Plus, whether you like what he's presenting or not, Kevin James is a pretty skillful comedic actor. I doubt Patton is blowing smoke when he says he learned a lot from working with him.

@avclub-b6295f9a8b2d34f30d97c042a431dd6e:disqus I'm not interested in being the Patrice O'Neal white knight in this thread, but it didn't sound anything like gang rape, unless you automatically believe that group sex undermines consent.  Consent is an entirely moot point, of course (the GIRL involved was to young to…

@avclub-b6295f9a8b2d34f30d97c042a431dd6e:disqus I'm not interested in being the Patrice O'Neal white knight in this thread, but it didn't sound anything like gang rape, unless you automatically believe that group sex undermines consent.  Consent is an entirely moot point, of course (the GIRL involved was to young to…

I almost flagged this on sheer instinct, but then realized it was actually a relevant comment that just happened to be written that over-polite ESL style common to spam.

I almost flagged this on sheer instinct, but then realized it was actually a relevant comment that just happened to be written that over-polite ESL style common to spam.

On a somewhat serious note, does Steve Albini actually like anything that he's not personaly involved in?  I mean, other than those things he's performed on  — we know he hates a good 2/3 of the albums he's worked on for other people.

On a somewhat serious note, does Steve Albini actually like anything that he's not personaly involved in?  I mean, other than those things he's performed on  — we know he hates a good 2/3 of the albums he's worked on for other people.

@avclub-230e46d19fe78a6c8dc715659a7188d7:disqus from a strictly cynical standpoint, you could make a decent argument that the Obamas have patterned their public personas on the Huxtables.  I mean, Michelle Obama is basically Claire Huxtable at this point, and their appropriate but heavy PDA is almost directly out of…

@avclub-230e46d19fe78a6c8dc715659a7188d7:disqus from a strictly cynical standpoint, you could make a decent argument that the Obamas have patterned their public personas on the Huxtables.  I mean, Michelle Obama is basically Claire Huxtable at this point, and their appropriate but heavy PDA is almost directly out of…

Let's not get ahead of ourselves.  You can argue about the authenticity of the family depicted in the Cosby Show, but to associate it with "crap" does a disservice to a) it's undeniable quality, and b) it's undeniable importance, both to comedy and to images of black culture.  That last part will get played down, I…

Let's not get ahead of ourselves.  You can argue about the authenticity of the family depicted in the Cosby Show, but to associate it with "crap" does a disservice to a) it's undeniable quality, and b) it's undeniable importance, both to comedy and to images of black culture.  That last part will get played down, I…

"Oh, shit, I'm sober! What do I do with all this free time? To the gym!"

"Oh, shit, I'm sober! What do I do with all this free time? To the gym!"

I don't understand how a free companion app encourages someone to buy rather than steal. I guess it encourages "ownership" over streaming, but that's only half the battle, innit?

I don't understand how a free companion app encourages someone to buy rather than steal. I guess it encourages "ownership" over streaming, but that's only half the battle, innit?

"If I can change, and if you can change, then maybe we can all change!"

"If I can change, and if you can change, then maybe we can all change!"

Replace "wrestling" with "arousing," and you have an equally true (but substantially different) sentence.

Replace "wrestling" with "arousing," and you have an equally true (but substantially different) sentence.

I don't know. The image of Justin Timberlak crying on the phone to his mother in that one episode of Punk'd still sticks with me.  I'd like to think he's a sincerely nice guy, and don't think he'd play along with this kind of nonsense.