Woah, the best part of that is the unedited transcript of Greg's farewell speech. My favorite line: "I'm not sure when they'll start closing in. I hear noises in the jungle now. Things might be happening. Things might be taken over sooner than we think. Whether the rebel forces will be able to counteract with…

Yes, everybody calm the eff down. I hesitate to reveal too much about the top-secret AV Club voting process for fear that Todd will have me executed, but we were encouraged to vote strategically and maybe include some shows that weren't Breaking Bad, Louie, or Community. The reflexive outrage that someone might like…

Whoops, thank you.

Not true. There's actually a really strong tradition of progressive Catholicism (The Catholic Worker, etc.) Sadly, though, the other side tends to dominate.

I understand what you're saying, but it's not really my job as a critic to "embrace" a show that I don't think works just so I have something new to say from week to week. I've acknowledged what I've seen as the show's improvements, and taken pains to explain why certain aspects of the series bother me, rather than…

The penis thing was really funny; reminded me of the field pieces TDS used to do more often.

This is an excellent point.

Hmmm…maybe she was intentionally reworking the quote then. Thanks for the correction.

1 in 5 is "plenty" to you?

Well, no. What matters is how those statistics compare to the general population, not the population of other late-night shows. But to answer your question, Colbert last year was actually worse than TDS. See the link I posted above. I don't know about the others, but I tend to think that since they're more…

Yeah, I hear you on the interviews. I just get a little irritated by how clearly Stewart wants to have his Frost/Nixon moment. I appreciate that he knows his stuff, but I like that Colbert knows his stuff but still manages to be funny. And I don't think I'd mind Stewart's quasi-journalist mode as much if he just owned…

You're right that he does way more non-political stuff, and I think that's part of why I like him, too. He's a little zanier, and the show is more idiosyncratic. Like he did a piece last night on fecal transplants which was hilarious (and gross) and one a few weeks ago on teens getting drunk with vodka tampons. I like…

Dude, seriously? 100% of the guests on his show this week were males. How is it "weird" to expect a better ratio than that? If there has been a single week in the history of the show with only female guests, then I will send you a check for $20. The gender disparity on these shows is a well-documented issue. For the…

This is a BRILLIANT theory.

I thought about the possibly of a reversed image, but the thing is only the "J" is backwards. So if they'd flipped the image, all the letters would be reversed, right?

Yes, yes, I know. But seriously. He's useless! (Though not, as Susan suggests, a "pervert.")

My point is not that he needs to be likable, but that there needs to be SOMETHING to him other than being totally unlikable. Look at all the classic TV antiheroes—Tony Soprano, Walter White, Don Draper—each and every one is a compelling character. Tom Kane is not. There is nothing to him except his evil and thirst for…

I see what you're saying, but it's not exactly national headlines—at least not here. I went into the doc knowing nothing, and got more out of it as a result, and thought most readers would have a better viewing experience if they didn't know everything, either.

You're right, it *was* really lazy of me to write a review and not tell everyone what happened to the guy in the end.

I almost posted a picture of Jenna with the blow gun for the same reason, but I refrained.  Re: Susan, at least at this stage, she's right for criticizing the boys for their pointless fishing trips, and she's kind of amusing. I know this will change, but I was surprised to find myself sympathizing with her in this…