The best ones are treasures. I have a few I never miss, a few a check out occasionally, and a whole lot more that weren't worth keeping up for. As for fears that they dilute the thrill of live comedy, that seems pretty baseless. I know for myself, I've bought more comedy tickets and comedy albums since discovering NNF…

"Okay, seriously, how the fuck is Carrie Brownstein so funny at sketch comedy?"

The fan-fiction thing is more sci-fi/BSG specific I guess , but having seen BSG is kind of irrelevant to the joke. One more episode syndrome works for countless "must-see" TV on DVD shows; Lost, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, FNL…

New Day Rising is a amazing. I very much prefer it to Zen Arcade, which is also very good.

His book and last CD weren't very good.

I can't stand All the Real Girls. He peaked with Eastbound and Down.

"it’s always bothered me how limited Allen’s taste appears to be. His
favorite kinds of music, books and movies seem to have been locked-in
before he turned 30. I don’t get the sense that Allen could speak as
knowledgeably about Scorsese’s career as Scorsese can speak about Allen"

You say that like it would be a bad thing.

Why are 90s bands on classic-rock radio? Because these formats aren't static - we all understand that what we now call "oldies" was once top 40, right?