The best part of that is that Cleese has just explained in fair amount of detail the pipes that carry blood and sluice off the killing floor. And Michael interrupts….to clarify what was meant by knives.

Alright, I'll have a quick look at yer Thomas Hardy.

I've had a lot of fun reading it; it's completely unlike anything else out there. Though at minimum a curiosity about American History is required.

Neglected is a good word for it. Everyone I know who has heard of him loves him., but that's a short list of people. I only heard of him because both my parents are professors who had heard of him.

John Dos Passos' U.S.A. Trilogy
Pnin
Pastoralia by George Saunders (Tenth of December was so good that I felt obligated to play catch-up)
The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford

Whenever a celebrity is put in a situation that seems mildly uncomfortable, Phil Dyess-Nugent will be there, shifting his weight from one foot to the other and looking to the side with an expression of mild concern.

He'd still be alive if they called for a doctor instead of a theoretical physicist.

Why are you calling the Simon-Hawkins bit a vanity piece? Do you really think Paul Simon comissioned that to feel good about himself? "Yeah, I know I'm a really respected songwriter but not enough people know that I can ball. And finally, in this sketch comedy show backstroke musical revue, I have the venue to let…

There is neither honor nor sport in shooting a woman or an egghead.

"But it’s an interesting response to what was, at the time, a growing
criticism against the show: It had lost the heart and “realism” of
earlier seasons in its pursuit of an endless fusillade of jokes. Now, of
course, that endless fusillade of jokes is what most people remember
about the show, but if you look back at…

It's like it aint so much what a fellow does, but it's the way the majority of folks is looking at him when he does it.

recall knope
recall knope
recall knope
LEGALIZE WEED!

Well that's just silly, you're being silly.

Championships are a team accomplishment. Is Mark Rypien also better than Dan Marino?

Z loved to tell that story over and over in his column. According to him, every time he saw Don Shula thereafter, Shula would strike an incredulous look and say, "pushes the ball? PUSHES the ball?!"

Holy crap, Dr Z was on the teevee box!

Her basic complaint was Jinx and Alaska aren't taking drag seriously because they have nuanced
and humorous backstories for their characters and she doesn't. If she was sincere in her belief that this scene (where a lawyer presents her underwear) was supposed to be serious,why wouldn't she have put more work into her…

Sudoku is so easy. Are there any rules at all?

And you've been waiting five years to say this?

Did you know that Hogan had a radio in the coffeepot?!