Obviously nothing by Hanna-Barbera is going to have a lot of emotional depth, but I could never call anything with heavy Craig McCracken involvement "awful".  It was amusing, it was a rather creative twist on sibling rivalry, and it had Dial "M" for Monkey!

@avclub-d4c5630db0ec3444ec43c0982a9e83d3:disqus I hope I'm not the only person who read that as Swedish Yankovic Chef.

"I learned that if you're good you go to heaven, but if you're bad, you go
to a place where the dead think they're alive, and they pray for death,
but death never comes…"

VanDerWerff doesn't seem to think so.  Hover your mouse over the photo and the alt text says, "Those kids don't even know what they're doing! New Year's is a time for getting drunk and sad!"

VanDerWerff doesn't seem to think so.  Hover your mouse over the photo and the alt text says, "Those kids don't even know what they're doing! New Year's is a time for getting drunk and sad!"

I'd kinda like to see the AV Club start a feature that's the inverse of this… have artists defend songs that everyone bashes. Would be another way to stop the predictability, at least.

I'd kinda like to see the AV Club start a feature that's the inverse of this… have artists defend songs that everyone bashes. Would be another way to stop the predictability, at least.

@avclub-954aef1dd01f3d3bb8e12966116cfdd1:disqus That's good to hear.  I LOVED Superbad, but I haven't seen it since it came out (I was 18), and I'm terrified that it won't hold up on subsequent viewings.

@avclub-954aef1dd01f3d3bb8e12966116cfdd1:disqus That's good to hear.  I LOVED Superbad, but I haven't seen it since it came out (I was 18), and I'm terrified that it won't hold up on subsequent viewings.

Well, of course they are. His name is John Swartzwelder.

Well, of course they are. His name is John Swartzwelder.

"Linda, are you crying?"

"Linda, are you crying?"

After searching deep in the bowels of SNPP: http://www.snpp.com/episode…

After searching deep in the bowels of SNPP: http://www.snpp.com/episode…