy, and that the letter grades dont matter as much as the actual review, but I dont get the logic of how this was not as good as earlier eps. Here, as Rabin points out, we get Grandpa perfectly defined as a…

Doctor Handsome and Idiotking should both be on the writing staff. Those are the best fixes for the continuity problems in this ep. But fortunately, I was enjoying the show so much that I was able to overlook those problems.

It looks like the cat has been caught by the very person who was trying to catch him!

Fuckin' NO! Dude, the Internet is FUCKING OVER now! Get your ass out there on the road and keep peddlin' those demo tapes son!

So shes fucking the whole neighborhood now, or what?

I always thought it was pronounced like Folk-er.

Can I borrow a feelin'?

some guys funny on day one- John Oliver, Larry Wilmore, John Hodgman, Colbert, Carrell, hell Bee was funny from the beginning. The difference is is that they were real comedy professionals. If the Daily Show is sexist, do you think that an unfunny, no experience, newbie like Munn is really sharing creative ideas in…

Not Surprised
It wouldnt shock me if the Daily Show had a sexist, frat-boy atmosphere. I seem to remember that SNL was often charged as such during their best years. Comedy can be a brutal business, with jokes traded on people's insecurities, and most comedians seem to be pricks in real life. So if your easily…