It's hard to even process the rage and nausea that On the Media episode filled me with. I thought Sarah Abdurrahman's experience was terrible when they first aired it a few months ago (and it is), but this. . . absolutely sickening. Essentially raped over the course of six hours and then billed for the privilege by…

Has enough time passed to respectfully bring back Huell Howser's ghost from the Huelliverse? The Adomian/Jeff Garlin episode was a sweet and wonderful send-off for the character, but the world still needs more Adomian-voiced Huell!

As much as I still genuinely relish every GIlly/Gary Marshall appearance, I do feel like there is a bit of diminishing returns going on by now. This was consistently pleasant, but not as frequently flat-out hilarious as previous episodes - until the pairing gets a welcome injection of unpredictability with the Len…

Boo-urns! I'll be at SXSW but only until the 13th. You screwed me, AV Club! You screeewed me!

Hates puns and Tom Waits. . . truly history's greatest monster.

Man, Jon Daly is such a slog to listen to on Bang! Bang! (he certainly has his moments, but he's so unmistakably desperate for attention in a way that comes across as far more needy than most other guests). I'll never understand how AVClub so often appears lukewarm on Adomian, who at this point is on the shortlist for…

I've never seen 'Two Midgets Shitting in a Bucket' lose a hand.

That's what every response should be in Savage Love.

A few years ago, an episode ended in a three-way tie - the first and only in the show's history:
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Go to hell, Costas.

Gus Johnson is a national treasure beloved by everybody who doesn't hate fun and excitement. It's a shame he's not calling games on a national stage anymore.

It's a little disingenuous for most of those who hate Pete Carroll to claim it's because of concern about him hightailing it out of USC, as if they feel some sort of lament for the school's subsequent sanctioning. The vast majority of USC alumni, especially those who were there during his tenure (myself included) are…

Oscar Isaac should have received a Best Actor nomination. Without him, the movie doesn't work.

If anybody saw Castellenta's milquetoast radio host and thought it was intended as a generic NPR personality parody, have a listen to KCRW's 'Bookworm' host Michael Silverblatt and marvel at how, if anything, the spot-on impersonation is actually something of understatement.

I still don't understand why Warner Bros thought this was the kind of movie that should have a large, quick nationwide roll-out. It's a Spike Jonze film featuring complex themes and nuanced performances - how was this a piece one would expect to connect with a large general audience?

Yeah, I don't really understand the thought process here. It's well enough for Armond to go on writing obviously trolling contrarian reviews, but if an audience member (whether critic, invited guest or layperson) is actively heckling the proceedings, why should they be invited back to attend future awards?

'Tis a fine, fine newswire when we can both express sorrow over Nelson Mandela's passing as well as vent indignation over the insipidity of Nikki Finke.

I seem to have cursed my Chiefs: they haven't won a game since we moved here. Unfortunately, with Houston out and Hali questionable, I'm rather pessimistic about our chancing of nipping Denver in the rematch this Sunday.

The only Halloween costume I've put any serious effort into over the last few years was Richie Tenenbaum. A depressingly small number of people had any idea what I was supposed to be.

Speaking of gimmick posters, whatever happened to Random Acts of Costanza and his well-timed weekly disruption of the TI?