A modern-day show starring ALL the Bobby Drapers.

Well, except that Megan is a terrible character played by a terrible actress. If your show grinds to a total halt whenever someone shows up, it's probably for the best not to make an entire series about them.

Okay, then what's he trying to say?

I gave it a shot. The dialogue was ultra-clunky, consisting mostly of exposition dumps, and there was no clear authorial point of view. You can tell me if I'm wrong, but from what I've seen and heard (my wife watches it) there still isn't any kind of reason for the show to exist.

I know. I listen to Trompe le Monde WAY more than I listen to Surfer Rosa. I think they're pretty straightforwardly 3/4 behind Bossanova/Doolittle… though are we including the EP in this?

The thing is, the album the Pixies did with Steve Albini was arguably their weakest one.

Not true! There was nothing in the headline about the extended digression to describe another show that has nothing in common with this one, except that they're both about gay people!

Yeah, this has been a real sticking point for me this year, and one of a couple reasons I'm probably not going to bother with season 2 of this thing. That guy's just been too obviously a weasel the whole season… I have no reason to believe that Michelle or anyone would take him seriously, but I feel like the show…

Poor Sally. Of her two possible mother figures, Betty is actually the better option.

"Sometimes they flip a switch and have the characters do nice things for each other" is not a dimension.

So when did Parks "dimensionalize its characters"? Did I miss that episode?

Yeah, but you can't talk to snakes.

Luther Burbank developed more than 800 varieties of plants. That's almost 40 seasons' worth!

Are marigolds even exotic?

Also, joke-writing ability.

Well, at least one of the stations they're talking about airs Community. If Daniel Tosh costs me my residuals, I swear…

A guy skateboards into a wall. Balding Daniel Tosh says "hey, there, you probably shouldn't skateboard indoors." People laugh, I guess?

I've seen him in person exactly once, and it was ten years ago, the first time I went to the Improv in Los Angeles. It was a really good show despite there being like 20 people there… Jackie Kashian, Bil Dwyer and Sean Cullen all went up. Couple other people, I forget who. Then this guy, who I had not heard of before,…

No thanks, I already freaked out. About the Frisbees.

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