It's been a running gag in some of his rhymes that people don't know what race he is: black, white, Puerto Rican, other.

Pollack also wrote, for the New York Times Book Review, a somewhat revealing and somewhat make-you-cringe mea culpa (with curious observations about Eggers) about the whole "Neal Pollack" persona: http://www.nytimes.com/2005…

Did you eventually have kids? Because all that stuff isn't true!

Just taking a moment to remember how excellent Lee J. Cobb was. The guy was the original Willy Loman, and every role he was in he always seemed like "a real person, not an actor" compared to most actors of that era. I suppose Karl Malden's like that, too, but Cobb always brought some kind of menace to his work, even…

A PIGEON FOR A PIGEON!!!1!

Agree mostly, but it feels as if the first season (if I recall correctly; it's all a jumble to me right now), when it was trying to get its footing, tended to climax in these showdowns that involved supernatural powers or explosions, and even that got a little tired after a while.

"After all, why would [High-Five Ghost] need to hide from the rampaging cavemen if he’s
able to become intangible enough to phase through a cabinet door?"

It's catchy in that I-like-this-for-all-the-wrong-but-maybe-right?-ways way. Years ago I found another song by this guy (these guys?) and I think it was over a Sinatra or Dean Martin loop, and by "loop" I mean it sounded like a record skipping that someone forgot to fix.

Raiders of the Lost Clark

A million years ago I read one of those books that listed every Billboard chart of every week for the last 50 years and had the US and UK listings listed side by side for comparison, and that was the first time I ever saw Cliff Richard's name (over and over again) and was like, who the hell IS this guy?

I also recall that a significant chunk of money was spent during those pre-CGI days to digitally (or however it was done back then) fix Bruce's noticeable bald spot. This was before he (and most guys losing their hair) embraced baldness.

They should do a re-edit of the show that presents just Molesely, not speaking. Throughout the episode he appeared in the background (or somewhat-foreground) of several scenes, and the awkward, wide-eyed expressions he had as he tried to figure out what was going on were priceless.

During the most wrenching Thomas scenes I turned to my wife and said, Now that we covered the gay issues, this show could use some more (that is, any) blacks.

@avclub-73d66a6a344a15201f9a15107723c9e6:disqus Does "worst White House-oriented TV shows ever" include "The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer"? I was hoping that with Lincoln in vogue again, that show could make a comeback.

I wasn't rooting either for or against her initially, but I think Lisa was rather awesome. She played a mostly "honest" game, made it to the final 3, looked very good and not makeup-pancaked at the reunion (unlike Miss Delaware), and gave what had to be the best explanation of how Christianity/God/praying should be…

I wasn't rooting either for or against her initially, but I think Lisa was rather awesome. She played a mostly "honest" game, made it to the final 3, looked very good and not makeup-pancaked at the reunion (unlike Miss Delaware), and gave what had to be the best explanation of how Christianity/God/praying should be…

PHRASING!

PHRASING!

"A shovel? I got a shovel. He got a shovel. HE got a shovel … everybody got shovels!"

"A shovel? I got a shovel. He got a shovel. HE got a shovel … everybody got shovels!"