Agreed. One of the things I like best about Mad Men is that they tend not to use non-diegetic music outside of montages and the occasional bit of gentle scoring. I thought all of the background noise (music, phones ringing, cars honking) was WAY too high in the sound mix on last night's ep, and there were some weird…

They may not have "FUCK YOU, LARRY!" but if they were on pay-cable, they'd probably have "FUCK YOU, HARRY!" Mr. Crane definitely had some LD moments last night.

I agree, I think Todd totally misread that sex scene. To me, it very clearly suggested that Megan has the power. She just gets off on the *idea* of being overpowered; her protests and calling him an "old man" were obviously theatrical and once Don "ravaged" her, she was visibly quite into it. Sort of a Bobbie Barrett…

It took them a few years to get into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame after they were eligible, which they ended up turning into a bunch of comedy pieces on their website. This one's my favorite: http://www.steelydan.com/ho…

This Onion article sums up the pain of being a Steely Dan fan quite nicely: http://www.theonion.com/art…

I was shocked to see it missing as well. My favorite of their albums, and the song "Pretzel Logic" is in my top five of all their songs.

I'm exactly in your shoes— my dad is a Dan-head and I grew up on "Aja," discovering all the rest of their albums in high school (when I could actually appreciate the lyrics). "Deacon Blues" is one of the first songs I can ever remember hearing, and will probably make me swoon until the day I die.

Fun fact: despite being easily the most lyrically moronic entry in their catalog, "The Fez" is the only Dan song credited to a third writer besides Becker and Fagen. Not to say it's not a great song, but you'd think they wouldn't need help writing a song that has two lines.

On the Steely Dan episode of VH1 Storytellers, I'm pretty sure Becker told a story about how he was in a cab and told the driver that he was in Steely Dan, and the driver told him that Steely Dan had the stupidest song lyric he'd ever heard: the gas in the car one.

Sarah Ruhl rip-off?
This sounds suspiciously like the plot of Sarah Ruhl's "In the Next Room (or, the vibrator play)," which was big in NYC last year. The Variety article doesn't list her as affiliated with this, though. Lawsuit?

I would also like to add my voice to AV Club Citizens United for a Spoileriffic "Inception" podcast. Would love to hear you guys unpack this film. I can understand why you don't do it for every podcast, but this one is begging for it.

Tasha, you are hilarious.
I rarely comment, but I came here specifically to tell you that the statement "love triangle between a vampire, a werewolf, and a moron" and your one-minute "exposition" version of Star Wars both had me giggling aloud in my car.

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I, too, share a love of this film with my sister. I groaned when she rented it, but ended up enjoying the hell out of the satire. (The Fountains of Wayne-penned songs are pretty awesome, too.)

@M1ngle: SF has 'em. They're mostly in Safeway stores, with a few in Walgreens. I usually rent mine from the Safeway at 16th and Potrero.

Pressing question
How on EARTH do these four people end up in the same room together, much less the same hot tub?

This is a fun movie.
If you don't mind the trappings of mumblecore (basically, the fact that it sounds like real conversations, with the attendant "ums" and "uhs"), I think you'll enjoy this movie. It's a slow starter, but the final scene is long and funny and really wonderful. Lots of laughter from everyone at the…

I've also read the leaked pilot script. It's outstanding. I really hope that the pilot works out and they pick it up. It's got it all: violence, sex, swordfighting, incest, Peter Dinklage!

I prefer Frankenberry myself.

I don't find him attractive, and his schtick is beyond annoying. Also, every time I see him, I think of him when he was a little kid and easily the worst person on that horrible Disney show, and become increasingly depressed about his current fame.