They're definitely the type of band that I'd be more than happy to dismiss. It's really a shame that they happen to be very good.

Hey, Nora Dunn was actually really good.

Boom.

Hell, Hammond shouldn't have been around that long. His last five seasons were pretty abysmal.

"Of course, atheim is never shown to be a rational position in mainstream media"

The show really hits a strong stride about a quarter of the way through season 3. give it time.

I know everyone's sad and all, but perhaps no Happy Endings means you will finally have a chance to give the Middle a fair shot. It's a fan-fucking-tastic television program. Some of TV's best characters are on that show.

Norm: I'm a Christian, right…
Kevin Nealon: I didn't know that. Are you a Christian?
Norm: Yes.
Kevin: Do you watch the gladiators and things like that?
Norm: What the fuck does that mean?
Kevin: Christians.
Norm: No, I just go to fucking military funerals and go "FUCKING FAGGOTS!"

His recounting of the 72 Canada-Russia Summit Series damn near brought me to tears.

OK, I'm going to stop gently reminding people of it and start insisting that THE AVCLUB NEEDS TO COVER NORM MACDONALD LIVE.

For me, basically it's Phil Hartman and Chris Benoit.

twice!

Ugh.

And Sims will love it.

I'm loving Tim Robinson this season.

Seth's biggest issue is his sameness. He's the longest serving WU anchor and he's never really had a definitive persona outside of constantly smiling, vaguely bland, vaguely smug straight man. He's adroit at delivering jokes, but there's no real sense of newness with him. I'll say this about Colin - his delivery was a…

I agree with this. I actually appreciated the Vince Vaughn episode a little more. But the great stuff here was really great.

This year we've got Mumford, the Lumineers and O F Monsters And Men on SNL. What a shitty time to be alive. God, I hate this vest rock.

People seem to forget that Affleck is a damn good host.

Nope, Affleck is a great SNL host and the upcoming one will be his fifth. Him making fun of Gigli in his 04 episode and his Keith Olbermann impression in his 08 episode are among my favorite sketches. He's a super underrated host.