Dick Cavett knew Groucho?! Why didn't he say something?

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That Woody Allen anecdote is fantastic

That Woody Allen anecdote is fantastic

It sure does. The burning was the episode's best joke by far—no way that episode was ever airing without it

It sure does. The burning was the episode's best joke by far—no way that episode was ever airing without it

They definitely didn't have an alternate Romney-wins cut because the title "Obama Wins!" was released by Monday

They definitely didn't have an alternate Romney-wins cut because the title "Obama Wins!" was released by Monday

I only first tuned in to hate watch—the trailers were truly inexplicable—but The Neighbors is smart-silly fun.  I'm stoked it's sticking around longer.  I'd say it was the best new sitcom of the season but I didn't log in just to give it a backhanded compliment like that.

I only first tuned in to hate watch—the trailers were truly inexplicable—but The Neighbors is smart-silly fun.  I'm stoked it's sticking around longer.  I'd say it was the best new sitcom of the season but I didn't log in just to give it a backhanded compliment like that.

Everything starts fine, honest anecdotes about Minnelli and Sinatra and Jerry Lewis, but then she tapers off and finally drops all that classic MacLaine craziness right at the end there 

lol this guy

Netflix, save Terriers!

That stuff about moving toward an emphasis on the personal lives, rather than the mechanics of putting on the show, came from that Deadline piece, and hopefully it was just filler nonsense or otherwise bad editorializing. How anyone could watch this monstrosity and think the inside-baseball theatre stuff is the…

Like, what exactly is Ellis' endgame?! There seems to be no real thought or plan to his endless treacheries and machinations.

I want to like and defend this show but they make it so goddamn hard.

I look forward to the day when the courtesy of bringing a dead show back to life is extended to a good TV show, Arrested Development Netflix limited mini-series excluded.  This news, clearly, does not herald the coming of that day.

Awake is officially a long-running series, having been on the air twice as long as Lone Star.

The cancellation is too imminent.  We're at the point where it just saddens me to watch. This is no reflection of the wonderful show, just of the unfortunate context in which we have to watch it.

I'll keep watching 'til the bitter end, but, man, except for Jack Davenport, the original songs, and the frank approach to gay relationships, this is proving to be the biggest waste of potential since, dare I say it, Studio 60