Stargate is pretty ridiculous, but gets bonus points for setting up SG-1.  (Yes, I loved SG-1.  Atlantis not so much, and Universe was BORING AS HELL.)

Nice effort, not enough misdirection to obscure where the punchline would come from.  C+.

Nice effort, not enough misdirection to obscure where the punchline would come from.  C+.

A van?  My usual means of death was either small dog or riding over the fucking CURB.  Because, as everyone knows, nobody on a bike can ever MAKE IT OVER A CURB WITHOUT CRASHING.

A van?  My usual means of death was either small dog or riding over the fucking CURB.  Because, as everyone knows, nobody on a bike can ever MAKE IT OVER A CURB WITHOUT CRASHING.

As soon as I got a new car, suddenly five other people in my city have them too!

As soon as I got a new car, suddenly five other people in my city have them too!

"A whole thing of candy beans" is so bizarrely hilarious.  And the "It was my ILLUSION!" line was the best ever "On the Next…."

"A whole thing of candy beans" is so bizarrely hilarious.  And the "It was my ILLUSION!" line was the best ever "On the Next…."

I think it was supposed to be a Medical Alert bracelet?

I think it was supposed to be a Medical Alert bracelet?

Congrats, John Popper.  The hook brought me back.

Congrats, John Popper.  The hook brought me back.

So if you watch the show through a specially-blessed TV, the filth won't come through?

So if you watch the show through a specially-blessed TV, the filth won't come through?

The one thing I can say about the Adventists, is their Christmas countdown calendars are pretty fun for kids.  A new toy or candy every day!

The one thing I can say about the Adventists, is their Christmas countdown calendars are pretty fun for kids.  A new toy or candy every day!

@avclub-0ae7484a9f3bbd2a21df420050c032ae:disqus  - The Jehovah's Witnesses' "Revelation" book has some insanely trippy illustrations.  Just don't read the actual words, they're bullshit.  (SPOILER ALERT - The seven-headed beast is the United Nations.  Uh huh.)

@avclub-0ae7484a9f3bbd2a21df420050c032ae:disqus  - The Jehovah's Witnesses' "Revelation" book has some insanely trippy illustrations.  Just don't read the actual words, they're bullshit.  (SPOILER ALERT - The seven-headed beast is the United Nations.  Uh huh.)

The problem is that The Bible doesn't have a unified narrative other than "do what God says or bad things will happen".  I've read it straight through, and it's 75% boring as fuck, 15% batshit insane, and maybe 10% interesting.